Jaina philosophy

By Soni, Jayandra

The issues in Jaina philosophy developed concurrently with those that emerged in Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. The period from the second century bc to about the tenth ...

Japanese philosophy

By Kasulis, Thomas P.

The most distinctive characteristic of Japanese philosophy is how it has assimilated and adapted foreign philosophies to its native worldview. As an isolated island nation, Japan successfully resisted ...

Jewish philosophy

By Goodman, L.E.

Jewish philosophy is philosophical inquiry informed by the texts, traditions and experiences of the Jewish people. Its concerns range from the farthest reaches of cosmological speculation to the ...

Jansenius

see Port-Royal.

Jen

see Confucian philosophy, Chinese. Confucius.

Jina

see Mahāvīra.

John of Alexandria

see Philoponus.

John of Fidanza

see Bonaventure.

John the Grammarian

see Philoponus.

Judaeo-Arabic philosophy in Spain

see Abravanel, Isaac. Abravanel, Judah ben Isaac. Albo, Joseph. Arama, Isaac den Moses. Bar Hayya, Abraham. Crescas, Hasdai. Duran, Profiat. Halevi, Judah. Ibn Daud, Abraham. Ibn Ezra, Abraham. Ibn Ezra, Moses ben Jacob. Ibn Falaquera, Shem Tov. Ibn Gabirol, Solomon. Ibn Pakuda, Bahya. Ibn Tzaddick, Joseph den Jacob. Maimonides, Moses. Shem Tov Family.

Judah ben Yehiel Messer Leon

see Messer Leon, Judah.

Judah Halevi

see Halevi, Judah.

Judaistic philosophy

see Jewish philosophy.

Judgment, moral

see Moral judgment.

Justification and knowledge, coherence theory of

see Knowledge and justification, coherence theory of.

Justification, moral

see Moral justification.

Jewish philosophy, contemporary

By Levinson, Henry S.; Malino, Jonathan W.

Jewish philosophy is pursued by committed Jews seeking to understand Judaism and the world in one another’s light. In this broad sense, contemporary Jewish philosophy maintains the central ...

Jewish philosophy in the early 19th century

By Seeskin, Kenneth

Although Jewish philosophy flourished in the Middle Ages, it underwent a serious decline in 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain. The period following Kant and Mendelssohn ...

Journalism, ethics of

By Belsey, Andrew

It is sometimes suggested that ethical principles, even fundamental ones like nonmaleficence and beneficence, are totally out of place in journalism, and that it should be shaped solely ...

Judgment and belief, in early modern philosophy

By Marušić, Jennifer

What is the difference between simply thinking about something and judging or believing that something is the case? ...

Jurisprudence, historical

By Stein, Peter

Historical jurisprudence is the title usually given to a group of theories, which flourished mainly in the nineteenth century, that explain law as the product of predetermined patterns ...

Justice

By Barry, Brian; Matravers, Matt

The idea of justice lies at the heart of moral and political philosophy. It is a necessary virtue of individuals in their interactions with others, and the principal ...

Justice

The idea of justice lies at the heart of moral and political philosophy. It is a necessary virtue of individuals in their interactions with others, and the principal ...

Justice, corrective

By Weinrib, Ernest J.

In his treatment of justice Aristotle articulated a contrast between two forms of justice, corrective and distributive. The former deals with the rectification of an injustice inflicted by ...

Justice, equity and law

By Tasioulas, John

Laws are intended to achieve justice, but the application of an otherwise just law may yield an injustice in the circumstances of a particular case. This is because ...