The philosophical challenge from China / edited by Brian Bruya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruya, Brian, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 393 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Rigorously argued and meticulously researched, an investigation of current topics in philosophy that is informed by the Chinese philosophical tradition.

Contents:

I Moral Psychology

1 When You Think It's Bad, It's Worse Than You Think: Psychological Bias and the Ethics of Negative Character Assessments / Hagop Sarkissian Sarkissian, Hagop 3

2 Crowing Virtue: The Theory and Science of Developing Compassion from a Mencian Perspective / David B. Wong Wong, David B. 23

3 Proto-Empathy and Nociceptive Mirror Emotion: Mencius' Embodied Moral Psychology / Bongrae Seok Seok, Bongrae 59

II Political Philosophy and Ethics

4 A Criticism of Later Rawls and a Defense of a Decent (Confucian) People / Tongdong Bai Bai, Tongdong 101

5 Unequal Human Worth / Donald J. Munro Munro, Donald J. 121

6 Virtue Ethics, the Rule of Law, and the Need for Self-Restriction / Stephen C. Angle Angle, Stephen C. 159

7 Ethical Self-Commitment and Ethical Self-indulgence / Kwong-Ioi Shun Shun, Kwong-Ioi 183

8 Confucian Moral Sources / Owen Flanagan Flanagan, Owen, Steven Geisz Geisz, Steven 205

III Metaphysics and Epistemology

9 Senses and Values of Oneness / Philip J. Ivanhoe Ivanhoe, Philip J. 231

10 What Does the Law of Non-Contradiction Tell Us, If Anything? Paradox, Parameterization, and Truth in Tiantai Buddhism / Brook Ziporyn Ziporyn, Brook 253

11 Knowing-How and Knowing-To / Stephen Hetherington Hetherington, Stephen, Karyn L. Lai Lai, Karyn L. 279

12 Quine's Naturalized Epistemology and Zhuangzi's Daoist Naturalism: How Their Constructive Engagement Is Possible / Bo Mou Mou, Bo 303

13 Action without Agency and Natural Human Action: Resolving a Double Paradox / Brian Bruya Bruya, Brian 339.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262323628

0262323621

0262028433

9780262028431

OCLC:

906804342

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