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This book shows that classic Chinese philosophy is as rational as Western approaches dealing with the problems of logic, epistemology, language analysis, and linguistic topics from a philosophical point of view. It presents detailed analyses of rational and methodological features in Confucianism, Taoist philosophy, and the School of Names as well as Mohist approaches in classical Chinese philosophy, especially in regard to ideas of valid knowledge.
The authors also provide new arguments against cultural relativism and antirational movements like religious fundamentalism that do not pay due attention to what all human beings have in common- to cultural universals.
"The field of Chinese and comparative philosophy is a weak one at present. There simply has not been enough philosophically rigorous material produced. The present volume is a strong step in the right direction." — Michael R. Martin, University of Hong Kong
Preface
Introduction:
If Aristotle Had Spoken and Wittgenstein Known Chinese
Hans Lenk
1 Conceptions of Knowledge in Ancient China
Christoph Harbsmeier
2 The Way and the One in Ho-kuan-tzu
A.C. Graham
3 Term-Belief in Action: Sentences and Terms in Early Chinese Philosophy
Chad Hansen
4 Validity in Chou Thought: On Chad Hansen and the Pragmatic Turn in Sinology
Heiner Roetz
5 Gong-Sun Long on the Semantics of "World"
Hubert Schleichert
6 Equivalent Axioms of Aristotelian, or Traditional European, and Later Mohist Logic
Gregor Paul
7 The Birth of "History": Historical Speculation in Chou China
Peter J. Opitz
8 The Possibility of Ethical Knowledge: Reflections on a Theme in the Hsün Tzu
A.S. Cua
Contributors
Index