{"product_id":"global-history-of-philosophy-vol-5-the-period-of-scholasticism-pt-2-1150-1350-a-d","title":"Global History of Philosophy (Vol. 5): The Period of Scholasticism (Pt. 2) (1150-1350 A.D.)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth and fifth volumes of the Global History of Philosophy are\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003edesignated The Period of Scholasticism in order to stress that the\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003escholastic method with its emphasis on thesis, antithesis, and attempts at\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003esynthesis became universal throughout Eurasia. Scholasticism should not be\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003etaken in the pejorative sense as the juggling of arguments by straw men,\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ebut in the sense of a challenge even in our own era to work for consistent\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eand comprehensive systematic synthesis. All the \"older traditions\" need to\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ebe reinteerpreted in terms of \"modern conditions\"--which, after all, is\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ewhat the Eurasian scholastics of these centuries were doing for their own\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003etime.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThe major developments of this period are \"Monism in Many Moods\" during the\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eninth century, through \"Exfoliation and Elaboration\" of those seminal\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003esystems in the tenth and eleventh centuries unitl the time of the \"Great\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eSummas\" in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It was during this time\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ethat philosophy and theology developed a very highly sophisticated\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003etechnique of balancing arguments and refutations and counter-arguments and\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ecounter-refutations.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAs is true of the whole series, these volumes are a new way of exploring\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ethe accumulative wisdom of mankind, and in the process explode many of the\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eethnocentric stereotypes which still hinder intercultural communications\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eand world peace through intercultural understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReview(s)\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author(s)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJOHN C.PLOTT received his B.A. degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors at the\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eUniversity of Oklahoma and Ph.D. degree from Banaras Hindu University. He\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eis now teaching philosophy at Marshall University, U.S.A. He constantly\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003econcerned for World Peace through Global Understanding and Social Justice\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003ethrough Gandhian Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MLBD PUBLICATION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51272707211562,"sku":"CRAZY-9789357606547","price":37.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/518.jpg?v=1773919476","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/global-history-of-philosophy-vol-5-the-period-of-scholasticism-pt-2-1150-1350-a-d","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}