Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy A Comparative Approach [Paperback]

In his important contribution to debates on truth in early Chinese philosophy, Alexus McLeod takes up the important comparative issue of how to understand the concept of truth in early Chinese philosophy.... In addition to his grounding chapter on how to think about truth in Chinese philosophy, Truth, Philosophy, and Chinese Thought, McLeod offers a quite comprehensive account of the development of thinking about truth.This book is accessible to mainstream philosophers, generally well argued, and plausible in most of its conclusions & [T]his book is really a must-read for any analytic philosopher of language.A concept of truth is essential to every cultural tradition. McLeods systematic and comparative study of Chinese theories of truth fills a long-felt gap in contemporary studies of Chinese philosophy. I strongly recommend this book to everyone interested in Chinese understandings of truth.McLeods new book is a tour de force. He not only makes a compelling case for the claim that early Chinese philosophies contained a variety of theories of truth, he shows that we have much to learn from those theories; the book will be of interest to any one working on truth who is eager to explore new conceptual territory.?This book marvellously examines theoretic explorations in early Chinese philosophy of one of the most basic conceptual foundations  the concept of truth  ?for any reflective pursuits addressing how things are. It carefully engages several widespread misunderstandings of certain crucial features of classical Chinese philosophy.This book examines different views on the concept of truth in early Chinese philosophy, and considers a variety of theories of truth in Chinese and comparative thought.Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy deals with debates surrounding the concept of truth in early Chinese thought, from the earliest periods through to the Han dynasty. Alexus McLeod focuses first on the question of whether there is a concept of truth in early Cl£!