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. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Hsueh-li Cheng ix PART ONE: CHINESE LOGIC AND THE SYMBOLS OF THE I-CHING 1 Chapter One: The Place of Chinese Logics in Comparative Logics: Chinese Logics Revisited: Walter Benesch 3 Chapter Two: On the Functional Unity of the Four Dimentions of Thought in the Book of Changes: Shu-hsien Liu 23 PART TWO: MORAL SENSE AND MORAL JUSTIFICATION IN LIFE 59 Chapter Three: The Relevance of Confucian Ethics: Bongkil Chung 61 Chapter Four: The Constraints of Confucianism on the Modernization of East Asian Business Enterprises: Tai K. Oh 79 Chapter Five: Moral Sense and Moral Justification in Confucianism: Hsueh-li Cheng 97 PART THREE: DREAMS, REALITY AND NATURE OF THINGS 113 Chapter Six: A Logical Reconstruction of the Butterfly Dream in the Chuang Tzu: Robert Allison 115 Chapter Seven: From Phenomenology into the Chinese: James W. Kidd 129 PART FOUR: HARMONY, SCIENCE AND THE CHINESE WORLDVIEW 137 Chapter Eight: The Organismic Tenet of Chinese Philosophy: A Comparison of Trends in Western and Chinese Thought: Shih-chuan Chen 139 Chapter Nine: Northropian Categories of Experience Revisited: Kenneth K. Inada 153 Chapter Ten: Yin-yang Dialectical Monism: Tsung-i Dow 175 PART FIVE: CARE AND THE WAY OF HEAVEN 195 Chapter Eleven: The Way of Care: The Image of the Moral Guardian in Confucian Philosophy: Lik-kuen Tong 197 Chapter Twelve: Immanence and Transcendence: A Comparison between Confucianism and Christianity: Pei-jung Fu 211 PART SIX: REVITALIZING AND RECONSTRUCTING CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 219 Chapter Thirteen: Confucianism and Modernization: Chung-ying Cheng 221 Chapter Fourteen: The Criss of Hermeneutical Consciousness in Modern China: Lujun Yin 233 Index 253