New Essays in Chinese Philosophy (Asian Thought and Culture)

New Essays In Chinese Philosophy Explores Various Facets Of Chinese Thought Which Have Received Dynamic And Creative Scholarly Attention In The Recent Past. It Argues That Chinese Culture Is Not Logic-less. The Confucian Perception Of Moral Sense And Of Reason Can Be Revitalized To Meet Current Challenges. The Book Displays The Religiosity Of Confucian Philosophy And Explains Why Contemporary Confucianists May Become Christians, And Vice Versa. It Also Illuminates The Taoist And Buddhist Concepts Of The Universe By Comparing Chinese And Western Metaphysics, And Expounds How The Ideas Of Yin, Yang And Harmony In Chinese Tradition Are Consistent With Recent Advances In Science. Introduction / Hsueh-li Cheng -- Ch. 1. The Place Of Chinese Logics In Comparative Logics: Chinese Logics Revisited / Walter Benesch -- Ch. 2. On The Functional Unity Of The Four Dimentions Of Thought In The Book Of Changes / Shu-hsien Liu -- Ch. 3. The Relevance Of Confucian Ethics / Bongkil Chung -- Ch. 4. The Constraints Of Confucianism On The Modernization Of East Asian Business Enterprises / Tai K. Oh -- Ch. 5. Moral Sense And Moral Justification In Confucianism / Hsueh-li Cheng -- Ch. 6. A Logical Reconstruction Of The Butterfly Dream In The Chuang Tzu / Robert Allison -- Ch. 7. From Phenomenology Into The Chinese / James W. Kidd -- Ch. 8. The Organismic Tenet Of Chinese Philosophy: A Comparison Of Trends In Western And Chinese Thought / Shih-chuan Chen -- Ch. 9. Northropian Categories Of Experience Revisited / Kenneth K. Inada -- Ch. 10. Yin-yang Dialectical Monism / Tsung-i Dow. Edited And With An Introduction By Hseuh-li Cheng. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. New Essays in Chinese Philosophy explores various facets of Chinese thought which have received dynamic and creative scholarly attention in the recent past. It argues that Chinese culture is not «logic-less». The Confucian perception of moral sense and of reason can be revitalized to meet current challenges. The book displays the religiosity of Confucian philosophy and explains why contemporary Confucianists may become Christians, and vice versa. It also illuminates the Taoist and Buddhist concepts of the universe by comparing Chinese and Western metaphysics, and expounds how the ideas of yin, yang and harmony in Chinese tradition are consistent with recent advances in science.