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Charles S. Peirce and Chinese Philosophy: A Comparative StudyTransactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 60 (1): 93-109. 2024.In this paper, I situate C.S. Peirce's theory of knowledge and action in comparison to Chinese philosophy. My argument is that the comparison makes it important to understand Peirce's abduction and his maxim as a much more potent force in comparative philosophy. Peirce's priority of practical effects over theory is similar to Confucian conceptions of truth and action. Jon Alan Schmidt has summarized sixty-one formulations of Peirce's maxim, from which I draw the four main expressions of the maxi…Read more
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53Studies in analytic philosophy in ChinaSynthese 175 (1): 3-12. 2010.This essay explores the history of studies in analytical philosophy in China since the beginning of the last century, by dividing into three phases. It shows that, in these phases, analytic philosophy was always at a disadvantage in confronting serious challenges coming from both Chinese traditional philosophy and modern philosophical trends. The authors argue that Chinese philosophers have both done preliminary studies and offered their own analyses of various problems as well as some new appli…Read more
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335The Vienna Circle in China: The Story of Tscha HungIn Esther Ramharter (ed.), The Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 25. pp. 199-229. 2022.Tscha Hung was a member of the Vienna Circle who achieved high international academic recognition. He dedicated his entire life to spreading the philosophy of the Circle to China and developed deep insights in his criticisms to that philosophy. Hung was a witness to the encounter of Western and Chinese philosophy in the twentieth century. His debate with Fung You-lan on metaphysics reflects different understandings of the nature of philosophy and metaphysics as well as different perspectives. Hu…Read more
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5The Relation of Language to ValueProceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 53 171-175. 2018.How does language relate to value? Why do we concern with this relation up to now? I will analyze the background of the increasing interest in the relation of language to value in contemporary philosophy of language, with the ideas that language has meaning through its intention which determines the way of acts in relation with values in societies, and that, when we consider the value in language, we are searching for consequences of our speech acts in advance of the final goals of language.
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7The Relation of Language to ValueProtoSociology 31 11-15. 2014.How does language relate to value? Why do we concern with the relation up to now? I will analyze the background of increasing interests in the relation of language to value in contemporary philosophy of language, provided with ideas that language has meaning with intention which determines the way of acts in relation with values in societies, and that, when we consider the value in language, we are searching for consequences of our speech acts for final goals of language.
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25The concept of infinity and chinese thoughtJournal of Chinese Philosophy 35 (4): 561-570. 2008.No Abstract
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Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Philosophy of Mind |
Asian Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy |
Philosophical Traditions |