Week 2 PHILO Continuation DAY 1 N DAY 2
Week 2 PHILO Continuation DAY 1 N DAY 2
appropriate acceptance of
cultural and racial
multiplicity.
The two places exercise the
various view points of
Philosophy
Western , and
Non-western
A. Expanding Our
Philosophical Frames:
Western and Non-Western
Traditions
•Three (3) great original
centers of philosophy in
the world
Greek (or Western),India,
and chinese
Asian classics of the Indians and the
Chinese
•Predate the oldest of western classics.
Indians and Chinese philosophers of
note also lived earlier than their greek
counterparts.
During the 1st centuries.,there was
more philosophical activity in the East
than in the West. Greeks before Thales
did not have philosophy.
From the time of the greek triumvirate
(Socrates ,Aristotle and Plato there was a
reversal.
The western thinkers started
to indulge in feverish
philosophical speculation,
whereas the Asian thinkers
began diminishing
philosophical activity.
In our present century,almost all the
major philosophical ideas emanate
from Western thinkers.