Sensing and Mind-Body: A Critique of Mou Zongsan's Philosophy

Author: Chen Yingnian
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: Preface by Pan Fuen, Introduction Chapter: Conscience Perception and Intention Perception
Section: Mind and Matter Coexist
Subsection: No Object Outside the Mind: The Basis of Perception
Subsection: The Root of Mind and Matter: Synthesis
Subsection: The Source of Person and Matter: World Perception
Chapter 2: Matter and Self
Subsection: Cyclical Rotation and Two Layers of Self
Subsection: The Duality and Dichotomy of Matter
Subsection: "The Stability of the 'Transcendent Distinction'"
Chapter 3: Perception and Life
Subsection: The Principle of Life
Subsection: "Nurturing Life"
Subsection: Conscience Perception and Intention Perception
Second Part: Intellectual Intuition: A Dreamer's Rhapsody
Chapter 4: Perception and Creation
Subsection: Matter Itself: The Foundation of Unity
Subsection: World Holism: Perception as Creation
Subsection: Intellectual Intuition: The Displacement of the Horizon
Chapter 5: Two-Layer Ontology
Subsection: The Ontology of Attachment
Subsection: The Ontology of Non-Attachment
Subsection: "Breaking Through the Two Layers"
Chapter 6: Value and Existence
Subsection: Moral Idealism
Subsection: Things and Discarded Things
Subsection: Emotion and Intuition
Third Part: Though Limited, Humans Can Be Infinite: The Basis of Perception
Chapter 7: Limitation: Human Reality
Subsection: The Duality of Life and Nature
Subsection: Thinking Between the Sciences
Subsection: The Theory of Perfect Goodness
Chapter 8: Distinguishing the Self as the Core
Subsection: The Zhu Xi Tradition: Distinguishing the Self as the Core
Subsection: Free Epistemology: Distinguishing but Not the Core
Subsection: Dialogue and Protecting the Faith
Chapter 9: Foundation: The Choice of Lifestyle
Subsection: The Conscience Principle of Chinese Philosophy
Subsection: Between Righteousness and Profit
Subsection: The Path to a New Way of Life
Conclusion: The Tension and Balance Between Natural and Moral Order
References
Postscript by Chen Weiping
Afterword