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Table of Contents Publication: Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies Date: Vol. 1 (2014) __________________________________________________ The inaugural issue of Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies is now available. This issue can be downloaded for free at: http://www.verlag-alber.de/e-journals/confluence/ Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed, international journal dedicated to comparative thought. It seeks to explore common spaces and differences between philosophical traditions in a global context. Without postulating cultures as monolithic, homogenous, or segregated wholes, it aspires to address key philosophical issues which bear on specific methodological, epistemological, hermeneutic, ethical, social, and political questions in comparative thought. Confluence aims to develop the contours of a philosophical understanding not subservient to dominant paradigms and provide a platform for diverse philosophical voices, including those long silenced by dominant academic discourses and institutions. Confluence also endeavors to serve as a juncture where specific philosophical issues of global interest may be explored in an imaginative, thought-provoking, and pioneering way. We welcome innovative and persuasive ways of conceptualizing, articulating, and representing intercultural encounters. Contributions should be able to facilitate the development of new perspectives on current global thought-processes and sketch the outlines of salient future developments. Table of Contents Introducing Confluence: A Thematic Introduction M. Kirloskar-Steinbach/Geeta Ramana/J. Maffie Articles Intercultural Philosophy: A Conceptual Clarification R.A. Mall The Philosophical Roots of Racial Essentialism and Its Legacy N. Zack Hegel’s Eurocentric Concept of Philosophy H. Kimmerle Philosophizing in Africa: Problems and Prospects A.G.A. Bello Ground, Being, and Evil: From Conspiration to Dialectics of Love L. Škof Symposium Does the Concept of ‘Truth’ Have Value in the Pursuit of Cross-Cultural Philosophy? Introductory Statement H. Rosemont, Jr. Responses Reflections on Henry Rosemont’s »Introductory Statement« J. Maffie Truth is Truthfulness: The Japanese Concept of Makoto J. Maraldo Tibetan Reflections on the Value of Truth in Cross-Cultural Philosophy S. Thakchoe Reply: Truth as Truthfulness H. Rosemont, Jr. Book Review An Amazing Piece of Comparative Philosophy (S.B. Oluwule, Socrates and Orunmila) H. Kimmerle Survey Article Red Wisdom: Highlighting Recent Writing in Native American Philosophy B.Y. Burkhart Editors Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (University Konstanz, Germany) Geeta Ramana (University Mumbai, India) James Maffie (University of Maryland, USA) Manuscript Editor James Garrison (University of Vienna, Austria) Journal website: http://www.verlag-alber.de/e-journals/confluence/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
