Gad C Isay
Biographic Data
| ID | 1608485 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gad C Isay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gad C |
| FAMILY NAME | Isay |
| SIGNATURE | ISAY G C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Hai Academic College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Confucian Criticism of Scientism
The life-views ( renshengguan ) of the supporters of scientism and of metaphysics in the 1923 controversy are distinct in their concept of the person, with consequences bearing on the nature of a proposed social order. This distinction became apparent when I deciphered the structure based on Confucian and Lebensphilosophie sources that underlie their views. Analysis demonstrates the radical approach of the supporters of science, who are generally…
The Wang-Buwang Sequence and Positive Forgetting in Early Confucian Texts
This study investigates the roles of wang (忘, forgetting) and buwang (不忘, non-forgetting) in early Confucian texts, emphasizing their interdependence within a yin-yang framework. Rather than signifying total erasure, for the purposes of the mnemic process, wang functions as a selective and creative mode, aiding cognitive refinement by withdrawing content considered secondary or extraneous. Primarily through close textual analysis of the Analects …
Non-forgetfulness and forgetfulness 忘 ( wang ) in ancient Chinese philosophical texts
In this study, I examine conceptualizations of memory in classical Chinese philosophical texts with the purpose of encouraging the inclusion of ideas of non-Western cultures in memory studies. The texts selected for this study are Kongzi’s Analects, Mengzi, the Xici commentary on the Book of Changes, the Zhuangzi, and the Xunzi. Methodologically, I differentiate between the mnemic process and its goal. My point of departure is the complementary r…
A Chinese Ethics for the New Century
Religious Obligation Transformed Into Intercultural Agency
(2006). RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION TRANSFORMED INTO INTERCULTURAL AGENCY: ERNST FABER’S MISSION IN CHINA. Monumenta Serica: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 253-267
Non-forgetfulness and forgetfulness 忘 ( wang ) in ancient Chinese philosophical texts
In this study, I examine conceptualizations of memory in classical Chinese philosophical texts with the purpose of encouraging the inclusion of ideas of non-Western cultures in memory studies. The texts selected for this study are Kongzi’s Analects, Mengzi, the Xici commentary on the Book of Changes, the Zhuangzi, and the Xunzi. Methodologically, I differentiate between the mnemic process and its goal. My point of departure is the complementary r…
A Chinese Ethics for the New Century
Religious Obligation Transformed Into Intercultural Agency
(2006). RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION TRANSFORMED INTO INTERCULTURAL AGENCY: ERNST FABER’S MISSION IN CHINA. Monumenta Serica: Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 253-267
Non-forgetfulness and forgetfulness 忘 ( wang ) in ancient Chinese philosophical texts
In this study, I examine conceptualizations of memory in classical Chinese philosophical texts with the purpose of encouraging the inclusion of ideas of non-Western cultures in memory studies. The texts selected for this study are Kongzi’s Analects, Mengzi, the Xici commentary on the Book of Changes, the Zhuangzi, and the Xunzi. Methodologically, I differentiate between the mnemic process and its goal. My point of departure is the complementary r…
A Confucian Criticism of Scientism
The life-views ( renshengguan ) of the supporters of scientism and of metaphysics in the 1923 controversy are distinct in their concept of the person, with consequences bearing on the nature of a proposed social order. This distinction became apparent when I deciphered the structure based on Confucian and Lebensphilosophie sources that underlie their views. Analysis demonstrates the radical approach of the supporters of science, who are generally…
The Wang-Buwang Sequence and Positive Forgetting in Early Confucian Texts
This study investigates the roles of wang (忘, forgetting) and buwang (不忘, non-forgetting) in early Confucian texts, emphasizing their interdependence within a yin-yang framework. Rather than signifying total erasure, for the purposes of the mnemic process, wang functions as a selective and creative mode, aiding cognitive refinement by withdrawing content considered secondary or extraneous. Primarily through close textual analysis of the Analects …
Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · History (3 works) · China (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Japanese History and Culture (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 works)