Foust Confucianism and American Philosophy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6476-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

A comparative analysis of Confucianism and the American Transcendentalist and Pragmatist traditions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Foust, Mathew A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

On Comparative Philosophy
American Philosophy as World Philosophy
Confucius and Dewey
Broadening a Comparative Horizon
Boston Confucianism
Textual Conventions
Overview

1. Confucianism and Emerson: Friendship

Introduction
“Have no friend unlike yourself ”
Confucian Friendship
Confucianism in Emerson’s “Friendship”
Conclusion

2. Confucianism and Thoreau: Civil Disobedience

Introduction
Analects 8.13 and Mencius 4A5
On Civil Disobedience
Confucianism in “Civil Disobedience”
On Confucian Civil Disobedience
Conclusion

3. Confucianism and Peirce: Inquiry and Belief

Introduction
Doubt, Inquiry, and Belief
Peirce’s Four Methods of Belief Fixation
Confucius and the Method of Tenacity
Confucius and the Method of Authority
Confucius and the A Priori Method
Confucius and the Scientific Method
Conclusion

4. Confucianism and James: Human Nature and Morality

Introduction
Mencius and Xunzi on Human Nature and Morality
James on Human Nature and Morality
The Healthy-Minded and the Sick-Souled
Human Nature, Violence, and Peace
Conclusion

5. Confucianism and Royce: Shame and Atonement

Introduction
Shame in the Thought of Royce
Shame in the Thought of Confucius and Mencius
Theories of Atonement
Atonement in the Thought of Royce
Atonement in the Thought of Confucius
Conclusion

Conclusion:
Looking Back
Looking Ahead

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mathew A. Foust is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Central Connecticut State University. He is the author of Loyalty to Loyalty: Josiah Royce and the Genuine Moral Life and the coeditor (with Sor-hoon Tan) of Feminist Encounters with Confucius.