1st Edition

Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy

Edited By Bo Mou Copyright 2003
354 Pages
by Routledge

354 Pages
by Routledge

This anthology explores how Chinese and Western philosophies could jointly and constructively contribute to a common philosophical enterprise. Philosophers with in-depth knowledge of both traditions present a variety of distinct comparative approaches, offering a refined introduction to the further reaches of Chinese philosophy in the comparative context, especially regarding its three major... Read more
Contents: Editor's introduction; Identity of Chinese philosophy and its modern studies: Emergence of the history of Chinese philosophy, Antonio S. Cua; Yi-Jing philosophy: Enquiring into the primary model: Yi-Jing and Chinese ontological hermeneutics, Chung-yin Cheng; Hegelian, Yi-Jing and Buddhist transformational models for comparative philosophy, Robert Elliott Allinson; Becoming-being complementarity: an account of the Yin-Yang metaphysical vision of the Yi-Jing, Bo Mou; Confucianism: Virtue ethics and Confucianism, Bryan W. Van Norden; The principled benevolence: a synthesis of Kantian and Confucian moral judgment, Robin R. Wang; Social justice: Rawlsian or Confucian?, Ruiping Fan; Towards a minimal common ground for humanist dialogue: a comparative analysis of Confucian ethics and American ethical humanism, You-zheng Li; The project of Boston Confucianism, Robert Cummings Neville; Philosophical Daoism: The metaphysics of Dao, Chad Hansen; 'It-self-so-ing' and 'other-ing' in Lao Zi's concept of Zi Ran, Qingjie (James) Wang; Eternal Dao, constant name, and language engagement: on the opening message of the Dao-De-Jing, Bo Mou; Zhuang Zi and Aristotle on What A Thing Is, Chenyang Li; The Daoist conception of truth: Laozi's metaphysical realism vs. Zhuangzi's internal realism, JeeLoo Liu; Logic-Related Concerns: Ming-Jia (the Logicians) and Zeno: a comparative study, Chuang Liu; The thesis of anti-logic in Buddhism, Yiu-ming Fung; Index.

Biography

Bo Mou