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THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE VIEW OF LIFE IN MODERN CH...

The development of modern Chinese thought involves an ongoing interaction between internal
processes and impacts of foreign ideas. Several intellectual controversies are interwoven into
its history and among these one of the more philosophical ones began some 90 years ago  in
1923. In this controversy  supporters of science or scientism and supporters of metaphysics or
Confucian tradition debated issues of what both sides referred to as the view of life. The
study of the view of life controversy by Gad C. Isay discusses the positions of the view of
life supporters who upheld metaphysics against scientism. It focuses on both the philosophical
merit of their views and the relevance of these views to the question of culture in modern
China. Considering the sources of the view of life problem in traditional Chinese thought and
the discussions that followed after the controversy  it is argued that the view of life
question was a central theme in Chinese thought from its beginning. In this respect  modern
discussions of this problem indicate continuity with the past. However  these discussions
demonstrate too  the dynamics of changing conceptions regarding the context of human
relationships that are related directly to the meeting with the West. Isay's study traces the
development of these discussions from their beginning up to our days giving a comprehensive
survey of the philosophy of the view of life in modern Chinese thought.

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