| Whose Tradition? Which Dao?: Confucius and Wittgenstein on Moral Learning and Reflection Contributor(s): Peterman, James F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438454201 ISBN-13: 9781438454207 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Confucianism - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 170.922 |
| Series: Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.05 lbs) 339 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In an incisive work of comparative philosophy, James F. Peterman considers the similarities between early Chinese ethicist Confucius and mid-twentieth century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Their enduring legacies rest in no small part on projects to restore humanity to healthy ways of living and thinking. Confucius offers a method of answering ethical questions designed to get his interlocutors further along on the Dao, the path of right living. Struggling with his own forms of unhealthy philosophical confusion, Wittgenstein provides a method of philosophical therapy designed to help one come into agreement with norms embedded in our forms of life and speech. Highlighting similarities between the two philosophers, Peterman shows how Wittgensteinian critique can benefit from Confucian inquiry and how Confucian practice can benefit from Wittgensteinian investigations. Furthermore, in presenting a way to understand Confucius's Dao as concrete language games and forms of life, and Wittgenstein's therapeutic interventions as the most fitting philosophical orientation toward early Confucian ethics, Peterman offers Western thinkers a new, sophisticated understanding of Confucius as a philosopher. |