Chance and Necessity in Zhu Xi's Conceptions of Heaven and Tradition
Discussion of the relationship between chance and necessity in the West goes back at least to Democritus in the fifth century BCE , and was highlighted again in the twentieth century by Jacques Monod in Chance and Necessity. Monod contrasted teleonomic (directional but not directed) biological ev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2016]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 143-162 |
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Democritus Abderita 460 BC-370 BC
/ Monod, Jacques 1910-1976
/ Possibility
/ Necessity
/ Zhu, Xi 1130-1200
/ Tian
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| RelBib Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
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| Summary: | Discussion of the relationship between chance and necessity in the West goes back at least to Democritus in the fifth century BCE , and was highlighted again in the twentieth century by Jacques Monod in Chance and Necessity. Monod contrasted teleonomic (directional but not directed) biological evolution with teleologic (purpose-driven) Biblical theology. This article uses that distinction in examining Zhu Xis concepts of Heaven (in particular the mandate or givenness of Heaven) and tradition (focusing on the normative Confucian tradition, the succession of the Way or daotong). The result sheds light on the unique combination of rationality and transcendence in Neo-Confucian thought. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v8i1.73 |