C Fraser - Asian Philosophy, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Among the many striking features of the philosophy of the Zhuāngzǐ is that it advocates a life unperturbed by emotions, including even pleasurable, positive emotions such as joy or …
Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy deals with debates surrounding the concept of truth in early Chinese thought, from the earliest periods through to the Han dynasty. Alexus …
This essay critiques Chad Hansen's" mass noun hypothesis," arguing that though most Classical Chinese nouns do function as mass nouns, this fact does not support the claim that …
CD Novaes - Journal of cognition and culture, 2013 - brill.com
In this paper, I discuss how certain social, cultural practices, namely different kinds of dialogical and argumentative practices, may influence how humans reason. I will focus …
Challenges the idea held by many prominent twentieth-century Sinologists that early China experienced a language crisis. Jane Geaney argues that early Chinese conceptions of …
This book presents a systematic unifying-pluralist account—a" constructive-engagement" account—of how cross-tradition engagement in philosophy is possible. The goal of this" …
C Fraser - Dao companion to the philosophy of Xunzi, 2016 - Springer
This chapter presents a detailed overview of the philosophy of language and logic presented in the Xunzi. Xunzi frames his main discussion of language and logic around the …
C Fraser - History and Philosophy of Logic, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The article proposes an account of the prevailing classical Chinese conception of reasoning and argumentation that grounds it in a semantic theory and epistemology centered on …
Drawing primarily on the Mòzǐ and Xúnzǐ, the article proposes an account of how knowledge and error are understood in classical Chinese epistemology and applies it to explain the …