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65Response 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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63On the Transparency and Opacity of PhilosophersThe Monist 71 (3): 455-465. 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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52Bergson and Merleau-ponty: A preliminary comparisonJournal of Philosophy 52 (14): 380-386. 1955.
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47Rationality in question: on Eastern and Western views of rationality (edited book)E.J. Brill. 1989.Rationality and Logic J. Kekes i It is a basic assumption of the Western intellectual and moral tradition that rationality is a central value. ...
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47How important is truth to epistemology and knowledge? Some answers from comparative philosophySocial Epistemology 15 (4). 2001.This Article does not have an abstract
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41The 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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38Art without borders: a philosophical exploration of art and humanityUniversity of Chicago Press. 2009.Lucid, learned, and incomparably rich in thought and detail, Art Without Borders is a monumental accomplishment, on par with the artistic achievements ...
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35Salvation By Parad Ox : On Zen and Zen-Like ThoughtJournal of Chinese Philosophy 3 (3): 209-234. 1976.
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34Walter Kaufmann, "Discovering the Mind" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 21 (2): 244. 1983.
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32Unless 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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27Amoral 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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26Philosophy 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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24Roots 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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24Of Birds, Beasts, and Other Artists: An Essay on the Universality of ArtPhilosophy East and West 40 (4): 574-578. 1990.
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17A 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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15The Western Blindness to Non-Western PhilosophiesThe Paideia Archive: Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 5 102-108. 1998.Western philosophers still tend to think that philosophy, in a sense that they can take with professional interest, does not exist in non-Western traditions. To persuade them otherwise would require them to make an effort that they prefer to evade. I attempt to begin to persuade them by closely paraphrasing a few arguments by the early Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu and a few by the Indian skeptic and mystic Shriharsha. One of Chuang Tzu's arguments has some resemblance to Plato's Third-Man argu…Read more
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14Philosophy East, Philosophy WestRevue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 170 (4): 465-466. 1980.
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13The Contextual FallacyIn Richard Rorty (ed.), Review of I nterpreting Across Boundaries: New Essays in Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii Press. pp. 84-97. 1989.
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12How 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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12Letters 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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11The Mind of China: The Culture, Customs, and Beliefs of Traditional ChinaPhilosophy East and West 25 (4): 492-493. 1975.