Download or read book Vanishing into Things written by Barry Allen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Allen explores the concept of knowledge in Chinese thought over two millennia and compares the different philosophical imperatives that have driven Chinese and Western thought. Challenging the hyperspecialized epistemology of modern Western philosophy, he urges his readers toward an ethical appreciation of why knowledge is worth pursuing.