Selected Works of Wen, a Philosophy PhD from the US. Volume on Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Philosophy: Volume on Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Philosophy

Author: Mou Bo
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This volume compiles 13 research papers in the field of comparative studies between Chinese and Western philosophy. Most of the authors are philosophy PhDs and scholars who teach and conduct research in philosophy in North America or China. The selected essays in this volume are divided into four parts based on the nature of the topics: Part 1 includes 5 articles that discuss general ways of thinking about the world from the perspectives of metaphysics, the relationship between language and thought, and logic. Part 2 features 4 articles that explore general theoretical issues of virtue ethics through a comparative study of the Confucian virtue ethics tradition and the Western ethics tradition. Part 3 contains 2 articles discussing the relationship between the Confucian ethics tradition and bioethics. Part 4 presents 2 articles that examine the philosophical aspects of the relationship among members of human society.