Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems

Chinese Metaphysics and its Problems

Li, Chenyang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Perkins, Franklin (DePaul University, Chicago)

Cambridge University Press

04/2015

254

Dura

Inglês

9781107093508

15 a 20 dias

Written by a team of leading scholars, this comprehensive anthology is the first English-language volume focused on Chinese metaphysics. It provides an invaluable tool for students and readers interested in metaphysics and Chinese philosophy, expanding their understanding and appreciation of the key philosophical traditions in China from pre-Qin to modern times.
Introduction Chenyang Li and Franklin Perkins; 1. Yinyang narrative of reality: Chinese metaphysical thinking Robin R. Wang; 2. In defense of Chinese qi-naturalism JeeLoo Liu; 3. What is a thing (wu )? The problem of individuation in early Chinese metaphysics Franklin Perkins; 4. The Mohist conception of reality Chris Fraser; 5. Reading the Zhongyong 'metaphysically' Roger T. Ames; 6. Logos and Dao: conceptions of reality in Heraclitus and Laozi Jiyuan Yu; 7. Constructions of reality: metaphysics in the ritual traditions of classical China Michael Puett; 8. Concepts of reality in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism Hans-Rudolf Kantor; 9. Being and events: Huayan Buddhism's concept of event and Whitehead's ontological principle Vincent Shen; 10. Harmony as substance: Zhang Zai's metaphysics of polar relations Brook Ziporyn; 11. A lexicography of Zhu Xi's metaphysics John Berthrong; 12. Xiong Shili's understanding of the relationship between the ontological and the phenomenal John Makeham; Works cited; Index.
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