Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi
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Wong, DB
Published in: Journal of Chinese Philosophy
March 1, 2017
The Zhuangzi text deploys two epistemic themes to accomplish its ends of combatting human pretensions to know the world and to prompting us to rediscover the world through fresh eyes. To get us to shed our arrogant dispositions it applies a constructive skepticism to whatever it is that human beings claim to know. To point towards a more constructive relationship with Nature, it articulates the stance of being a mirror to nature. This essay will explain how the text does this and relates its conceptions of skepticism and being as mirror to relevant contemporary science.
Duke Scholars
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Journal of Chinese Philosophy
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1540-6253
ISSN
0301-8121
Publication Date
March 1, 2017
Volume
44
Issue
1-2
Start / End Page
53 / 70
Related Subject Headings
- Philosophy
- 5003 Philosophy
- 2203 Philosophy
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Wong, D. B. (2017). Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 44(1–2), 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6253.12320
Wong, D. B. “Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 44, no. 1–2 (March 1, 2017): 53–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6253.12320.
Wong DB. Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi. Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2017 Mar 1;44(1–2):53–70.
Wong, D. B. “Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy, vol. 44, no. 1–2, Mar. 2017, pp. 53–70. Scopus, doi:10.1111/1540-6253.12320.
Wong DB. Constructive Skepticism and Being a Mirror in the Zhuangzi. Journal of Chinese Philosophy. 2017 Mar 1;44(1–2):53–70.
Published In
Journal of Chinese Philosophy
DOI
EISSN
1540-6253
ISSN
0301-8121
Publication Date
March 1, 2017
Volume
44
Issue
1-2
Start / End Page
53 / 70
Related Subject Headings
- Philosophy
- 5003 Philosophy
- 2203 Philosophy