‘Public-mindedness’ (gong gong) as an epistemic virtue in the political philosophies of the Shenzi shen zi and the Xunzi xun zi
‘Public-mindedness’ (gong 公) as an epistemic virtue in the political philosophies of the Shenzi 慎子 and the Xunzi 荀子
This article explores gong gong (‘public-mindedness’) as an epistemic virtue in two Warring States Chinese philosophical texts, the Shenzi and the Xunzi. The epistemic dimension of gong is born from an awareness of the narrowness of one’ s epistemic perspective. It represents an impartial and unbias...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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Asian philosophy
Year: 2026, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 78-95 |
| Further subjects: | B
open-mindedness
B Gong gong B Political Philosophy B Warring States B public-mindedness B knowledge abstinence B intellectual humility |
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