The Problem of Ground in Comparative Philosophy

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Critical Asian Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-02 DOI:10.4312/as.2022.10.3.225-239

M. Ott

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Abstract

In comparative philosophy, there arises the problem of ground for comparison. Qualitative comparison is based on a certain qualitative ground for comparison, e.g., weight. Quantitative comparison brings more clarity into the qualitative comparison, introducing discrete and homogeneous units: how much does it weigh? How much does it cost? Both qualitative and quantitative comparison start from a ground that is already given and clear; they simply apply it to the case at hand (Is this one heavier than the other? If so, by how much?). In other—and more interesting—cases, the common ground is obscure: we have the feeling that A and B can be compared, but how exactly? The inability to immediately proceed to application creates a tension, and this opens the intensive dimension of comparison. The intensity has two sides: obscure and clear. The obscure side has its articulations, but they interpenetrate each other. Our task is to unfold, unravel, unpack. Then we will bring something to clarity where the elements do not interpenetrate so much but are juxtaposed (in different qualities and quantities). This will give rise to new tensions and new unfolding. The obscure articulations do not resemble the clear ones, and their unfolding is a creative process.

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比较哲学中的根据问题

在比较哲学中，出现了比较依据的问题。定性比较是基于一定的比较的定性基础，例如，重量。定量比较使定性比较更加清晰，引入离散的和同质的单位:它有多重?多少钱?质的比较和量的比较，都是从既有的明确的根据出发的。他们只是把它用在手边的箱子上(这个比另一个重吗?如果是的话，是多少?)在其他更有趣的情况下，共同点是模糊的:我们感觉A和B可以比较，但具体如何比较呢?无法立即进行应用创造了一种紧张感，这打开了比较的密集维度。这种强度有两个方面:模糊和清晰。隐晦的一面有它的表达，但它们是相互渗透的。我们的任务是展开、拆解、拆封。然后，我们将把一些东西弄清楚，这些元素并不相互渗透，而是并列(以不同的质量和数量)。这将引起新的紧张和新的发展。模糊的发音不像清晰的发音，它们的展开是一个创造性的过程。

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Critical Asian Studies AREA STUDIES-

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3.20

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期刊介绍： Critical Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that welcomes unsolicited essays, reviews, translations, interviews, photo essays, and letters about Asia and the Pacific, particularly those that challenge the accepted formulas for understanding the Asia and Pacific regions, the world, and ourselves. Published now by Routledge Journals, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, Critical Asian Studies remains true to the mission that was articulated for the journal in 1967 by the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars.