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Seattle.
University of Washington Press.
1989.
xix + 375pp, index, bibliography, glossary, hardback. Dustjacket spine trifle sunned, otherwise a very good copy. "Drawing on Wang Fu-chih's writings and on the larger Chinese tradition, Alison Black uncovers some of the basic conceptions underlying the formal conventions of Chinese, particularly Neo-Confucian, philosophical discourse. An important aspect of the study is its illustration of parallel modes of thinking in such diverse areas as Wang's cosmology and metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and literary theory, demonstrating the inadequacy of the materialist interpretation to which his ideas have been subjected. It also throws new light on topics such as Neo-Confucian attitudes to moral and intellectual knowledge and the investigation of Nature. It shows, for example, the complexity of the response of a progressive 17th century Confucian to natural science, and the inadequacy of many of our own conceptual categories of empiricism, rationalism, and objectivity." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 65197)
ISBN: 9780295963389
Related Subject Areas:
Confucianism
East Asia
Neo-Confucianism
Philosophy
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Man and Nature in the Philosophical Thought of Wan (Man and Nature in the Philosophical Thought of Wang Fu-chih)
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