by Harold Rosen (Author), Peter Terry (Author), Mikhail Sergeev (Author)
Depending upon their epistemological foundations philosophical systems can be divided into five types: empiricist (Locke), rationalist (Descartes), intuitivist (Bergson), traditionalist (Confucius), and scriptural (Aquinas). In the history of philosophy there were five major waves of scriptural reasoning-Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim. In this context Bah ' philosophy represents the sixth wave, and it finds itself in a fruitful dialogue not only with the traditional forms of religious philosophy but also with modern Western thought which is based solely on reason and empirical observation.
In this collection the reader will find articles on various aspects of Bah ' philosophy-philosophical anthropology, philosophy of science, philosophy of culture, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, comparative and political philosophy, and, finally, history of philosophy. The authors of those articles-Bah ' and non-Bah ' scholars-reflect global aspirations of this religion by representing diverse countries of the world-USA, Canada, France, Italy, and Sweden. This collection of articles also introduces a Global Faith Book Series which publishes works on various aspects of the Bah ' Faith and globalization.Author Biography
Mikhail Sergeev holds his master's degree (1993) and a doctorate (1997) in the history and philosophy of religion from Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Sergeev has taught in several universities and colleges of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Now in addition to the history of religion he teaches philosophy and modern art at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He is the author of numerous articles on the history of religion, philosophy and contemporary art, which were published in Russian and American scholarly journals. He is also the author and editor of seven books, including the monograph Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith (Brill, 2015).