Fundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy by Ma, Lin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Note on Referencing Symbols and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Preliminaries—Philosophy and Language

Do We Need a Universal Notion of Philosophy?

Narrow and Broad Definitions of Philosophy Zhexue and Philosophia Philosophical Traditions Greek’s Confrontation with the Asiatic

Language (Preliminaries)

Features of Language and Cross-Cultural Interpretation The Unsayable Understanding, Interpretation, Translation, Exposition

Linguistic Relativism

The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Benveniste and Derrida

Minglitan 《名理探》

2. The Troubled Water of the Ideal Language Paradigm

Specters of the Ideal Language Paradigm

The Ideal Language Assumption Case Study: Machine Translation Shared or In-Between Language Lyotard’s Approach to Language

Are There Universals?

Cultural, Cognitive, and Philosophical Universals Linguistic Universals Case Study: Basic Emotions Is “Standard” Logic Universal? Logic in Classical Chinese Traditions

3. Universalism and Relativism

Similarities of Universalism and Relativism

Varieties of Relativism and Universalism Universalism and Relativism Share Isomorphy Thesis Is Relativism Self-Refuting?

Case Study of Color in View of Relativism versus Universalism

Why Color? The Ideal Language Paradigm: Universality by Way of Regimentation The Ordinary Language Paradigm: Undermining the Universality of Color Historical Construction of the Domain of Color

The Preconditions of Scientific Knowledge

De-essentializing Rationality and Epistemic Virtues The Manifest and the Scientific Image

4. Family Resemblance and De-essentialization

(De-)essentialization of Language and Meaning Family Resemblance

Preliminaries Wittgenstein’s Notion of Family Resemblance Prototype Theories and the Salience of Red Stipulation of Concepts Family Resemblance and Ostensive Definitions

Family Resemblance across Traditions

Game and Spiel Game and Youxi 游戏 Playing Another Game Family Resemblance of Anger and Congeners across Traditions De-essentializing Knowledge

5. No Need to Speak the Same Language

The NNSSL-Principle First Contacts

European Explorers Asymmetries Chinese First Contacts? Being Human

The Treaty of Waitangi “A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs” NNSSL and No Need for a Shared World Either?

6. Conceptual Schemes and Forms of Life

Conceptual Schemes

Concepts and Conceptual Schemes Conceptual Schemes and Webs of Beliefs Kuhn’s Later Views Putnam on Conceptual Relativity Goodman’s Worlds Case Study: The Mass Noun Hypothesis Concluding Remarks on Conceptual Schemes

Form(s) of Life

Lifeworld(s), Form(s) of Life, and Congeners Wittgenstein’s “Form(s) of Life” Further Extension of the Prenotional Notion Form(s) of Life

Similarities and Differences

7. Varieties of Intercultural Philosophy

Terminology Heidegger’s Asian Connection

Heidegger’s Reception in East Asia Heidegger’s References to Daoism Heidegger in Intercultural Philosophical Dialogue Comparative Philosophy Involving Heidegger Heidegger on East-West Dialogue Heidegger-Inspired Intercultural Philosophy

Interkulturelle Philosophie Ethnophilosophy Comparative Philosophy: Science, Pragmatism, or Anti-philosophy? Variations of World Philosophy

Allinson’s Complementary Integrative Philosophy Shen’s Multiculturalized, Globalized Philosophy Yu’s “Saving the Phenomena” from Different Traditions Concluding Remarks on World Philosophy

The Geyi 格义 Method

What Is the Geyi-Method? The Method of Reverse Geyi Tu Weiming’s Geyi-Method

8. Constraints in the Era of Globalization

Center-Periphery Forces Standardization and Regimentation of Languages “Cattle Colors” Transcendental Pretence Qing 情 versus Emotion(s) Globalization Makes the Past Inaccessible

Heidegger on Planetarization Ubuntu Modern Chinese Language

Be(ing)

9. Interpretation Models

Theories of Interpretation

Overview Quine’s Radical Translation Davidson’s Radical Interpretation Habermas on Rational Communicative Interaction Gadamer’s Hermeneutics Hermeneutics across Traditions

XYZ-Model of Interpretation and Comparison Underdetermination of Interpretation

Holisms and Hermeneutic Circles Gongsun Long’s Thesis “White-Horse Not Horse”

10. Necessary Preconditions for Interpretation

Principles of Interpretation Quasi-Universals FR-Extension

Simple Cases Pseudo-Homonyms and Hybrid Concepts CS-Clusters Untranslated Terms

Final Necessary Preconditions of Interpretation

Principle of Charity Principle of Humanity Principle of Mutual Attunement

Truth and Rightness

The Alleged Universality of “Is True” Shifei 是非

Conclusion Notes Works Cited Name Index Subject Index Back cover

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