Chinese philosophy still represents a riddle for most Western intellectuals. First of all, they
have not yet succeeded in clarifying the question of whether it can be denoted as philosophy …

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 …

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" …

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 …

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 …