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Conscience and Cognition in Social Research (Hardcover)
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Conscience and Cognition in Social Research (Hardcover)
Series: China Perspectives
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This book is a critical examination of the different roles of
conscience and cognition in social research in China and the West,
exploring how the two traditions can enrich each other and help
societies navigate through the complex intellectual and moral
crises of our time. Drawing on a rich array of primary and
secondary sources, this title traces the development of the
Confucian conception of conscience, from Confucius and Mencius to
Xiong Shili and Mou Zongsan, two representatives of
Neo-Confucianism. This primacy of a moral sense is compared and
contrasted with the tension within the Western culture between
strains that place a premium on understanding and a deep commitment
to the search for meaning in such philosophers as Habermas and
Heidegger. The author explicates why such a commitment is essential
to social research and how the focus on instrumental rationality
that has defined modernity may be corrected by recentering the role
of conscience on intellectual inquiry in general. To that end, both
Chinese and Western cultures have plenty to offer both in terms of
substantive insights and research methodologies. The book will be a
crucial reference for scholars and students interested in Western
philosophy, comparative philosophy and Chinese philosophy.
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