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Vanishing into Things : Knowledge in Chinese Tradition / Barry Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674335912
  • 9780674286443
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121.0951 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: To Really See the Little Th ings -- Confucians -- Daoists -- Th e Art of War -- Chan Buddhism -- The Investigation of Things -- Resonance -- Chronology -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Barry Allen explores the concept of knowledge in Chinese thought over two millennia and compares the different philosophical imperatives that have driven Chinese and Western thought. Challenging the hyperspecialized epistemology of modern Western philosophy, he urges his readers toward an ethical appreciation of why knowledge is worth pursuing.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674286443

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: To Really See the Little Th ings -- Confucians -- Daoists -- Th e Art of War -- Chan Buddhism -- The Investigation of Things -- Resonance -- Chronology -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Barry Allen explores the concept of knowledge in Chinese thought over two millennia and compares the different philosophical imperatives that have driven Chinese and Western thought. Challenging the hyperspecialized epistemology of modern Western philosophy, he urges his readers toward an ethical appreciation of why knowledge is worth pursuing.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)