Wisdom and Philosophy Contemporary and Comparative Approaches [Hardcover]

Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approachesquestions the nature of the relationship between wisdom and philosophy from an intercultural perspective. Bringing together an international mix of respected philosophers, this volume discusses similarities and differences of Western and Asian pursuits of wisdom and reflects on attempts to combine them.

Contributors cover topics such as Confucian ethics, the acquisition of wisdom in pre-Qin literature and anecdotes of stupidity in the classical Chinese tradition, while also addressing contemporary topics such as global Buddhism and analytic metaphysics. Providing original examples of comparative philosophy, contributors look at ideas and arguments of thinkers such as Confucius, Zhuangzi and Zhu Xi alongside the work of Aristotle, Plato and Heidegger.

Presenting Asian perspectives on philosophy as practical wisdom,Wisdom and Philosophyis a rare intercultural inquiry into the relation between wisdom and philosophy. It provides new ways of understanding how wisdom connects to philosophy and underlines the need to reintroduce it into philosophy today.

Hans-Georg Moelleris Professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau in Macau, China

Andrew K. Whiteheadis Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University, USA

1. Introduction, Andrew Whitehead, Kennesaw State University, USA
Part I: Chinese Wisdom
2. Living Wisely: Confucian Role Ethics and Second Enlightenment Thinking,Roger T. Ames, University of Hawai'i, USA
3. The Wisdom of Charioteering (Yu?): Old Practice, New Perspectives,Robin R. Wang, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA
4. Lessons from Stupidity: Wisdom and the Man from Song ,Jim Behuniak, Colby College, USA
5. Wisdom and Human Work in Classical Chinese Philosophy,Anna Ghiglione, Universit? de Montr?al, Canada
6. Speaking the Unspeakable: Wisdom in the Chinese TlÓh