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The Idea of Qi/Gi : East Asian and Comparative Philosophical Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498557986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Idea of Qi/GiDDC classification:
  • 181/.11
LOC classification:
  • B127.C49 .I343 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- The Idea of Qi/Gi -- The Idea of Qi/Gi East Asian and Comparative Philosophical Perspectives -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- An Investigation of Zhang Zai's Philosophy of Qi 氣 -- The Generic Traits of Nature Explained in Terms of Qi -- The Generic Traits of the Human Experience Explained in Terms of Qi -- Practical Implications of the Above Reflections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Some Aspects of the Concept of Qi in Zhu Xi1,2 -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Dai Zhen's Idea of Qi 氣 and His Critique of Neo-Confucianism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Gwon Geun and Dasan on the Nature of the Mind-Heart -- Gwon Geun on the Mind-heart -- Dasan on the Mind-Heart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Toegye's and Gobong's Li-Qi Metaphysics and the Four-Seven Debate -- Li, Qi, and the Four-Seven Debate -- Li and Qi-Dual Dimensions -- The Four-Seven Debate and Supervenience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- Yi Yulgok on Gi/Qi, Self-Cultivation, and Practical Learning -- The Idea of Gi in Yulgok's Thought -- Gi and Self-Cultivation -- Yulgok on Practical Learning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- An Investigation of Hong Daeyong's Gi 氣 Worldview -- Hong Daeyong's Gi-Worldview in his Dialogues at Ui Mountain -- Korean Philosophy and Hong Daeyong's Gi-Worldview -- Notes -- Chapter 9 -- The Position of Hyegang's Philosophy in the History of World Philosophy -- Is Hyegang an Empiricist? -- Relation to Positivism -- The Overlapping of Modern Epistemology and Medieval Ontology -- Twenty-First-Century Gi-philosophy as an Empirical Metaphysics -- Notes -- Chapter 10 -- Philosophizing "Jigi 氣" of Donghak 東學 as Experienced Ultimate Reality1 -- Jigi and Other Names for Ultimate Reality in Donghak.
Qì as Material Force in the Neo-Confucianism and Jigi as Ultimate Reality in Donghak -- Use of Gi in Korean and Qì in Chinese -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: This book investigates the different meanings and logics that the notion of qi/gi (氣) has acquired within the East Asian traditions in order to understand the diversity of these traditions. More specifically, this work focuses on investigating how the notion was understood by traditional Chinese and Korean philosophers.
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Cover -- The Idea of Qi/Gi -- The Idea of Qi/Gi East Asian and Comparative Philosophical Perspectives -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Introduction -- Notes -- Chapter 2 -- An Investigation of Zhang Zai's Philosophy of Qi 氣 -- The Generic Traits of Nature Explained in Terms of Qi -- The Generic Traits of the Human Experience Explained in Terms of Qi -- Practical Implications of the Above Reflections -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 -- Some Aspects of the Concept of Qi in Zhu Xi1,2 -- Notes -- Chapter 4 -- Dai Zhen's Idea of Qi 氣 and His Critique of Neo-Confucianism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 -- Gwon Geun and Dasan on the Nature of the Mind-Heart -- Gwon Geun on the Mind-heart -- Dasan on the Mind-Heart -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 -- Toegye's and Gobong's Li-Qi Metaphysics and the Four-Seven Debate -- Li, Qi, and the Four-Seven Debate -- Li and Qi-Dual Dimensions -- The Four-Seven Debate and Supervenience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7 -- Yi Yulgok on Gi/Qi, Self-Cultivation, and Practical Learning -- The Idea of Gi in Yulgok's Thought -- Gi and Self-Cultivation -- Yulgok on Practical Learning -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8 -- An Investigation of Hong Daeyong's Gi 氣 Worldview -- Hong Daeyong's Gi-Worldview in his Dialogues at Ui Mountain -- Korean Philosophy and Hong Daeyong's Gi-Worldview -- Notes -- Chapter 9 -- The Position of Hyegang's Philosophy in the History of World Philosophy -- Is Hyegang an Empiricist? -- Relation to Positivism -- The Overlapping of Modern Epistemology and Medieval Ontology -- Twenty-First-Century Gi-philosophy as an Empirical Metaphysics -- Notes -- Chapter 10 -- Philosophizing "Jigi 氣" of Donghak 東學 as Experienced Ultimate Reality1 -- Jigi and Other Names for Ultimate Reality in Donghak.

Qì as Material Force in the Neo-Confucianism and Jigi as Ultimate Reality in Donghak -- Use of Gi in Korean and Qì in Chinese -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.

This book investigates the different meanings and logics that the notion of qi/gi (氣) has acquired within the East Asian traditions in order to understand the diversity of these traditions. More specifically, this work focuses on investigating how the notion was understood by traditional Chinese and Korean philosophers.

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