| Status | 已發表Published |
| Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities? | |
Lee, T. M.
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| 2016-09-15 | |
| Source Publication | Rationality: Constraints and Contexts |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Pages | 195-211 |
| Abstract | The issue of rationality has received significant attention in the study of classical Chinese philosophy from comparative perspectives. As classical Chinese philosophy is considered fundamentally different from Western philosophy, it is believed to hold potentials for gaining insights on the limitations of Western understandings of the nature of rationality. Based on observations of the differences between Chinese and Western philosophies in reasoning and argumentation, some scholars have come to the conclusion that ancient Chinese philosophy did not have rationality or, less radically, at least had a different paradigm of rationality. The theory that Chinese philosophy is non-rational or that it features a different kind of rationality yields the perspective that rationality may not be universal: it may be culturally relative or a product of historical contingence. If this is the case, we should then rethink the norm of rationality. In this chapter, however, I do not attempt to examine what “Chinese rationality” might be or in what ways Chinese philosophy may challenge the current scholarship of rationality, nor do I try to argue for or against the theory that Chinese philosophy is non-rational or exemplifies an alternative paradigm of rationality. Instead, I focus on the methodology of identifying a different rationality. I will first explain why classical Chinese philosophy, the Zhuangzi’s philosophy in particular, is often judged to be lacking in rationality or representing an alternative paradigm of rationality. I will then argue that these reasons are methodologically questionable. |
| Keyword | Rationality Principle of Charity Classical Chinese Philosophy |
| Language | 英語English |
| ISBN | 9780128046005 |
| The Source to Article | PB_Publication |
| PUB ID | 45186 |
| Document Type | Book chapter |
| Collection | DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Lee, T. M.. Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities?[M]. Rationality: Constraints and Contexts:Elsevier, 2016, 195-211. |
| APA | Lee, T. M..(2016). Does Classical Chinese Philosophy Reveal Alternative Rationalities?. Rationality: Constraints and Contexts, 195-211. |
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