Peterman Whose Tradition? Which Dao?

Confucius and Wittgenstein on Moral Learning and Reflection
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5421-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peterman, James F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Konfuzianismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: A Prologue to an Unlikely Project

2. Confucius, Wittgenstein, and the Problem of Moral Disagreement

3. Confucius, History, and the Problem of Meaning

4. Wittgenstein and the Problem of Understanding at a Distance

5. How to Be a Confucian Pragmatist without Losing the Truth

6. Saving Confucius from the Confucians

7. The Dilemmas of Contemporary Confucianism

8. Fingarette on Handshaking

9. Acknowledging the Given: Our Complicated Form of Ritual Life

Afterword: The Way Backward or Forward: Wittgenstein or Confucius?

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

James F. Peterman is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Community Engagement at Sewanee: The University of the South. He is the author of Philosophy as Therapy: An Interpretation and Defense of Wittgenstein's Later Philosophical Project, also published by SUNY Press.