Chinese Philosophy New Directions and Interdisciplinary Perspectives,9781405185516

Chinese Philosophy New Directions and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781405185516
ISBN10: 1405185511
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-06-16
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This anthology presents the distinctive insights of Chinese philosophy and their relevance to contemporary issues in a range of areas: moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, environmental ethics, medicine and psychological health. New, especially interdisciplinary research Applies insights in Chinese philosophy from eminent scholars in the field of Chinese philosophy

Author Biography

Karyn Lai specializes in early Confucian and Daoist philosophies. She has published broadly in that area and her book Learning from Chinese Philosophies (Ashgate Publishing, 2006) draws insights from Chinese philosophy and applies them to contemporary debates including in Environmental Ethics, Feminist philosophy and Social and Political philosophy. The contributing authors are eminent scholars in the field; they are Tang Yijie, Nathan Sivin, Chung-ying Cheng, Antonio Cua, Lauren Pfister, William Herfel, Dianah Rodrigues and Yin Gao.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
On Human Consciousness in Classical Chinese Philosophy: Developing Onto-Hermeneutics of the Human Person
Constructing ""Chinese Philosophy"" in Sino-European Cultural Exchange
Drawing Insights From Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine and the Dynamic Conceptions of Health and Disease
Understanding Change: the Interdependent Self in its Env
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