The philosophical thought of Wang Chong = Wen nan / Alexus McLeod.
2018
B128.W254 M35 2018eb
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Title
The philosophical thought of Wang Chong = Wen nan / Alexus McLeod.
Author
McLeod, Alexus, author.
ISBN
9783319952918 (electronic bk.)
3319952919 (electronic bk.)
3319952900
9783319952901
3319952900
9783319952901
3319952919 (electronic bk.)
3319952900
9783319952901
3319952900
9783319952901
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 257 pages)
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9783319952901
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B128.W254 M35 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
181/.11
Summary
This book is a study of the methodological, metaphysical, and epistemological work of the Eastern Han Dynasty period scholar Wang Chong. It presents Wang's philosophical thought as a unique and syncretic culmination of a number of ideas developed in earlier Han and Warring States philosophy. Wang's philosophical methodology and his theories of truth, knowledge, and will and determinism offer solutions to a number of problems in the early Chinese tradition. His views also have much to offer contemporary philosophy, suggesting new ways of thinking about familiar problems. While Wang is best known as a critic and skeptic, Alexus McLeod argues that these aspects of his thought form only a part of a larger positive project, aimed at discerning truth in a variety of senses.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Wang Chong and Philosophy in Early China
2. Background, Writings, and Influence
3. Philosophical and Critical Method
4. Truth: Properties and Pluralism
5. Naturalism: Tian and Qi
6. Free Will, Allotment, and Inborn Characteristics
7. Conclusion: The Significance of Wang Chong's Philosophical Thought.
2. Background, Writings, and Influence
3. Philosophical and Critical Method
4. Truth: Properties and Pluralism
5. Naturalism: Tian and Qi
6. Free Will, Allotment, and Inborn Characteristics
7. Conclusion: The Significance of Wang Chong's Philosophical Thought.