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195A reexamination of the structure and content of confucius' version of the golden rulePhilosophy East and West 54 (2): 218-248. 2004.: For the purposes of interpretation and constructive engagement, the structure and content of Confucius' version of the Golden Rule (CGR) is examined by elaborating its three dimensions as suggested in the Analects. It is argued that the CGR, which consists of two intertwined central ideas in Confucius' ethics, shu and zhong, involves three interdependent and complementary dimensions: (1) the methodological (i.e., the methodological aspect of shu), which consists of the principles of reversibil…Read more
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107The structure of the chinese language and ontological insights: A collective-noun hypothesisPhilosophy East and West 49 (1): 45-62. 1999.Through a comparative case analysis regarding the Chinese language, it is discussed how the structure and functions of a natural language would bear upon the ways in which some philosophical problems are posed and some ontological insights shaped. Disagreeing with Chad Hansen's mass-noun hypothesis, a collective-noun hypothesis is argued for: (1) the denotational semantics and relevant grammatical features of Chinese nouns are like those of collective nouns; (2) their implicit ontology is a mere…Read more
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83On constructive-engagement strategy of comparative philosophy: A journal theme introduction [abstract]Comparative Philosophy 1 (1): 1-32. 2010.In this journal theme introduction, first, I explain how comparative philosophy as explored in the journal Comparative Philosophy is understood and how it is intrinsically related to the constructive engagement strategy. Second, to characterize more clearly and accurately some related methodological points of the constructive-engagement strategy, and also to explain how constructive engagement is possible, I introduce some needed conceptual and explanatory resources and a meta-methodological fra…Read more
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83Moral rules and moral experience: A comparative analysis of Dewey and laozi on moralityAsian Philosophy 11 (3). 2001.In this article, through a comparative analysis of Dewey's and Laozi's relevant accounts, I examine a pragmatic insight concerning moral rules and moral experience to the effect that (i) fixed and formulated moral rules should not be taken as the final absolute moral authority, and (ii) attention needs to be paid to the moral agent's own moral experience that responds to the felt demands in concrete situations. The purpose of this paper is to enhance understanding the crucial points of the pragm…Read more
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71The enumerative character of Tarski's definition of truth and its general character in a Tarskian systemSynthese 126 (1-2). 2001.In this paper, I suggest an approach to the alleged problem with the Tarskian formal definition of truth: its enumerative character seems to make it unable to capture our pretheoretic general understanding of truth. For this purpose, after spelling out two requirements for extending an enumerative definition to new cases, I examine to what extent Tarski's Convention T provides what are needed for extending the Tarski's enumerative definition. I conclude that, though not explicitly providing what…Read more
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71Vol 1 no 2 information pageComparative Philosophy 1 (2). 2010.This page provides some basic journal information (the constitution of the international editorial board of the journal, the identity of itsl publisher, its emphasis, coverage and orientation, etc.)
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66A Subject-Comment Account of PredicationProceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 39 167-191. 2008.This paper is concerned with the issue of how predication is possible, as a significant common concern in the philosophy of language, metaphysics and semantics. A ‘subject-comment’ account is suggested in view of its constructive engagement with two relevant competing approaches, i.e., the traditional ‘subject-categorization’ account and the ‘topic-comment’ account. The suggested account views predication as a unifying two-level predication: the primary level of predication is made through recog…Read more
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66History of Chinese philosophy (edited book)Routledge. 2009.The History of Chinese Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Chinese philosophy over the last three thousand years. An outstanding team of international contributors provide seventeen accessible entries organised into five clear parts: Identity of Chinese Philosophy Classical Chinese Philosophy : Pre-Han Period Classical Chinese Philosophy : From Han Through Tang Classical Chinese Philosophy : From Song Through Early Qing Moder…Read more
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65Tarski, Quine, and “Disquotation” Schema (T)Southern Journal of Philosophy 38 (1): 119-144. 2000.
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54Three Orientation and Four 'Sins' in Comparative StudiesThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 7 141-147. 2002.In this paper, I give a metaphilosophical examination of three major orientations in comparative studies (i.e., historical one, interpretation-concerned one, and philosophical-issue-concerned one) and four 'sins' that are oft-cited in critically evaluating a comparative study, namely over-simplification, over-use of external resources, exaggerated distinction, and blurring assimilation. I argue that the appropriateness of these 'sins' depends on orientations, purposes and methodological approach…Read more
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51Constructive engagement of analytic and continental approaches in philosophy: From the vantage point of comparative philosophyComparative Philosophy 2 (2). 2011.From the vantage point of comparative philosophy, this anthology explores how analytic and "Continental" approaches in the Western and other philosophical traditions can constructively engage each other and jointly contribute to the contemporary development of philosophy
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50Vol 1 no 1_information pageComparative Philosophy 1 (1). 2010.This page provides some basic journal information (the constitution of the international editorial board of the journal, the identity of itsl publisher, its emphasis, coverage and orientation, etc.)
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43Vol 1 no 1_contents pageComparative Philosophy 1 (1). 2010.This page provides the table of contents of the current issue
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42This book is an inquiry into the philosophical concern with truth as one joint subject in philosophy of language and metaphysics and presents a theory of truth, substantive perspectivism (SP). Emphasizing our basic pre-theoretic understanding of truth (i.e., what is captured by the axiomatic thesis of truth that the nature of truth consists in capturing the way things are), and in the deflationism vs. substantivism debate background, SP argues for the substantive nature of non-linguistic truth a…Read more
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38The Journal Editor makes two explanatory notes on the form and content of the current issue, both of which are related to some distinguishing features of the Journal.
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36Ultimate concern and language engagement: A reexamination of the opening message of the dao-de-JingJournal of Chinese Philosophy 27 (4). 2000.
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35How the Validity of the Parallel Inference is Possible: From the Ancient Mohist Diagnose to a Modern Logical Treatment of Its Semantic-Syntactic StructureHistory and Philosophy of Logic 37 (4): 301-324. 2016.The purpose of this paper is to explore the issue of how the validity of the parallel inference is possible in view of its deep semantic-syntactic structure. I fi...
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32A Double-Reference Account: Gongsun Long’s “White-Horse-Not-Horse” ThesisJournal of Chinese Philosophy 34 (4): 493-513. 2007.
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32Vol 1 no 2_contents pageComparative Philosophy 1 (2). 2010.This page provides the table of contents of the current issue
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30Whole set of volume 1 no 1 (2010) of comparative philosophyComparative Philosophy 1 (1). 2010.Whole Set of Contents of Current Issue (for cross-reference reading and hard-copy preservation of the whole issue)
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28An analysis of the ideographic nature and structure of the hexagram in yijing: From the perspective of philosophy of languageJournal of Chinese Philosophy 25 (3): 305-320. 1998.
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