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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.
Applies issues in early Chinese thought to contemporary philosophical concerns
Illuminates central issues in Han Dynasty thought
The first english language book on the thought of Wang Chong
Auteur
Alexus McLeod is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Asian/Asian-American Studies at the University of Connecticut, USA. He works primarily in Comparative Philosophy, particularly early Chinese and Mesoamerican Philosophy.
Contenu
IntroductionWang Chong and Philosophy in Early China
a. Life and Historical Background
b. TextsLunheng
c. Intellectual Background and Han Thought
d. Convergence
e. Later Influence
a. Creation and Transmission
b. Method and Application
c. Application of the Critical Method: Appraising Han Feizi
d. EpistemologyHow Do We Gain Knowledge?
e. Selection from Wenkong (Questioning Confucius)
a. The Development of Shi as a Central Concept of Truth
b. Wang's ContributionA Pluralist Theory?
c. Dealing With Objections to Pluralism
d. Substantive Pluralism
e. The Correspondence Intuition
f. Non-linguistic Truth in Wang's Pluralism
a. Nature and Naturalism in Early Chinese Thought: Was Wang a Naturalist?
b. Tian and Ziran in Early Chinese Thought and the Lunheng
a. Human Agency and Free Will
b. De (Potency)
c. Xiu (Cultivation)
d. Ziran (Spontaneity)
e. Zhi (Will/Intention)
f. Three Kinds of Allotment and Inborn Characteristics
ConclusionThe Significance of Wang Chong's Philosophical Thought