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Record Nr.

UNISA996234850303316

Autore

Allen Barry

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-674-28646-4

0-674-28644-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Disciplina

121.0951

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.