Confucian Pragmatism as the Art of Contextualizing Personal Experience and World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780739136447)

This engaging work of comparative philosophy brings together American pragmatism and Chinese philosophy in a way that generates new interpretations of Chinese philosophy and a fresh perspective on issues in process philosophy. Through an analysis of key terms, Haiming Wen argues that Chinese philosophical terminology is not simply a retrospective language that through a process of stipulation promises us knowledge of an existing world, but is also an open, prospective vocabulary that through productive associations allows philosophers to realize a desired world. Relying on this productive power of Chinese terminology, Wen introduces a new term: 'Confucian pragmatism.' Wen convincingly shows that although there is much that distinguishes American pragmatism from Confucian philosophy, there is enough conceptual overlap to make Confucian pragmatism a viable and exciting field of study.

Author: Haiming Wen
ISBN-10: 0739136445
ISBN-13: 9780739136447
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 430
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d