Episode 3: Oneness

This Is The Way: Chinese Philosophy Podcast

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.
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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

Chapter

1. Part I -- Introduction (00:00:00)

2. • Justin's quick summary of Neo-Confucianism (00:04:40)

3. Part II -- Oneness (00:22:59)

4. • Introducing our guest: Philip J. Ivanhoe (00:23:00)

5. • Three motivations for the book on oneness (00:25:32)

6. • A pragmatic alternative to Neo-Confucian metaphysics (00:33:30)

7. • The truth-value of oneness: neither "strictly true," nor a groundless hallucination (00:43:36)

8. • Oneness as a source of security, spontaneity, and metaphysical comfort (00:52:42)

9. • The worry that the oneness view can't make sense of genuine altruism (01:03:55)

10. • Whether life is required for a sense of mutual identity (biocentric views vs. Wang Yangming's view) (01:11:05)

11. • Closing questions for our guest (01:17:59)