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Time and self in Whitehead, Yi (change) and Zen: A comparative study
Author Gu, Lin-yu (著)
Source Dissertation Abstracts International
Volumev.59 n.4 Section A
Date1998.10
Pages1199
PublisherProQuest LLC
Publisher Url https://www.proquest.com/
LocationAnn Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Degreedoctor
InstitutionUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
AdvisorOdin, Steve
Publication year1998
KeywordEnglish Literature; Whitehead, Alfred North; Prose; Philosophical Prose; Treatment of Time; The Self; Compared to 禪宗=Zen Buddhism=Zazen Buddhism=Chan Buddhism=Son Buddhism; Japanese philosophy; Chinese philosophy; Japanese Literature Prose
AbstractThe present dissertation is a comparative study on the issues of time and self in Alfred North Whitehead, the Yi Jing in Chinese philosophy, and Zen in Nishida Kitaro and modern Japanese philosophy. By reinterpreting Whitehead's process metaphysics from the perspectives of the above selected Asian traditions, I suggest that, on the one hand, similar to Chinese Yi and Japanese Zen philosophies, Whitehead regards time and self as the holistic experience of self-transformation; however, on the other hand, he overlooks the practical dimension of specific human existence which significantly characterizes the moralistic experience of self-cultivation in the Yi Jing tradition and the religious experience of self-negation in Nishida and the Kyoto school. From this perspective, I further conclude that Whitehead's organismic philosophy can be reconstructed by appropriating the major themes of the Yi theory on time in classical Chinese philosophy and Zen doctrine on self in modern Japanese philosophy. In doing so, the contribution of my work is to develop an original approach to Whitehead through a comparative study on the unity of time and self, which would also contribute to a new dialogue for Chinese Yi and modern Japanese Zen thinking.
ISBN9780591822618
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Created date1999.12.28
Modified date2022.03.31



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