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Norden, Bryan William Van was born on December 9, 1962 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Rutherford and Helen (Kwiecinski) Van Norden.
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This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word. It provides the beginner with an accurate, sophisticated, yet accessible account, and offers new insights and challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge. Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable and perhaps is most important, it ranges over of rich set of competing options. It also, with admirable self-consciousness, presents a number of daring attempts to relate those options to philosophical figures and movements from the West. I recommend it very highly.--Lee H. Yearley, Walter Y. Evans-Wentz Professor, Religious Studies, Stanford University
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(In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucia...)
In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of “the good life,” the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation.
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Confucius is one of the most influential figures--as historical individual and as symbol--in world history; and the Analects, the sayings attributed to Confucius and his disciples, is a classic of world literature. Nonetheless, how to understand both figure and text is constantly under dispute. Surprisingly, this volume is the first and only anthology on these topics in English. Here, contributors apply a variety of different methodologies (including philosophical, phililogical, and religious) and address a number of important topics, from Confucius and Western "virtue ethics" to Confucius' attitude toward women to the historical composition of the text of the Analects. Scholars will appreciate the rigor of these essays, while students and beginners will find them accessible and engaging.
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(In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucia...)
In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism, an anti-Confucian movement, as a version of consequentialism. The philosophical methodology is analytic, in that the emphasis is on clear exegesis of the texts and a critical examination of the philosophical arguments proposed by each side. Van Norden shows that Confucianism, while similar to Aristotelianism in being a form of virtue ethics, offers different conceptions of “the good life,” the virtues, human nature, and ethical cultivation.
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Norden, Bryan William Van was born on December 9, 1962 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Rutherford and Helen (Kwiecinski) Van Norden.
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1991.
Lecturer Stanford (California) University, 1990-1991. Visiting assistant professor University Vermont, Burlington, 1991-1993, University Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1994-1995. Assistant professor Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1995—2001, associate professor, 2001—2007, professor, since 2008, chair, department Chinese & Japanese, 2008—2010, chair, department philosophy, since 2010.
(Confucianism is one of the most influential philosophical...)
(Confucius is one of the most influential figures--as hist...)
( This book is an introduction in the very best sense of ...)
(In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucia...)
(In this book, Bryan W. Van Norden examines early Confucia...)
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Member Association for Asian Studies, American Philosophical Association (advisory committee on non-western philosophy 2000-2003, committee on status of Asian and Asian-American philosophers and philosophies 2003-2006), Society for the Study of Early China, International Society for Chinese Philosophy.
Married Sarah Rebecca Thomas, July 7, 1990 (divorced 2003). Children: Charles Rutherford III, Melissa Caroline. Married Barbara Anne Maldarelli, November 6, 2010.