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John Maraldo_A Philosophy of Practice: A Comparative Approach

30 November 2015 @ 17:00 - 19:00

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Both in the history of philosophy and in everyday understanding, practice is often opposed to theory. My talk raises the questions, what does practice mean if it is not opposed to theory? What alternative notion of practice suggests itself? The theory versus practice distinction has been a powerful tool both in analyzing philosophical problems and in solving everyday ones. But sometimes the distinction gets in our way in seeing things or doing something better. Sometimes seeing—supposedly the theory part—and doing—the practice part—cannot be easily separated. To understand many activities, ranging from everyday actions to social and distinctively religious activities, we need an alternative to the traditional distinction. The alternative I develop supplements, but does not replace, other notions of practice. I inquire into a notion of practice as bodily activity done for its own sake; it is either not goal-oriented at all, or oriented to an internal goal whose fulfillment continues the very same kind of activity. I develop this notion by drawing upon parallels and contrasts with Plato’s and Aristotle’s notions, and referring to several Chinese and Japanese artistic practices.  
John C. Maraldo is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. His interests include comparative philosophy, phenomenology and hermeneutics, and Japanese philosophy in general; and more particularly the thought of Nishida, Nishitani, Kuki, and Watsuji; Buddhist notions of history and of practice, and the sense and significance of non-Western philosophy. In addition to numerous articles in these areas, he has published a translation and study of Heidegger: The Piety of Thinking(together with James G. Hart, 1976); Buddhism in the Modern World (co-edited with Heinrich Dumoulin, 1976); Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School, & the Question of Nationalism (co-edited with James W. Heisig, 1995), and several essays in the series Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy. He is a co-editor of Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook (with J. W. Heisig and T. P. Kasulis, 2011). The University of North Florida honored him by establishing the John C. Maraldo Annual Lecture in Comparative Philosophy, first delivered in 2009.

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Institute for Philosophy
Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
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John C. Maraldo is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. His interests include comparative philosophy, phenomenology and hermeneutics, and Japanese philosophy in general; and more particularly the thought of Nishida, Nishitani, Kuki, and Watsuji; Buddhist notions of history and of practice, and the sense and significance of non-Western philosophy. In addition to numerous articles in these areas, he has published a translation and study of Heidegger: The Piety of Thinking(together with James G. Hart, 1976); Buddhism in the Modern World (co-edited with Heinrich Dumoulin, 1976); Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School, & the Question of Nationalism (co-edited with James W. Heisig, 1995), and several essays in the series Frontiers of Japanese Philosophy. He is a co-editor of Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook (with J. W. Heisig and T. P. Kasulis, 2011). The University of North Florida honored him by establishing the John C. Maraldo Annual Lecture in Comparative Philosophy, first delivered in 2009.

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