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 …
The “School of Names”(ming jia) is the traditional Chinese label for a diverse group of Warring States (479–221 BCE) thinkers who shared an interest in language, disputation …
For anyone looking to understand Chinese philosophy, here is the place to start. Introducing this vast and far-reaching tradition, Ronnie L. Littlejohn tells you everything you need to …
H Hong - Asian Philosophy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Naming or names (ming 名) is one of the key concepts in Daodejing (道德經). According to a popular understanding, names in Daodejing correspond to features (xing 形) of things; …
Y Pines - Keywords in Chinese Culture, 2019 - books.google.com
Jade can be smashed but its whiteness cannot be changed; bamboo can be burned, but its joints cannot be destroyed. Although my body will perish, my name will be handed down on …
HC Loy - Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy of Logic, 2020 - Springer
The paper presents an account of the zhengming 正名 (correcting names) doctrine as it is presented in the Lunyu, and secondarily, the “zhengming” chapter of the Xunzi. The …
C Fraser - Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2023 - Springer
This essay argues that the third-century BC Ruist “masters” text Xúnzǐ presents a sophisticated approach to semantics and epistemology in which a concern with truth is at …
EL Harris - Journal of Religious Ethics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This essay examines whether an invocation of an epistemological privilege on the part of supposed moral experts prevents potential students from being able to evaluate among …
LD Ryan - Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2022 - Springer
How should we understand the Confucian doctrine of the rectification of names (zhengming): what does it mean that an object's name must be in accordance with its reality …