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- The Philosophical Challenge from China
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: The MIT Press
summary
For too long, analytic philosophy discounted insights from the Chinese philosophical tradition. In the last decade or so, however, philosophers have begun to bring the insights of Chinese thought to bear on current philosophical issues. This volume brings together leading scholars from East and West who are working at the intersection of traditional Chinese philosophy and mainstream analytic philosophy. They draw on the work of Chinese philosophers ranging from early Daoists and Confucians to twentieth-century Chinese thinkers, offering new perspectives on issues in moral psychology, political philosophy and ethics, and metaphysics and epistemology. Taken together, these essays show that serious engagement with Chinese philosophy can not only enrich modern philosophical discussion but also shift the debate in a meaningful way.Each essay challenges a current position in the philosophical literature -- including views expressed by John Rawls, Peter Singer, Nel Noddings, W. V. Quine, and Harry Frankfurt. The contributors discuss topics that include compassion as a developmental virtue, empathy, human worth and democracy, ethical self-restriction, epistemological naturalism, ideas of oneness, know-how, and action without agency. ContributorsStephen C. Angle, Tongdong Bai, Brian Bruya, Owen Flanagan, Steven Geisz, Stephen Hetherington, Philip J. Ivanhoe, Bo Mou, Donald J. Munro, Karyn L. Lai, Hagop Sarkissian, Bongrae Seok, Kwong-loi Shun, David B. Wong, Brook A. Ziporyn
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Pronunciation Guide
- pp. xi-xii
- I. Moral Psychology
- II. Political Philosophy and Ethics
- 5. Unequal Human Worth
- pp. 121-158
- 8. Confucian Moral Sources
- pp. 205-228
- III. Metaphysics and Epistemology
- 9. Senses and Values of Oneness
- pp. 231-252
- 11. Knowing-How and Knowing-To
- pp. 279-302
- Contributors
- pp. 367-374
Additional Information
ISBN
9780262323628
Related ISBN(s)
9780262028431
MARC Record
OCLC
906804342
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2015-04-10
Language
English
Open Access
No