Language and Logic in Ancient China (eBook)

Chad Hansen (Autor)

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2020
217 Seiten
Advanced Reasoning Forum (Verlag)
978-1-938421-55-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Guided by 20th century theories of language, Hansen's novel approach to interpretive theory launched the modern analytical study of Ancient Chinese philosophy. This 1983 publication challenged authority-based traditional "religious" accounts stemming from 18th and 19th century missionary dictionaries and reliance on interpretive authority.
"Hansen shows that one tiny grammatical question… has profound implications for the understanding of Chinese philosophy. …This is surely a decisive breakthrough … a great success. His observations about Chinese thought in general are always stimulating and illuminating. A book which excites one to rethink things from the foundations." A. C. Graham
"An ambitious and provocative book concerning the relationship between language and thought in ancient China. … a novel and powerful theory about the nature of classical Chinese language … a better understanding of many issues in classical Chinese philosophy." P. J. Ivanhoe
"[The] importance of this book lies … in its engaging style, novel ideas, and rigorous argumentation, which can serve as a model for future work in Chinese philosophy. Hansen takes Chinese philosophy seriously as philosophy. For anyone tired of the superficial summaries or scholastic commentaries that so often characterize this field, Hansen's book will be a memorable and welcome change." Michael Martin

Autor

Chad Hansen is Chair Professor of Chinese Philosophy, Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong where he has taught for 30 years, He has previously held visiting and regular positions at universities around the world, including U of Hawaii, UCLA, Stanford, U of Michigan, U of Pittsburgh, U of Auckland, NUS Singapore, U of Vermont and Smith College. Hansen taught himself Cantonese and Chinese while in Hong Kong during the China's "Great Leap Forward" then took his BA at the U of Utah and Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. He was named University Scholar at the University of Vermont for his second book, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought, before taking his current position at Hong Kong University. This, book grew out of his dissertation under Don Munro. Hansen's research, conducted In Taiwan and Hong Kong including studying with Liu Yuyun, Chen Guying, Mou Zhongshan and Tang Junyi. Guided by 20th century theories of language, his novel approach to interpretive theory launched the modern analytical study of Ancient Chinese philosophy

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Methodological Reflections

Chapter 2 The Mass Noun Hypothesis and Abstraction in Chinese Language and Thought

Chapter 3 Background Theories of Language in Ancient China

Chapter 4 Neo-Mohist Philosophy of Language

Chapter 5 Kung-sun Lung and the White-Horse Paradox

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Classic Reprints
• Verlagsort: Socorro
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
• Schlagworte: Chinese language • Interpretation • Kung-sun Lung • Logic • White Horse Paradox
• ISBN-10: 1-938421-55-8 / 1938421558
• ISBN-13: 978-1-938421-55-6 / 9781938421556