Modern and contemporary Taiwanese philosophy : traditional foundations and new developments / edited by Jana S. Rosker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rosker, Jana S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--Taiwan.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 389 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

This collection contains 13 essays on modern and contemporary Taiwanese philosophy, written by outstanding scholars working in this field. It highlights the importance of Taiwanese philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. While the Chinese conceptual tradition (especially Confucianism) fell out of favor from the 1950s onwards and was often banned or at least severely criticized on the mainland, Taiwanese philosophers constantly strove to preserve and develop it. Many of them tried to modernize their own traditions through dialogs with Western thought, especially with the ideas of the European Enlightenment. However, it was not only about preserving tradition; in the second half of the 20th century, several complex and coherent philosophical systems emerged in Taiwan. The creation of these discourses is evidence of the great creativity and innovative power of many Taiwanese theorists, whose work is still largely unknown in the Western world.

Contents:

introduction. The role of Taiwanese philosophy in the second half of the 20th century / Jana S. Rǒsker [1]. Modern and contemporary Confucianism. The problem of "Inner Sageliness and Outer kindness" revisited : on the controversy raised by Yu Ying-shih's work Zhu Xi's Historical World / Ming-huei Lee

A debate on Confucian orthodoxy in contemporary Taiwanese Confucian thought / Jong-Mo Jung

A phenomenological interpretation of Mou Zongsan's use of "Transcendence" and "Immanence" and his contribution to world philosophy / Tak-lap Yeung

Modern Confucianism and the methodology of Chinese aesthetics : body and mind in Xu Fuguan's theory / Tea Sernelj

[2]. Research on Daoist philosophy. Laozi's view of presence and absence, movement and stillness, and essence and function / Guying Chen

Characteristics of Laozi's "Complementary Opposition" thought pattern / Hui-ling Wu

A general survey of the Taiwanese studies on the philosophy of the Wei-Jin Period in the last fifty years of the 20th century / Hai-yen Ye

[3]. Logic and methodology. Qinghau School of Logic and the origins of Taiwanese studies in modern logic : a note on the early thought of Mou Zongsan and Yin Haiguang / Jan Vrhovski

Discussing the functions and limitations of conveying "Concepts" in philosophical thinking / Hsien-chung Lee

[4]. Taiwanese philosophy from the East Asian and global perspective. How is it possible to "Think from the Point of East Asia?" : focusing on the experiences of Chinese-Japanese intellectual exchange / Chun-chieh Huang

Between philosophy and religion : Tang Junyi and Nishtani Keiji's speculation on modernity / Kuan-Min Huang

The global significance of Chinese/Taiwanese philosophy in a project on Islamic-Confucian-Daoist dialogue in the Balkans / Nevad Kahteran.

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ISBN:

1-5275-6244-1

OCLC:

1225556350