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Format: 1 online resource (416 p.)

ISBN: 9780824844912

Series Statement: East-West Center Press

Content: What are the basic, unique characteristics of the Chinese mind, of the Chinese philosophical tradition, and of the Chinese culture based upon that thought-tradition? Here, in a series of living essays by men of exceptional competence, is an interdisciplinary approach to the essentials of Chinese philosophy and culture.These essays are selected chapters from the Proceedings of the four East-West Philosophers’ Conferences held at the University of Hawaii (1939, 1949, 1959, 1964). This volume, published jointly with the University of Hawaii Press, is one in a series of three; the two succeeding volumes will be The Indian Mind and The Japanese Mind. All are intended for the educated reader as well as for the philosophy student and scholar. Though not designed as textbooks, they will provide an excellent base for courses in this area.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Preface -- , Contents -- , Introduction: The Humanistic Chinese Mind -- , Chinese Theory and Practice, with Special Reference to Humanism -- , The Story of Chinese Philosophy -- , Epistemological Methods in Chinese Philosophy -- , The Scientific Spirit and Method in Chinese Philosophy -- , Syntheses in Chinese Metaphysics -- , The Basis of Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Chinese Philosophy -- , Filial Piety and Chinese Society -- , The Development of Ideas of Spiritual Value in Chinese Philosophy -- , Chinese Legal and Political Philosophy -- , The World and the Individual in Chinese Metaphysics -- , The Individual and the World in Chinese Methodology -- , The Individual in Chinese Religions -- , The Status of the Individual in Chinese Ethics -- , The Status of the Individual in Chinese Social Thought and Practice -- , The Status of the Individual in the Political and Legal Traditions of Old and New China -- , Appendix: Romanization and Corresponding Chinese Characters -- , Who's Who -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780824844912

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URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824844912

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Format: 1 online resource (628 p.)

ISBN: 9780824885168

Content: “Life is cheap in the Orient; in the West, the individual is more important than the society.” “Real democracy exists only in the West; Eastern governments are despotic.” Statements such as these, although not always worded in the same way, are cliches that have long been prevalent in the Western world and have reflected the basic misunderstanding and antagonism between the traditions of Eastern and Western thought.Confronting such beliefs as well as Oriental misconceptions about the West as Oriental misconceptions about the West was the task of the Fourth East-West Philosophers’ Conference held at the University of Hawai’i in 1964. Unlike the three preceding conferences (held in 1939, 1949, and 1959), the 1964 meeting chose one basic problem as its central theme: the comparative status of the individual in the major philosophical and cultural traditions of Asia and the West. One particular aspect of the overall problem was presented and discussed extensively in each of six sections: metaphysics, methodology, religion, ethics, social thought and institutions.This volume is composed primarily of the papers presented at the conference, containing also--in the form of questions and answers--some of the extensive, enlightening, and frequently controversial discussion that took place at formal and informal meetings, presenting papers and lectures were some thirty distinguished scholars and philosophers from India, China, japan, the United States, and Europe.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Foreword -- , Preface -- , Greetings -- , Introduction: The conference, the problem, the program -- , Section I. Metaphysics -- , The world and the individual in Chinese metaphysics -- , The status of the individual in Indian metaphysics -- , The status of the individual in Theravāda Buddhist philosophy -- , The status of the individual in Mahāyāna Buddhist philosophy -- , A brief note on individuality in East and West -- , Section II. Methodology -- , The individual and the world in Chinese methodology -- , Indian epistemology and the world and the individual -- , Consciousness of the individual and the universal among the Japanese -- , Knowledge, skepticism, and the individual -- , Section III. Religion -- , The individual in Chinese religions -- , The world and the individual in Indian religious thought -- , The status of the individual in Islam -- , The appearance of individual self-consciousness in Japanese religions and its historical transformations -- , The individual and the Judeo-Christian tradition -- , Section IV. Ethics -- , The status of the individual in Chinese ethics -- , The individual in Indian ethics -- , The individual in Japanese ethics -- , The status of the person in Western ethics -- , Section V. Social Thought and Practices -- , The status of the individual in Chinese social thought and practice -- , The individual in social thought and practice in India -- , The status and role of the individual in Japanese society -- , Searches for agreement by persuasion -- , Section VI. Legal and Political Thought and Institutions -- , The status of the individual in the political and legal traditions of old and new China -- , The individual in the legal and political thought and institutions of India -- , The status of the individual in the notion of law, right, and social order in Japan -- , Legal status of individuals -- , The individual in law and in legal philosophy in the West -- , About the political status of the contemporary individual in the West -- , Appendix -- , Public Lectures -- , The individual in American philosophy -- , The individual and the universal in East and West -- , The individual person in Zen -- , Summary and Concluding Remarks -- , The individual in East and West: review and synthesis -- , Concluding remarks -- , Who's Who -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780824885168

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824885168

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824885168

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Format: 1 online resource (480 p.)

ISBN: 9780824885021

Content: In the modern world, provincialism in reflective thinking is dangerous, possibly tragic. If philosophy is to fulfill one of its main functions - that of guiding the leaders of mankind toward a better world - its perspective must become worldwide and comprehensive in fact as well as in theory. This, the motivating theme of the Second East-West Philosophers' Conference held at the University of Hawaii in the summer of 1949, is likewise the theme of this volume, the complete report of that Conference.The goal of the eminent philosophers participating was the discovery of avenues of progress toward a synthesis of Oriental and Occidental thought. They attempted to reach tentative conclusions in the fields of methodology, metaphysics, and ethical theory.Conference activities consisted of meetings, lectures, discussions, undergraduate courses, and graduate seminars. As far as possible, the proceedings were limited to the study of East-West philosophy; extensive attention was not given to the strictly religious aspects of any philosophical tradition.Participants in the Conference were convinced that philosophy is now entering upon a new stage of development which will be characterized by trans-cultural cooperation and world perspective. This development can be of tremendous significance in world thought and eventually in the lives and actions of the people of the world.Twenty-three of the formal papers presented at the Conference comprise the substance of this book; a significant proposal for synthesis is stated or implied in almost every one. A comprehensive introduction by the editor, a summary of the results and conclusions of the Conference seminars, a who's who of contributors, and an exhaustive index round out the volume.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , An Attempt at World Philosophical Synthesis -- , PART I. METHODOLOGY -- , Chapter I. Reason and Intuition in Buddhist Philosophy -- , Chapter II. Epistemological Methods in Chinese Philosophy -- , Chapter III. Epistemological Methods in Indian Philosophy -- , Chapter IV. Concentration and Meditation as Methods in Indian Philosophy -- , Chapter V. Basic Problems of Method in Harmonizing Eastern and Western Philosophy -- , Chapter VI 124 Empirico-Naturalism and World Understanding -- , Chapter VII. Methodology and Epistemology, Oriental and Occidental -- , PART II. METAPHYSICS -- , Chapter VIII. Syntheses in Chinese Metaphysics -- , Chapter IX. Some Aspects of Reality as Taught by Theravada (Hinayana) Buddhism -- , Chapter X. Buddhism of the One Great Vehicle (Mahayana) -- , Chapter XI. Metaphysical Theories in Indian Philosophy -- , Chapter XII The Nature of Brahman in the Upanisads—The Advaita View -- , Chapter XIII. Certain Basic Concepts of Western Realism and Their Relation to Oriental Thought -- , Chatper XIV. Integration -- , Chapter XV. Main Contrasts Between Eastern and Western Philosophy -- , PART III. ETHICS AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY -- , Chapter XVI. The Basis of Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Chinese Philosophy -- , Chapter XVII. The Basis of Social, Ethical, and Spiritual Values in Indian Philosophy -- , Chapter XVIII. The Philosophical Basis of Indian Legal and Social Systems -- , Chapter XIX. Comparative Strength of Life-Ideals in Eastern and Western Cultures -- , Chapter XX. The Theory of Types and the Verification of Ethical Theories -- , Chapter XXI. Western Theories of Value -- , Chapter XXII. Metaphysics and Ethics in East and West -- , PART IV. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS -- , Chapter XXIII. Reports of the Conference Seminars -- , WHO'S WHO -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780824885021

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824885021

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824885021