Skill and Mastery

Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi
Herausgeber: Chiu, Wai Wai; Lai, Karyn

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Produktbeschreibung

This valuable collection of illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th century BCE Daoist text opens up new lines of inquiry in comparative East-West philosophical debates on skill, cultivation and mastery, as well as cross-disciplinary debates in psychology, cognitive science and philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• CEACOP East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics and Philosophy of Law
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield International
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781786609137
• ISBN-10: 1786609134
• Artikelnr.: 56149901

Autorenporträt

Karyn Lai is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Humanities and Languages. She specialises in comparative Chinese-western philosophical research, drawing insights from Chinese philosophies to engage in debates in areas including moral philosophy, environmental ethics, reasoning and argumentation, and epistemology. Wai Wai Chiu is Assistant Professor at Lingnan University. His interests include pre-Qin Daoist and Mohist philosophy, especially epistemology and ethics. He has published articles on Zhuangzi's conception of knowledge, language and efficacious action; as well as Mozi's conception of benefit.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction (Karyn Lai and Wai Wai Chiu) Part I Reflections on Skill 1
Skilful Performances and the Zhuangzi's Lessons on Orientation (Wai Wai
Chiu) 2 Skill and Nourishing Life (Franklin Perkins) 3 Skill and Emotions
in the Zhuangzi (David Machek) 4 Zhuangzi's Politics from the Perspective
of Skill (Timothy Connolly) 5 Elusive Masters, Powerless Teachers and Dumb
Sages: Exploring Pedagogic Skills in the Zhuangzi (Romain Graziani) 6 Skill
and Embodied Knowledge: Zhuangzi and Liezi (Steven Coutinho) 7 The
Unskilled Zhuangzi: Big and Useless and Not So Good at Catching Rats (Eric
Schwitzgebel) Part II The Stories 8 Cook Ding: A Meditation in Flow (James
Sellman) 9 Wheelwright Bian: A Difficult Dao (Lisa Raphals) 10 The
Cicada-Catcher: Learning for Life (Karyn Lai) 11 The Ferryman: Forget the
Deeps and Row! (Chris Fraser) 12 The Unresponsive Fighting Cocks: Mastery
and Human Interaction in the Zhuangzi (Wim De Reu) 13 The Swimmer: (Albert
Galvany) 14 Woodworker Qing: Matching Heaven with Heaven (Kim-chong Chong)
15 The Naked Scribe: The Skill of Dissociation in Society (Hans-Georg
Moeller) 16 The Forger: The Use of Things (Wai Wai Chiu)