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Whose tradition? Which Dao? : Confucius and Wittgenstein on moral learning and reflection /

Considers the notable similarities between the thought of Confucius and Wittgenstein.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peterman, James F., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Colección:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: A Prologue to an Unlikely Project""; ""Introduction""; ""Bedrock Practices""; ""Bedrock Learning""; ""Imponderable Evidence""; ""Peaceful Agreement and Harmony""; ""Nothing Is Hidden""; ""Shared Insights in Different Contexts""; ""2 Confucius, Wittgenstein, and the Problem of Moral Disagreement""; ""Introduction""; ""Confucius and Disagreement""; ""Wittgensteinâ€?s Realistic Spirit""; ""The Realistic Spirit Frees Us from Metaphysical Realism""; ""The Realistic Spirit Protects the Moral Insights of Common Humanity""
  • ""The Realistic Spirit Examines Established Usages or Words Placed in the Context of Our Complicated Form of Life""""The Realistic Spirit Rejects the Philosophical Ideal of Complete Moral Agreement""; ""The Realistic Spirit Opposes Normative Ethics""; ""Confuciusâ€?s “Realistic Spiritâ€?""; ""Confucian Reflection Is Open-Ended""; ""Confucian Reflection Serves Needs for Self-Cultivation""; ""Confucian Reflection Avoids Speculation""; ""Confucian Study Focuses on Collected Exemplars from History and Literature""; ""Confucian Non-Reductionist View of Dao""
  • ""Expressing a Realistic Spirit, Fending off a Kantian Challenge""""Fending off a “Newâ€? Wittgensteinian Challenge""; ""3 Confucius, History, and the Problem of Meaning""; ""Overview""; ""Indeterminacy of Meaning""; ""The Threat of Semantic Nihilism""; ""Speakerâ€?s Meaning and the Threat of Semantic Skepticism""; ""History and the Chain of Evidence Problem""; ""The Character Confucius: Real or Realistic?""; ""Makehamâ€?s Solution to the Problem of Limited Historical Knowledge""; ""4 Wittgenstein and the Problem of Understanding at a Distance""; ""Introduction""
  • ""Wittgenstein on Understanding and Meaning""""How to Understand Interpretive Charity""; ""Interpreting the “Middle Groundâ€?""; ""Conclusion""; ""5 How to Be a Confucian Pragmatist without Losing the Truth""; ""Introduction""; ""Munro on Plato, Chinese Philosophy, and Truth""; ""Hansen on Chinese Philosophy on Truth""; ""More on Hansen""; ""Hall and Ames and the Pragmatic Reading of Chinese Philosophy""; ""Performative Language and Background Beliefs""; ""Doing Things with Words""; ""Truth in On Certainty""; ""Invoking Dao""; ""6 Saving Confucius from the Confucians""; ""Introduction""
  • ""Details and the Limits of Reflection""""The Depth of Confuciusâ€?s Philosophical Problems""; ""Wittgenstein, Method, and the Depth of Our Quandaries""; ""Details and Commentary""; ""From He Yanâ€?s Commentary""; ""From Zhu Xiâ€?s Commentary""; ""7 The Dilemmas of Contemporary Confucianism""; ""Introduction""; ""Jiwei Ciâ€?s Dilemmas""; ""MacIntyreâ€?s Dilemma""; ""Rational Development of Traditions""; ""Confuciusâ€?s “Small Placeâ€? for Theory""; ""Limits on the Law of the Excluded Middle: Wittgenstein""; ""Limits of the Law of the Excluded Middle: Confucius""