Guo Xiang’s value monism

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dc.contributor.authorDockstader, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-27T15:50:07Z
dc.date.available2026-05-27T15:50:07Z
dc.date.issued2026-04-02
dc.description.abstractThis article places the thought of the Neo-Daoist philosopher, Guo Xiang 郭象 (ca. 252–312 c.e.), within contemporary value theory. It does so in order to claim that Guo, in his commentary upon the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi 莊子, offers a novel form of value monism, the view that there is only one basic, ultimate, or fundamental value. Guo's value monism differs from the versions of the position presently available insofar as it claims that while there is only one basic value, all other, nonbasic values somehow are this value as well. To make sense of this claim, I situate Guo within the contemporary debate between value monism and value pluralism in order to show how he offers not an existence or priority value monism, but instead what I call a "one-all value monism." I conclude by emphasizing the therapeutic motivation for Guo's metaphysical and axiological views.en
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dc.identifier.authororcidDockstader, Jason
dc.identifier.citationDockstader, J 2026, 'Guo Xiang’s value monism', Philosophy East and West, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 280-297. https://doi.org/10.1353/pew.2026.a987359
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/pew.2026.a987359
dc.identifier.endpage297
dc.identifier.issn0031-8221
dc.identifier.issued2
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhilosophy East and West
dc.identifier.startpage280
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18916
dc.identifier.volume76
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105038158562
dc.rights© 2026, University of Hawai’i Press.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectNeo-Daoist philosopher
dc.subjectGuo Xiang
dc.subjectValue monism
dc.subject[SocietyPoliticsEthics]
dc.titleGuo Xiang’s value monismen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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