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288A Daoist theory of Chinese thought: a philosophical interpretationOxford University Press. 1992.This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher's sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theory of meaning. That dual goal, Hansen argues, requires a unified translation theory. It must provide a single coherent account of the issues that motivated both the recently untangled Chinese linguistic analysis and the familiar moral-political disputes. Hansen's unified approach uncovers a philosophical sophistication in Daoism that traditional ac…Read more
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52Remembering Mass: Response to Yang Xiaomei (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 10 (4): 541-546. 2011.
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105How Chinese Thought “Shapes” Western ThoughtThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 12 25-40. 2001.I begin this paper with some autobiographical reflections of my own journey in Chinese languages and philosophy not only in order to demonstrate how Chinese philosophy can change one’s attitudes toward Western philosophy, but also to suggest that the shift in philosophical perspective that occurs—when viewed through a Chinese lens—is reasonable. The second half of this paper consists of interpretative hypotheses about the content of Chinese philosophy vis-à-vis the West. I reflect more specifica…Read more
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52Classical chinese philosophy as linguistic analysisJournal of Chinese Philosophy 14 (3): 309-330. 1987.
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113The relatively happy fishAsian Philosophy 13 (2 & 3). 2003.Zhuangzi and Hui Shi's discussion about whether Zhuangzi knows 'fish's happiness' is a Daoist staple. The interpretations, however, portray it as humorous miscommunication between a mystic and a logician. I argue for a fine inferential analysis that explains the argument in a way that informs Zhuangzi philosophical lament at Hui Shi's passing. It also reverses the dominant image of the two thinkers. Zhuangzi emerges as the superior dialectician, the clearer, more analytic epistemologist. Hui Shi…Read more
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Asian Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Language |
Meta-Ethics |
Asian Philosophy |