BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 RDATE:20200308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 RDATE:20201101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T163000 LOCATION:Via Zoom (see link below) SUMMARY:"The Role of Poetry in Daoist Philosophy" by Phillip Barron (Lewi s & Clark College) DESCRIPTION:Poetry's importance to the Daoist tradition goes beyond prese nting philosophical content in verse. Authors of the Daodejing and the Zh uangzi make their claims about philosophy of language\, not with proofs\, but through demonstrations of open-endedness and invitations to consider what meanings are at stake. I examine the Daoists' use of poetic techniq ues such as metaphorical language\, rhetorical shifts\, and allusion to s how that the features of poetry which cause many Western philosophers (be ginning with Plato) concern are the very features that Daoist authors dep end upon. Through further close reading of other philosophical poems\, in cluding examples from British and contemporary American poets\, I argue t hat poetry avails itself of a broader range of resources to engage in phi losophical exploration.https://zoom.us/j/91247236556 (https://zoom.us/j/9 1247236556) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Poetry's importance to the D
aoist tradition goes beyond presenting philosophical content in verse. Authors of the Daodejing and the
Zhuangzi make their claims about philosophy of language\, not with proof
s\, but through demonstrations of open-endedness and invitations to consi
der what meanings are at stake. I examine the Daoists' use of poetic techniques such as metaphorical la
nguage\, rhetorical shifts\, and allusion to show that the features of po
etry which cause many Western philosophers (beginning with Plato) concern
are the very features that Daoist authors depend upon. Through further close reading of other philosop
hical poems\, including examples from British and contemporary American p
oets\, I argue that poetry avails itself of a broader range of resources
to engage in philosophical exploration.
\n Poetry's importance to the Daoist t radition goes beyond presenting philosophical content in verse. Authors of the Daodejing and the Zhuang zi make their claims about philosophy of language\, not with proofs\, but through demonstrations of open-endedness and invitations to consider wha t meanings are at stake. I exa mine the Daoists' use of poetic techniques such as metaphorical language\ , rhetorical shifts\, and allusion to show that the features of poetry wh ich cause many Western philosophers (beginning with Plato) concern are th e very features that Daoist authors depend upon. Through further close reading of other philosophical p oems\, including examples from British and contemporary American poets\, I argue that poetry avails itself of a broader range of resources to enga ge in philosophical exploration.\n
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