Transcendence and non-naturalism in early Chinese thought / Joshua R. Brown and Alexus McLeod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Joshua R., author.

McLeod, Alexus, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Chinese.

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Naturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 250 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Arguments for a Non-Naturalist Reading of Early Chinese Thought

Part I: Groundwork-Questioning a Naturalistic Interpretation of Early Chinese Thoughts

1. 'Naturalism' in Western Philosophy and its Use in Scholarship on Chinese Thought

2. Rethinking Transcendence and Nature

3. The Naturalist Project of the Han

Part II: Transcendence-Readings of Key Concepts and Texts

4. Does Tian Will? The Debate in Warring States and Han

5. The Relationship Between Tian and Humanity

6. Tian and the Grounding of Ritual

7. Dao and the Propensities of Tian

8. Dao and Cosmogony

9. Dao as Action and Natural Law

Part III: Substance-Readings of Key Concepts and Texts

10. Qi as Substance in the Early Han

12. Chapter Twelve: Qi as Essential Spirit

13. An Essential Reading of Xing

14. An Essential Reading of Xin

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Brown, Joshua R.. Transcendence and non-naturalism in early Chinese thought

ISBN:

9781350082557

1350082554

9781350082540

1350082546

Publisher Number:

99985164567

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