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92Philosophy East/philosophy West: a critical comparison of Indian, Chinese, Islamic, and European philosophy (edited book)Oxford University Press. 1978.An introduction to comparative philosophy relates European and Oriental philosophies and brings to light such aspects of Eastern philosophy as intellectuality, reasoning, and logical analysis usually associated with Western thought
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75Unless there are Hills and Valleys in One’s Breast: On the Inward Life of Chinese Landscape PaintingJournal of Chinese Philosophy 3 (4): 317-354. 1976.
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The Need to PhilosophizeIn Charles Hanly & Morris Lazerowitz (eds.), Psychoanalysis and philosophy, International Universities Press. pp. 258--279. 1970.
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170Response to Victor H. Mair's review of "of birds, beasts, and other artists: An essay on the universality of art"Philosophy East and West 41 (1): 89-92. 1991.
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40How Death Deals with PhilosophyIn Hagi Kenaan & Ilit Ferber (eds.), Philosophy's moods: the affective grounds of thinking, Springer. pp. 201--208. 2011.
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74A Comparative History of World Philosophy: From the Upanishads to KantState University of New York Press. 1998.Breaks through the cultural barriers between Western, Indian, and Chinese philosophy and demonstrates that despite considerable differences between these three great philosophical traditions, there are fundamental resemblances in their abstract principles
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35The Dilemma of ContextNYU Press. 1989.In The Dilemma of Context, Scharfstein contends that the problems encountered with context are insoluble. He explains why this problem lays an intellectual burden on us that, while remaining inescapable,can become so heavy it destroys the understandingit was created to further.
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Los filósofos y sus vidas. Para una historia psicológica de la filosofíaRevista Portuguesa de Filosofia 43 (1): 218-220. 1987.
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Rationality in Question. On Eastern and Western views of rationality. Leiden: EJ BrillIn Nand Kishore Devaraja (ed.), Philosophy and religion, Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Association With Indus Pub. Co.. pp. 1. 1989.
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113On The Transparency and Opacity of PhilosophersThe Monist 71 (3): 455-464. 1988.Sometimes our thought is transparently clear. It is as if we were looking through a window whose clarity was an invitation for the world to come in. The pleasure we take in thinking transparent thoughts is like that we take in the unimpeded use of any ability; but such transparency is unique in that it suggests easy communication with oneself and others, the ability to nullify problems by seeing through them, and a clean, physically effortless mastery of life.
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113How important is truth to epistemology and knowledge? Some answers from comparative philosophySocial Epistemology 15 (4). 2001.(2001). How important is truth to epistemology and knowledge? Some answers from comparative philosophy. Social Epistemology: Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 275-283.
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49Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of MachiavellismState University of New York Press. 1995.After exploring the theory and practice of politics in ancient China, ancient India, and modern Europe, Scharfstein argues that the justification for deception and force is inseparable from political life and assesses the chances for a better political future
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40The Mind of China: The Culture, Customs, and Beliefs of Traditional ChinaPhilosophy East and West 25 (4): 492-493. 1975.
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66Roots of Bergson's philosophyColumbia university press. 1943.ROOTS OF BERGSONS PHILOSOPHY Ben-Ami Scharfstein ROOTS OF BERGSONS PHILOSOPHY NEW YORK MCMXLIII COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS To My Father and Mother ...
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Epilogue: How death deals with philosophyIn Hagi Kenaan & Ilit Ferber (eds.), Philosophy's moods: the affective grounds of thinking, Springer. 2011.
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65Letters to the editorHistory and Philosophy of Logic 4 (1-2): 221-224. 1983.One of the books submitted for review to this journal was B.?A. Scharfstein's The philosophers: their lives and the nature of their thought (1980, Oxford). Although not explicitly concerned with logic, it raised various questions for history and historiography (possibilities for psycho-history, for example). Thus I sought a review, which was written by P. Loptson and published in volume 3 (1982), 105?107. The ensuing correspondence has been edited for publication by me, with the authors? approva…Read more
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80The philosophers: their lives and the nature of their thoughtOxford University Press. 1980.The adventure I am now undertaking is an appraisal of my profession, philosophy, of my fellow professionals, the philosophers, and, finally of myself at least ...
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40The Contextual FallacyIn Richard Rorty (ed.), Review of I nterpreting Across Boundaries: New Essays in Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii Press. pp. 84-97. 1989.
