Metaphorical Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy

Illustrated with Feng Youlan's New Metaphysics

Derong Chen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

268 Seiten

2011
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-5000-9 (ISBN)

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In Metaphorical Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy: Illustrated with Feng Youlan’s New Metaphysics, Derong Chen explores Chinese philosophy through a comprehensive study and critical analysis of Feng Youlan’s new metaphysics, proposing a systematic analysis of meaning that differs from the approach of the comparative linguistic analysis that A.C. Graham and Chad Hasen employed in their studies of Chinese philosophy. This detailed analysis of Feng Youlan’s new metaphysics demonstrates that Feng’s system is not the completely Westernized philosophical system many scholars identify it as, nor is it the pure logical and analytical system Feng himself intended to construct. Rather, the essence and characteristics of the new metaphysics at the core of Feng’s philosophical system expose his philosophy as a continuation of the Chinese philosophical tradition in a new era. This approach is most applicable to scholars of comparative philosophy and of any era of Chinese philosophy.

Derong Chen is sessional lecturer II in Chinese at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Chapter 1. Linguistic Approaches vs. Metaphorical Metaphysics
Chapter 3 Approaches to Chinese Philosophy
Chapter 4 Systematic Linguistic Approach
Chapter 5 Metaphorical Metaphysics
Part 6 Chapter 2. Abstract Categories: Feng Youlan's Zhenji and Shiji
Chapter 7 The Theory of the Realm of Truth
Chapter 8 The Essence and Rationality of Zhenji
Chapter 9 An Alternative Vision of the Realm of Truth
Part 10 Chapter 3. Metaphorical Metaphysical Categories: Feng's Li and Qi
Chapter 11 The Metaphorical Metaphysical Category: Qi
Chapter 12 The Metaphorical Metaphysical Category: Li
Part 13 Chapter 4. Metaphorical Metaphysical Propositions: Feng Youlan's Zai and Liu
Chapter 14 The Embodiment of Dao as a Process of Change
Chapter 15 Aggregate Being vs. Great Totality
Part 16 Chapter 5. Metaphorical Metaphysical Ideas in Ethics: Feng Youlan's Theory of Four Realms of Life
Chapter 17 The Metaphysical Foundation of the Five Confucian Virtues
Chapter 18 The Li of Society: Metaphysical Grounds of Morality
Chapter 19 My Proposal: The Human Realm
Part 20 Summary and Conclusions

Sprache	englisch
Maße	167 x 239 mm
Gewicht	562 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-7391-5000-6 / 0739150006
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-5000-9 / 9780739150009
Zustand	Neuware