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Learning from Chinese Philosophies engages Confucian and Daoist
philosophies in creative interplay, developing a theory of
interdependent selfhood in the two philosophical traditions. Karyn
Lai draws on the unique insights of the two philosophies to address
contemporary debates on ethics, community and government. Issues
discussed include questions on selfhood, attachment, moral
development, government, culture and tradition, and feminist
queries regarding biases and dualism in ethics. Throughout the
book, Lai demonstrates that Chinese philosophies embody novel and
insightful ideas for addressing contemporary issues and problems.
Learning from Chinese Philosophies engages Confucian and Daoist
philosophies in creative interplay, developing a theory of
interdependent selfhood in the two philosophical traditions. Karyn
Lai draws on the unique insights of the two philosophies to address
contemporary debates on ethics, community, and government. The
issues discussed include questions on selfhood, attachment, moral
development, government, culture, and tradition, and feminist
queries regarding biases and dualism in ethics. Throughout the
book, Lai demonstrates that Chinese philosophies embody novel and
insightful ideas for addressing contemporary issues and problems.
This book engages in cross-tradition scholarship, investigating the
processes associated with cultivating or nurturing the self in
order to live good lives. Both Ancient Chinese and Greek
philosophers provide accounts of the life lived well: a Confucian
junzi, a Daoist sage and a Greek phronimos. By focusing on the
processes rather than the aims of cultivating a good life, an
international team of scholars investigate how a person develops
and practices a way of life especially in these two traditions.
They look at what is involved in developing practical wisdom,
exercising reason, cultivating equanimity and fostering
reliability. Drawing on the insights of thinkers including Plato,
Confucius, Han Fei and Marcus Aurelius, they examine themes of
harmony, balance and beauty, highlight the different concerns of
scepticism across both traditions, and discuss action as an
indispensable method of learning and, indeed, as constitutive of
self. The result is a valuable collection opening up new lines of
inquiry in ethics, demonstrating the importance of philosophical
ideas from across cultural traditions.
This second edition of An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
presents a comprehensive introduction to key ideas and arguments in
early Chinese philosophy. Written in clear, accessible language, it
explores philosophical traditions including Confucianism, Daoism,
Mohism, Legalism and Chinese Buddhism, and how they have shaped
Chinese thought. Drawing on the key classical texts as well as
up-to-date scholarship, the discussions range across ethics,
metaphysics and epistemology, while also bringing out distinctive
elements in Chinese philosophy that fall between the gaps in these
disciplinary divisions, hence challenging some prevailing
assumptions of Western philosophy. Topics include human nature,
selfhood and agency; emotions and behaviour; the place of language
in the world; knowledge and action; and social and political
responsibility. This second edition incorporates new ideas and
approaches from some recently excavated texts that change the
landscape of Chinese intellectual history.
Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi presents
an illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th
century BCE Daoist text. In this intriguing text that subverts
conventional norms and pursuits, ordinary activities such as
swimming, cicada-catching and wheelmaking are executed with such
remarkable efficacy and spontaneity that they seem like magical
feats. An international team of scholars explores these stories in
their philosophical, historical and political contexts. Their
analyses' highlight the stories'underlying conceptions of agency,
character and cultivation; and relevance to contemporary debates on
human action and experience. The result is a valuable collection,
opening up new lines of inquiry in comparative East-West
philosophical debates on skill, cultivation and mastery, as well as
cross-disciplinary debates in psychology, cognitive science and
philosophy.
This second edition of An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy
presents a comprehensive introduction to key ideas and arguments in
early Chinese philosophy. Written in clear, accessible language, it
explores philosophical traditions including Confucianism, Daoism,
Mohism, Legalism and Chinese Buddhism, and how they have shaped
Chinese thought. Drawing on the key classical texts as well as
up-to-date scholarship, the discussions range across ethics,
metaphysics and epistemology, while also bringing out distinctive
elements in Chinese philosophy that fall between the gaps in these
disciplinary divisions, hence challenging some prevailing
assumptions of Western philosophy. Topics include human nature,
selfhood and agency; emotions and behaviour; the place of language
in the world; knowledge and action; and social and political
responsibility. This second edition incorporates new ideas and
approaches from some recently excavated texts that change the
landscape of Chinese intellectual history.
This book engages in cross-tradition scholarship, investigating the
processes associated with cultivating or nurturing the self in
order to live good lives. Both Ancient Chinese and Greek
philosophers provide accounts of the life lived well: a Confucian
junzi, a Daoist sage and a Greek phronimos. By focusing on the
processes rather than the aims of cultivating a good life, an
international team of scholars investigate how a person develops
and practices a way of life especially in these two traditions.
They look at what is involved in developing practical wisdom,
exercising reason, cultivating equanimity and fostering
reliability. Drawing on the insights of thinkers including Plato,
Confucius, Han Fei and Marcus Aurelius, they examine themes of
harmony, balance and beauty, highlight the different concerns of
scepticism across both traditions, and discuss action as an
indispensable method of learning and, indeed, as constitutive of
self. The result is a valuable collection opening up new lines of
inquiry in ethics, demonstrating the importance of philosophical
ideas from across cultural traditions.
Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi presents
an illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th
century BCE Daoist text. In this intriguing text that subverts
conventional norms and pursuits, ordinary activities such as
swimming, cicada-catching and wheelmaking are executed with such
remarkable efficacy and spontaneity that they seem like magical
feats. An international team of scholars explores these stories in
their philosophical, historical and political contexts. Their
analyses' highlight the stories'underlying conceptions of agency,
character and cultivation; and relevance to contemporary debates on
human action and experience. The result is a valuable collection,
opening up new lines of inquiry in comparative East-West
philosophical debates on skill, cultivation and mastery, as well as
cross-disciplinary debates in psychology, cognitive science and
philosophy.
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