On human action and practical wisdom / / by Guorong Yang ; translated by Paul J. D'Ambrosio, Sarah Flavel.

• Superior document: Modern Chinese Philosophy ; v. 10
• Author: Yang, Guorong, 1957-
• TeilnehmendeR: D'Ambrosio, Paul J.; Flavel, Sarah.
• Place / Publishing House: LEIDEN ;, BOSTON : : BRILL,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Modern Chinese Philosophy 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages).
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Ren lei xing dong yu shi jian zhi hui.; Preliminary Material /; Practical Philosophy’s Perspective on Action /; Reasons, Causes and Action /; On the Weakness of Will /; Shi, the Background for Practice /; Ji, Shu and Yun in Practice /; Practical Reason and Its Principles /; Practical Activities, Communicative Action and the Rationality of Practical Processes /; Practical Wisdom /; Index /
• ISBN: 9004321780
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Guorong Yang ; translated by Paul J. D'Ambrosio, Sarah Flavel.

In On Human Action and Practical Wisdom , Yang Guorong offers a description of his “concrete metaphysics.” This system seeks to overcome traditional metaphysical problems by providing a concrete basis - which serves as both the starting point and the final determining factor - for metaphysics. Yang gives a discussion of wisdom and practical action that begins in our everyday activities and social relationships, is extended to form universal principles, and finally refers back to actual situations for determining appropriateness. Based on his unification of ontology, epistemology and axiology, Yang thus attempts to overcome the one-sided understanding of action in modern Western philosophy, targeting in particular the excessively linguistic, logical, and abstract focus found in the American analytic tradition.