What Can't be Said - Paradox and Contradiction in East Asian Thought (Hardcover)

Typically, in the Western philosophical tradition, the presence of paradox and contradictions is taken to signal the failure or refutation of a theory or line of thinking. This aversion to paradox rests on the commitment-whether implicit or explicit-to the view that reality must be consistent. In What Can't be Said, Yasuo Deguchi, Jay L. Garfield, Graham Priest, and Robert H. Sharf extend their earlier arguments that the discovery of paradox and contradiction can deepen rather than disprove a philosophical position, and confirm these ideas in the context of East Asian philosophy. They claim that, unlike most Western philosophers, many East Asian philosophers embraced paradox, and provide textual evidence for this claim. Examining two classical Daoist texts, the Daodejing and the Zhaungzi, as well as the trajectory of Buddhism in East Asia, including works from the Sanlun, Tiantai, Chan, and Zen traditions and culminating with the Kyoto school of philosophy, they argue that these philosophers' commitment to paradox reflects an understanding of reality as inherently paradoxical, revealing significant philosophical insights.

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2021
Authors:	Yasuo Deguchi (Professor of Philosophy and Director of Center for Applied Philosophy & Ethics in the Graduate School of Letters, Vice Provost, and Deputy Executive Vice-President) • Jay L. Garfield (Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic and Buddhist Studies) • Graham Priest (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Graduate Center) • Robert H. Sharf (D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Dimensions:	218 x 146 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-752618-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > Taoism Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Oriental religions > Taoism Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-752618-7
Barcode:	9780197526187

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