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This volume investigates how, through critical engagement, the philosophy of Donald Davidson in the Western analytic tradition and some thoughts and strands in Chinese philosophy can jointly contribute to the common philosophical enterprise and shows how such comparative methodology of constructive engagement is important or even indispensable in general philosophical inquiry. The anthology consists of 12 previously unpublished essays by experts in relevant areas of study, which are organized into five parts respectively on conceptual schemes and cross-cultural understanding, the principle of charity, rationality and normativity, meaning and interpretation, and truth concern and dao concern. The anthology also includes the volume editor's theme introduction on how the constructive engagement of Davidson's philosophy and Chinese philosophy is possible. Contributors include: Stephen C. Angle, Chung-ying Cheng, Kim-chong Chong, Yiu-ming Fung, Michael Krausz, A.P. Martinich, Bo Mou, Koji Tanaka, Samuel C. Wheeler, David B. Wong, Yang Xiao, and Yujian Zheng

"Among world's three major philosophic traditions, Chinese philosophy excels in ethical discourse. As a collective wisdom on a par with Aristotle's "Ethics" and Kant's "Critique of Practical Reason", Chinese philosophy now needs to be systematized and developed. Today, Chinese philosophy per se has often been reduced to the historical approach to it, hence its slower development in comparison with European and Indian philosophies. The author of this book avails himself of Kant's model of human psychic structure, synthesizes the basic elements of Chinese philosophy into a rigorous theoretical framework, and presents a panoptic view of the edifice of traditional Chinese philosophy."--

Preliminary Materials /B. Mou -- Constructive-Engagement Movement In View Of Searle'S Philosophy And Chinese Philosophy: A Theme Introduction /Bo Mou -- Chapter One. The Globalization Of Philosophy /John R. Searle -- Chapter Two. Analysis Of Searle's Philosophy Of Mind And Critique From A Neo-Confucian Point Of View /Chung-Ying Cheng -- Reply To Chung-Ying Cheng /John R. Searle -- Chapter Three. Wú-Wéi, The Background, And Intentionality /Chris Fraser -- Reply To Chris Fraser /John R. Searle -- Chapter Four. A Daoist Critique Of Searle On Mind And Action /Joel W. Krueger -- Reply To Joel W. Krueger /John R. Searle -- Chapter Five. The Philosopher And The Sage: Searle And The Sixth Patriarch On The Brain And Consciousness /Robert E. Allinson -- Reply To Robert Allinson /John R. Searle -- Chapter Six. Searle And Buddhism On The Mind And The Non-Self /Soraj Hongladarom -- Reply To Soraj Hongladarom /John R. Searle -- Chapter Seven. Reference, Truth, And Fiction /A.P. Martinich -- Reply To A.P. Martinich /John R. Searle -- Chapter Eight. How To Do Zen (Chan) With Words? An Approach Of Speech Act Theory /Yiu-Ming Fung -- Reply To Yiu-Ming Fung /John R. Searle -- Chapter Nine. Searle, De Re Belief, And The Chinese Language /Marshall D. Willman -- Reply To Marshall D. Willman /John R. Searle -- Chapter Ten. Confucianism And The Is-Ought Question /A.T. Nuyen -- Reply To A.T. Nuyen /John R. Searle -- Chapter Eleven. Xun Zi On Capacity, Ability And Constitutive Rules /Kim-Chong Chong -- Reply To Kim-Chong Chong /John R. Searle -- Chapter Twelve. Weakness Of Will, The Background, And Chinese Thought /Chris Fraser and Kai-Yee Wong -- Reply To Chris Fraser And Kai-Yee Wong /John R. Searle -- Chapter Thirteen. Searle On Knowledge, Certainty And Skepticism: In View Of Cases In Western And Chinese Traditions /Avrum Stroll -- Reply To Avrum Stroll /John R. Searle -- Chapter Fourteen. Searle's Theory Of Intentionality As A Philosophical Method For Research In The Human Sciences /B. Jeannie Lum -- Reply To B. Jeannie Lum /John R. Searle -- Chapter Fifteen. Unconscious Intentionality And The Status Of Normativity In Searle's Philosophy: With Comparative Reference To Traditional Chinese Thought /Yujian Zheng -- Reply To Yujian Zheng /John R. Searle -- Chapter Sixteen. Searle, Zhuang Zi, And Transcendental Perspectivism /Bo Mou -- Reply To Bo Mou /John R. Searle -- Index Of Names And Subjects /B. Mou.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. David Wong's Pluralistic Moral Relativism -- 1. The Strategy and Style of Wong's Approach: Working Out a Defensible Relativism -- 2. The Three Main Theses of Wong's Pluralistic Relativism -- 3. Wong's Defense of Pluralistic Relativism -- 4. Wong's Moral Relativism and Chinese Philosophy -- II. Central Issues between Wong and His Critics -- 1. A Morality of Humanity Over and Above Moralities of Social Groups? -- 2. Can a Metaethics that Is Naturalistic, Pluralistic, and Relativistic Accommodate a Normative Morality that Is Non-Naturalistic, Monistic, or Universalistic Morality? -- 3. The Principle of Humanity vs. the Principle of Charity: Interpretation of Confucianism -- 4. Naturalism and the Naturalistic Fallacy -- 5. Naturalism, Relativism, and Realism -- 6. Speaker Relativism or Patient Relativism? -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Critical Essays -- 2. Human Morality, Naturalism, and Accommodation -- I. Wong's Pluralistic Relativism -- II. The Universal Element in Morality -- III. Relativism -- IV. Accommodation -- V. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Naturalism and Pluralistic Relativism -- I. Introduction -- II. Individuating Moralities -- III. From Moral Ambivalence to Pluralistic Relativism? -- IV. Value Monism and Universalism Revisited -- V. Should Wong Allow Non-Naturalistic Moralities to be Adequate? -- VI. Moralities as Practiced Versus Ideal Moralities -- VII. A Problem for Wong's Reciprocity Constraint -- VIII. Wong's Use of Xunzi: A Separate Naturalistic Project? -- Acknowledgment -- Notes -- References -- 4. Principle of Humanity vs. Principle of Charity -- I. The Argument -- II. The Rival Principles of Humanity and Charity in Radical Translation -- III. The Role of Comparative Philosophy in the Argument -- IV. Xunzi and Sage Authority.

"Presenting a comprehensive portrayal of the reading of Chinese and Buddhist philosophy in early twentieth-century German thought, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought examines the implications of these readings for contemporary issues in comparative and intercultural philosophy. Through a series of case studies from the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Eric Nelson focuses on the reception and uses of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism in German philosophy, covering figures as diverse as Buber, Heidegger, and Misch. He argues that the growing intertextuality between traditions cannot be appropriately interpreted through notions of exclusive identities, closed horizons, or unitary traditions. Providing an account of the context, motivations, and hermeneutical strategies of early twentieth-century European thinkers' interpretation of Asian philosophy, Nelson also throws new light on the question of the relation between Heidegger and Asian philosophy. Reflecting the growing interest in the possibility of intercultural and global philosophy, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought opens up the possibility of a more inclusive intercultural conception of philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies cover -- Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies half title -- Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies title page by Owen Flanagan -- copyright page -- Prefatory -- Owen Flanagan -- Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleologies -- The Aquinas Lectures -- About the Aquinas Lectures Series.

That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.

'Practical Contextualism' is a multifaceted concept which, I will argue, permeates various ancient Chinese texts. The central focus of practical contextualism is to be aware of, and sensitive to, the contextual environment or situation, including the relationships involved in those contexts. On an individual level, this has important implications for one's daily engagement with others and the world. On a socio-political level, this is essential to creating and implementing well-functioning social and political institutions and policies. Practical contextualism means, among other things, that one must be prepared for possible changes that might occur in these contexts, and calls for the fostering of optimal and timely responses and solutions. In this light, the cultivation of the self is an arduous process whereby one develops epistemic cognition and skills in order to be able to detect and deal with exigent situations. This thesis studies four pre-Qin Chinese texts: the Yi Jing (易經), the Han Fei Zi (韓非子), the Zhuang Zi (莊子), and the Analects (論語). Each of these arguably exemplifies the particular tradition or practical field it represents, and has received extensive and long-term scholarly attention. The current study unveils practical contextualism as a common theme that exists in the four texts, but with different philosophical emphases. The Yi Jing is one of the earliest texts abundant with contextual and practical ideas that are not necessarily limited to any particular philosophical discipline. In the Han Fei Zi, practical contextualism constitutes an overt theme in political discourse. The Zhuang Zi is ideal for examining practical contextualism in Chinese epistemology. The Analects explores how practical contextualism is played out in human societies. The current study proposes a theoretical framework to describe 'practical contextualism', which does not appear specifically in ancient Chinese texts, and has yet to be studied systematically. The framework identifies six distinctive dimensions of ...