Douglas L Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 462126 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas L Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas L |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oakton Community College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
Indian and Intercultural Philosophy
For over twenty years Douglas Berger has advanced research and reflection on Indian philosophical traditions from both classical and cross-cultural perspectives. This volume reveals the extent of his contribution by bringing together his perspectives on these classical Indian philosophies and placing them in conversation with Confucian, Chinese Buddhist and medieval Indian Sufi traditions. Delving into debates between Nyaya and Buddhist philosoph…
Lessons from Intercultural Philosophy
EK: What are the most important tools for doing cross-cultural/comparative philosophy of culture in a responsible, thoughtful, and impactful way? DB: I would say at this point that the three most important tools for doing intercultural philosophy responsibly and thoughtfully -impact can never be guaranteed by oneself -are
Embodied connectionism
Encounters of Mind
The Unlikely Commentator
The Unlikely Commentator:The Hermeneutic Reception of Śańkara’s Thought in the Interpretive Scholarship of Dārā Shukøh Douglas L. Berger (bio) Keywords Śańkara, D?r? Shukøh, interreligious dialogue, Upanişads, bhakti movements, Hindu-Islamic relations, India, Qur’?n The varieties of interreligious dialogue that Professor Leonard Swidler has advocated and practiced for the last several decades are not by any means novel initiatives; they have been…
Nothingness in Asian Philosophy
A variety of crucial and still most relevant ideas about nothingness or emptiness have gained profound philosophical prominence in the history and development of a number of South and East Asian traditions—including in Buddhism, Daoism, Neo-Confucianism, Hinduism, Korean philosophy, and the Japanese Kyoto School. These traditions share the insight that in order to explain both the great mysteries and mundane facts about our experience, ideas of "…
Relational and Intrinsic Moral Roots
The poorest form of theism’
Even among Western philosophers open to religious and intellectual traditions of other cultures, such as Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), the hermeneutic reception of Islam has been highly problematic. In the case of Schopenhauer, we find an interpretation which aligns the Islamic tradition with philosophical themes which met his general rejection, the commitment to theism and the ‘optimism’ characteristic of a teleological view of existence. The…
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The poorest form of theism’
Even among Western philosophers open to religious and intellectual traditions of other cultures, such as Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), the hermeneutic reception of Islam has been highly problematic. In the case of Schopenhauer, we find an interpretation which aligns the Islamic tradition with philosophical themes which met his general rejection, the commitment to theism and the ‘optimism’ characteristic of a teleological view of existence. The…
Relational and Intrinsic Moral Roots
Nothingness in Asian Philosophy
A variety of crucial and still most relevant ideas about nothingness or emptiness have gained profound philosophical prominence in the history and development of a number of South and East Asian traditions—including in Buddhism, Daoism, Neo-Confucianism, Hinduism, Korean philosophy, and the Japanese Kyoto School. These traditions share the insight that in order to explain both the great mysteries and mundane facts about our experience, ideas of "…
Encounters of Mind
The Unlikely Commentator
The Unlikely Commentator:The Hermeneutic Reception of Śańkara’s Thought in the Interpretive Scholarship of Dārā Shukøh Douglas L. Berger (bio) Keywords Śańkara, D?r? Shukøh, interreligious dialogue, Upanişads, bhakti movements, Hindu-Islamic relations, India, Qur’?n The varieties of interreligious dialogue that Professor Leonard Swidler has advocated and practiced for the last several decades are not by any means novel initiatives; they have been…
Embodied connectionism
Lessons from Intercultural Philosophy
EK: What are the most important tools for doing cross-cultural/comparative philosophy of culture in a responsible, thoughtful, and impactful way? DB: I would say at this point that the three most important tools for doing intercultural philosophy responsibly and thoughtfully -impact can never be guaranteed by oneself -are
Indian and Intercultural Philosophy
For over twenty years Douglas Berger has advanced research and reflection on Indian philosophical traditions from both classical and cross-cultural perspectives. This volume reveals the extent of his contribution by bringing together his perspectives on these classical Indian philosophies and placing them in conversation with Confucian, Chinese Buddhist and medieval Indian Sufi traditions. Delving into debates between Nyaya and Buddhist philosoph…
Introduction
Philosophy (8 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Theology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (3 works) · Hinduism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (3 works)