Chinese Philosophy as World Philosophy: Humanity and Creativity (II) (Journal of Chinese Philosophy Supplement)

Gu, Linyu

ISBN 10: 1119036593 / ISBN 13: 9781119036593

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

About this Item

Seller Inventory # I-9781119036593

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinese Philosophy as World Philosophy: Humanity and Creativity (II) (Journal of Chinese Philosophy Supplement)
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119036593
• ISBN 13: 9781119036593
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

• Sixteen collected essays examine Chinese Philosophy around 4 major topics
• Furthers and deepens fundamental inquiries, including: What is philosophy?  Is there more than one origin of philosophy?  Have we embraced other traditions as well as integrated others into our own?  How do we view Chinese philosophy in the multi-origins of the world philosophy and vice versa? 
• The second volume of the festschrift for celebrating the Journal of Chinese Philosophy’s 40th anniversary

About the Author

Professor Dr. Chung-ying Cheng, internationally known philosopher of East-West integration and a leading representative of Neo-Confucian philosophy in contemporary world, was born in 1935 in China, received his college education at National Taiwan University in Taipei with major in philosophy and literature. He received his M.A. in Philosophy from University of Washington (1959), received Ph.D. in Philosophy (with minor in mathematics) from Harvard University (1964) and started teaching in 1964. He became a tenured full Professor of Philosophy by 1972 at University of Hawaii at Manoa.