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This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast

Episode 3: Oneness

February 19, 2024 Richard Kim and Justin Tiwald Season 1 Episode 3

Chapters

Part I -- Introduction

• Justin's quick summary of Neo-Confucianism

Part II -- Oneness

• Introducing our guest: Philip J. Ivanhoe

• Three motivations for the book on oneness

• A pragmatic alternative to Neo-Confucian metaphysics

• The truth-value of oneness: neither "strictly true," nor a groundless hallucination

• Oneness as a source of security, spontaneity, and metaphysical comfort

• The worry that the oneness view can't make sense of genuine altruism

• Whether life is required for a sense of mutual identity (biocentric views vs. Wang Yangming's view)

• Closing questions for our guest

This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast

Episode 3: Oneness

Feb 19, 2024 Season 1 Episode 3

Richard Kim and Justin Tiwald

In this episode we explore the fascinating topic of Oneness with our guest Philip J. Ivanhoe, a distinguished scholar and translator of East Asian philosophy.

Join the discussion of episode 3 here!

We thank Lena Li (LI La 李拉 ) for her expert editing and sound engineering. We also thank the blog Warp, Weft & Way for hosting the discussion for this episode.

Co-hosts:
Richard Kim's website
Justin Tiwald's website

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In this episode we explore the fascinating topic of Oneness with our guest Philip J. Ivanhoe, a distinguished scholar and translator of East Asian philosophy.

Join the discussion of episode 3 here!

We thank Lena Li (LI La 李拉 ) for her expert editing and sound engineering. We also thank the blog Warp, Weft & Way for hosting the discussion for this episode.

Co-hosts:
Richard Kim's website
Justin Tiwald's website