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1、A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy Ch. 10: Debates on Metaphysical Concepts The Logicians英文中國哲學史著作讀書會 國立台灣大學哲學系 魏家豪 2008.08.29導讀大綱本章序言注意事項當代研究方向導讀大綱本章序言注意事項當代研究方向本章序言Four topicslPlace in Chinese traditionlWhat and howlIdentificationlLack of influence本章序言Place in Chinese traditionlConnection: concer
2、n for relation between names and actualitylUnique position: primarily devoted to logical consideration; intellectualism for its own sake本章序言What and howlWhatlNames and actualitylOther issues: existence, relativity, time, quality, actuality, causeslHowlDialogues, aphorisms and paradoxeslNot: syllogis
3、m, laws of thought, systematic argumentation本章序言IdentificationlSchool, but not easily identifiablelHui Shih and Kung-sun Lung most prominentlNot unanimous in opinion (and Mohist influence)Hui ShihKung-sun Longrelativeabsolutechangepermanence, universalityall things are one (rational knowledge)本章序言La
4、ck of influencelNon-interest in logiclHistorical circumstanceslHuman problems / social reform導讀大綱本章序言注意事項當代研究方向注意事項IntroductionlSchool (difference in opinion)lIntellectualism for its own sake or not? (Mohist doctrine) Translation and interpretation No explicitly stated interpretation Careful approac
5、h (e.g. 238, based on textual corruption; n.14) Whiteness - hardness導讀大綱本章序言注意事項當代研究方向當代研究方向Basic bibliographylGraham, A.C. 1978. Later Mohist Logic, Ethics and Science. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press.lHansen, Chad. 1992. A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation. N
6、ew York/Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press (pp. 233-264).lHarbsmeier, Christoph. 1998. Language and Logic. Volume 7.1 in Joseph Needham (ed.), Science and Civilisation in Ancient China. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press (esp. pp. 286-358).當代研究方向ImportancelHow it developed (ethical vs. descriptive terms)lWhat
7、 it tells us (theories of language and meaning)lHow it influenced (esp. Zhuangzi and Xunzi; key terms)lRevaluationlPosition of Later Mohism (and school-view)當代研究方向IdentificationlTendency rather than schoollSame concern, different agendaslE.g. Hansen (1992)lLater Mohism Mohism lKung-sun Long Confucia
8、nism (正名)lHui Shih Daoism (氾愛萬物,天地一體也)當代研究方向Interpretation: negative sidelReluctance to use nominalized adjectives (whiteness) and concepts like “concept,” “belief,” “idea,” “truth,” “universal,” “property” etc. in interpretation Argument from Absence of Western-like theories of mind/language in whi
9、ch these terms function Difference in syntactical structure between Indo-European languages and classical Chinese (sentence structure, morphology)當代研究方向Interpretation: positive sidelAttention to language and talk about language in a Chinese contextlAlternative / challenge to Western philosophy當代研究方向
10、Interpretation: example (Hansen 1992)lFocus on terms, guiding functionlWhole part analysis, with focus on picking out a range or scopelProblem for 復名:two different modelsl牛馬 l堅白lKung-sun Lung as viewing 堅白 in terms of 牛馬A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy Ch. 10: Debates on Metaphysical Concepts The Logicians英文中國哲學史著作讀書會 國立台灣大學哲學系 魏家豪 2008.08.29