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

• Autore: Allen Barry
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (300 p.)
• Disciplina: 121.0951
• Soggetto topico: Knowledge, Theory of - China
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vanishing into Things
• ISBN: 0-674-28646-4; 0-674-28644-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996234850303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno