The philosophy of change : comparative insights on the Yijing / Chung-Ying Cheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Chung-Ying, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Yi jing.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Advances our understanding of the the Yijing (also known as the I Ching) by comparing and contrasting it to Western philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

""In The Philosophy of Change, the distinguished scholar of Chinese philosophy Chung-ying Cheng advances our understanding of the Yijing by analyzing its philosophy in comparison to Western philosophical traditions. Cheng focuses on critically comparing philosophies of science, religion, and metaphysics in Leibniz, Whitehead, Neville, and Cobb alongside classical Chinese views on reality, divinity, knowledge, and morality. The book begins and ends with questions related to the character of Chinese metaphysical traditions, which contrast with the mainline metaphysical traditions found in Western Europe and North America. Cheng argues throughout the book that the philosophical underpinnings of basic concepts in Chinese culture are ultimately rooted in key claims found within the Yijing and one of its standard commentaries, the Yizhuan. The book serves as a complementary volume to the author's previous book, The Primary Way: Philosophy of the Yijing, which lays out a comprehensive and systematic philosophy based on the symbolism and text of the classical document and its traditional commentaries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Comparative Insights and the Philosophy of the Yijing

Chapter 1 On the Origins of Chinese Philosophy: Three Aspects of Origins

Three Strains of Thinking in the Origins of Chinese Philosophy

Initial Trust and Primal Order: Ancestral Spirits and the Mandate of Heaven

Emergence of Integrative Wisdom: Dialectics and Cosmology in Union

Creative Integration: Humanistic Awakening and Naturalistic Understanding

Axial Thinkers and Formation of Philosophical Schools

Concluding Remarks

Chapter 2 Classical Chinese Views of Reality and Divinity

Introductory Remarks

The Yizhuan Theory of Reality

The Daoist Theory of Reality

Divinity without Theology: Chinese Approach to Divinity

Zhongyong (中庸): Cheng as Source of Shen 神 and Sheng 圣

Chapter 3 The Trinity of Cosmology, Ecology, and Ethics in the Confucian Personhood

Inclusive Humanism as Cosmo-Ethics and Eco-Cosmology

Onto-cosmology as the Inner Core of the Confucian Trinity

Cosmo-Eco-Ethics and Moral Decision-Making

Chapter 4 Toward an Integrative Pluralism of Religions: Embodying Yijing, Whitehead, and Cobb

Pre-conditions of Integrative Pluralism

Integration of Creativity: Whitehead and Yijing

Overcoming Relativism in Integrative Pluralism

The Role of the Human: From Ontological God to Ethical God

Reflections on Four Religions: A Historical Model of Integrative Pluralism

Chapter 5 On Neville's Understanding of Chinese Philosophy: The Ontology of Wu (无), the Cosmology of Yi (易), and the Normalogy of Li (理)

Introduction

Ontological Creativity and Ontology of Wu

Triology of Thinking and Cosmology of Yi

Confucian-Christian Comparisons and Normalogy of Li

Chapter 6 Time in Chinese Philosophy

Western Paradigms of Time: From Plato to Heidegger.

The Primary Paradigm of Yi: Comprehensive Observation of Time

Time as Change with Reference to Creativity

Time in Relation to the Human Person

Comparative Analysis of Time

Daoism

Confucianism

Neo-Daoism

Neo-Confucianism

Time and Chinese Ethics

Onto-cosmological Theory of Time

Grounding the above Considerations in the Yijing

Chapter 7 On the Hierarchical Theory of Time with Reference to Chinese Philosophy of Dao ( ) and Qi (气)

Dao and Qi: Creativity and Generality of Time

Hierarchy of Generation and Harmonization in Time

Cultivation of Mind and the Insight into Nowness

Chapter 8 Leibniz's Notion of a Universal Characteristic and Symbolic Realism in the Yijing

A Universal Characteristic and Its Purpose

Truth and Existence

The Yijing: From Observation to Interpretation

Observation

Symbolization

Divination

Interpretation

Conclusions

Appendix: Greek and Chinese Views on Time and the Timeless

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Glossary Index.

Introduction: Comparative Insights and the Philosophy of the Yijing

Western Paradigms of Time: From Plato to Heidegger

The Primary Paradigm of Yi: Comprehensive Observation of Time

Conclusions

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based upon print version of record.

"This book serves as a second and complementary volume to my previous publication: The Primary Way: Philosophy of the Yijing"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-289) and indexes.

Other Format:

Print version: Cheng, Chung-Ying The Philosophy of Change

ISBN:

9781438494074

1438494076

OCLC:

1390918623