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Karyn Lai, Wai Wai Chiu - Skill and Mastery, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Skill and Mastery

Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi

Av Karyn Lai, Wai Wai Chiu

Del i serien CEACOP East Asian Comparative Ethics, Politics and Philosophy of Law

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Skill and Mastery: Philosophical Stories from the Zhuangzi presents an illuminating analysis of skill stories from the Zhuangzi, a 4th century BCE Daoist text. In this intriguing text that subverts conventional norms and pursuits, ordinary activities such as swimming, cicada-catching and wheelmaking are executed with such remarkable efficacy and spontaneity that they seem like magical feats. An international team of scholars explores these stories in their philosophical, historical and political contexts. Their analyses’ highlight the stories’underlying conceptions of agency, character and cultivation; and relevance to contemporary debates on human action and experience. The result is a valuable collection, opening 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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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.

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The book contains expert contributions from fifteen recognized researchers of Chinese philosophy and religion from all over the world. Thanks to its captivating themes and the accessible language it employs, it will likely become a popular anthology among undergraduates in religion and philosophy, and it also provides a good up to date introduction to the Zhuangzi for the more general reading public.

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