Synopses & Reviews
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 constituents - Confucianism, philosophical Daoism and the Yi-Jing philosophy. 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 E. 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 Wang; Social justice: Rawlsian and Confucian?, Rui-ping Fan; Towards a minimal common ground for humanist dialogue: a comparative analysis of Confucian ethics and American 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, Qing-jie Wang; Eternal Dao, constant name, and language engagement, Bo Mou; Zhuang Zi and Aristotle on What A Thing Is, Chen-yang Li; The Daoist conception of truth: Lao Zi's metaphysical realism vs. Zhuang Zi's internal realism,Jee-loo Liu; Ming-Jia (the Logicians) and Zeno: a comparative study, Chuang Liu; The thesis of anti-logic in Buddhism, Yiu-ming Fung; Contributors; Index.