{"title":"Entschärfung des Essentialismusvorwurfs: Einige methodische Überlegungen zur Praxis der Kulturphilosophie","authors":"Roger T. Ames","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Zusammenfassung Ein wohlbekannter kritischer Einwand gegen jene unter uns, die versuchen, kulturelle Unterschiede im Dienste verantwortungsvoller kultureller Vergleiche hervorzuheben, richtet sich darauf, dass wir uns dabei der Essentialisierung genau dieser Kulturen schuldig machen. Essentialismus ist dabei als eine Verallgemeinerung zu verstehen, die besagt, dass bestimmte Eigenschaften einer gegebenen Bevölkerung innerhalb dieser Kultur universell und zugleich ihr eigentümlich sind, demnach nicht von kontingenten Kontexten abhängen und dass wiederum ebendiese Eigenschaften Relativismus und Inkommensurabilität unter den Kulturen bedingen. In diesem Essay möchte ich den Widerstand einiger zeitgenössischer Forscher anfechten, die es ablehnen, grobe kulturelle Verallgemeinerungen als notwendig zu akzeptieren, wenn es darum geht, die reichhaltigen Differenzen, die zwischen Traditionen walten, zu respektieren und so weit als möglich einen verarmenden Kulturreduktionismus zu vermeiden. Ich würde voraussetzen, dass die Wipfel eines kontinuierlich emergierenden kulturellen Vokabulars selbst in einem tiefen und relativ stabilen Grund aus unbenannten Annahmen wurzeln, die sich über Generationen in der Sprache, den Gebräuchen und den Lebensformen einer lebendigen Tradition abgelagert haben. Und weiter möchte ich argumentieren, dass das Versäumnis, den fundamentalen Charakter kultureller Differenzen als eine ursprüngliche Absicherung gegen die Vergehen des „Essentialismus“ anzuerkennen, selbst nicht harmlos ist. Tatsächlich bewirkt diese Ablehnung kultureller Verallgemeinerungen ironischerweise eine unkritische Essentialisierung der je eigenen kulturellen Annahmen, so dass sich ebendiese Voraussetzungen in die Interpretationen der Lebens- und Denkweisen anderer Traditionen einschleichen.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123405128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time and Historicity in Terms of Changes","authors":"Zhao Tingyang","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132173175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transcending and Calling – One Hundred Years of Philosophical Study in China and its Future Tendency","authors":"Zhang Li-wen","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The central topic for the philosophical study in China during the past century was to relate our study to Western philosophy and solve the problem of the modernization of Chinese philosophy. Thus, the development of Chinese philosophy during this period is marked by identifying itself with Western criteria of values in addition to its self-orientation, self-introspection, self-development, and self-perfection. In the 21st century, Chinese philosophers will transcend the boundaries of the country to reconcile itself with the world and, at the same time, maintain a style of our own and set up a new theoretical system of Chinese philosophy. At the turn of the century and millennium, it is customary to look back and summarize the state of development of this century, drawing inspiration and lessons from it to anticipate and look forward to the next century. Since the 1990s, Chinese philosophical circles have held various forms of seminars on this topic, raising insightful and contemplative questions that have contributed significantly to an in-depth exploration of the issue.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133822472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mou Zongsan’s Critique of Heidegger’s Interpretation of Kant and his Solution: A Transcultural Discourse on Human Finitude and Infinitude","authors":"Tak-lap Yeung","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mou Zongsan (牟宗三) extols Heidegger’s interpretation of human Dasein as “being-capable” and admits that he was inspired by Heidegger’s interpretation of Kant in many ways; however, although he, like Heidegger, emphasizes that human finitude is the basic premise of Kantian philosophy, he refuses to apply this premise to Kant’s philosophy as a whole. He argues, for Kant, “human beings are finite but can be infinite.” Moreover, he, on the one hand, criticizes Heidegger for withdrawing the dimension of absolute spontaneity, infinitude, supersensibility and supratemporality from morality and, on the other hand, criticizes Kant for rejecting the possibility of a positive use of intellectual intuition. By the general insight of Chinese philosophy, which positively recognize the intellectual intuition, Mou believes that one can change the downside of Kantian philosophy and organically combine Western and Asian philosophy.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127946880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the “Ultimate Concern” in Song-Ming Study of Principle","authors":"Zhang Xuezhi, Zhang Li-wen","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Albeit their variated manifestations, a distinct humanistic spirit that is also characteristic of Chinese philosophy as a whole is found among the thoughts of the masters of Song-Ming Study of Principle. They advocated the pursuit of transcendence through concrete cultivation which generates refined faith, sincerity, courage and an enjoyable state-of-attainment. These contributions played a decisive part in the refinement of Confucian thought regarding theories of transcendence, for developments in the theory of spiritual effort in pursuit of transcendence during this period are unique both with respect to China and abroad. This essay explores this uniqueness, through which we can enrich our understanding of Song-Ming Study of Principle as a tradition, and further appreciate the transcendental dimension from the perspective of social practice. Exemplifications of a quest for self-transcendence, including self-cultivation and the concern for ultimate values are rooted in everyday life and carried out in concrete social practice.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129069852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Confucian Farewell to Human Rights?","authors":"G. Lohmann","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129185249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Über die Umgestaltung der daoistischen Philosophie","authors":"Deng Xiaomang","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Zusammenfassung Das Projekt einer philosophischen Umgestaltung des Daoismus begleitet mich schon seit langem als vorläufige Idee. In der 1995er Ausgabe der Philosophical Dynamics Nr. 4 veröffentlichte ich einen kurzen Artikel mit dem Titel Ein vorläufiger Überblick über die Umgestaltung der daoistischen Philosophie , der später als Vortrags Transkript in meine Vierzehn Vorlesungen über die Methodologie der Geschichte der Philosophie aufgenommen wurde. 邓晓芒: 道家哲学改造德临时纲要, 收入《哲学史方法论十四讲》, 重庆大学出版社, 2015 年, 第 246–283 页 [Deng Xiaomang: Siebte Vorlesung: Ein vorläufiger Überblick über die Transformation der daoistischen Philosophie, in: Vierzehn Vorlesungen über die Methodologie der Geschichte der Philosophie, Chongqing: Verlag der Universität Chongqing, 2015, S. 246–283.]. Im Prozess der Kritik der traditionellen chinesischen Philosophie durch den Vergleich chinesischer und westlicher Kulturtraditionen kam ich auf die Idee, dass, wenn wir westliche Elemente in unsere traditionelle chinesische Kultur aufnehmen und ein neues Gedankengebäude errichten wollen, dieses Projekt als ein gemeinsamer Ausgangspunkt dienen kann. Während der moderne Neukonfuzianismus auf der „kreativen Transformation“ der Tradition des Konfuzianismus basiert, beruht meine Wiedergeburt der traditionellen chinesischen Kultur auf der Kritik am Konfuzianismus und der Umgestaltung der daoistischen Philosophie. Vor zwanzig Jahren jedoch befand sich dieses Projekt noch im Stadium einer Skizze und ich hatte keine Zeit, sie zu entwickeln, also nannte ich sie einen „vorläufigen Entwurf“. Im vorliegenden Aufsatz möchte ich diese Fragestellung auf den historischen Spuren der daoistischen Philosophie weiter vertiefen.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130150690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Poetische Pädagogik und ästhetische Erziehung","authors":"Wang Hui","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114213685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zur Philosophie der chinesischen Sprachwelt: Ursprungsdenken, Argumentationsfeld und Methoden","authors":"Sun Xiangchen","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2023-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2023-0003","url":null,"abstract":"Zusammenfassung Verschiedenen Sprachwelten verfügen über unterschiedliche Quellen originellen Denkens, um auf die universellen Anliegen der Menschheit zu reagieren. Eine Philosophie, die sich auf die chinesische Sprache stützt, sollte folgerichtig über die universellen Anliegen reflektieren, die sich in dieser Sprachwelt entwickelt haben. Bei vielen Wissenschaftlern setzt sich der Begriff einer Philosophie der chinesischen Sprachwelt erst allmählich durch. Allerdings entwickelt er sich zu einem anderen Paradigma und Konzept als dem der chinesischen Philosophie. Die Fragestellung dieser Philosophie steht in direktem Zusammenhang mit der Struktur der chinesischen Sprachwelt und mit den Begriffsbildungen, Eigenschaften und Gesetzen der chinesischen Sprache selbst. Die Philosophie der chinesischen Sprachwelt basiert auf der Selbstreflexion durch Umwege über das Andere, was voraussetzt, dass in Bezug auf die westliche Philosophie Universalität durch Alterität ersetzt wird. Damit vollzieht sich ein philosophischer Paradigmenwechsel. In diesem Sinne präsentiert der folgende Beitrag den theoretischen Rahmen einer Philosophie der chinesischen Sprachwelt auf drei Ebenen: den universellen Fragen, den originellen Ideen und den normativen Konstruktionen mit dem Ziel, die Originalität, Normativität, Inklusivität, Zukunftsfähigkeit und Weltoffenheit einer Philosophie chinesischer Sprachwelt hervorzuheben.","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132200257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1 Preface","authors":"L. Tieying","doi":"10.1515/yewph-2016-0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/yewph-2016-0003","url":null,"abstract":"I am very pleased to hear that the Yearbook of Eastern and Western Philosophy, co-founded by the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Freie Universität Berlin, is to be published both by China Social Sciences Press in Chinese and by the German branch of De Gruyter in English. This is indeed an important platform of communication between Eastern and Western philosophy and a vital measure of the confluence of Chinese philosophy and world philosophy. In response to the invitation of Professor Xie Dikun, the Chinese editor-in-chief, I would like to take this opportunity to express some ideas on philosophy by way of a preface. It is my belief that if a country or a nation wishes to flourish and look to a bright future, she must have a foundation in theoretical thinking and her own philosophy. Philosophy is the flower of thought, the soul of civilization, and the power of spirit. Philosophy can forge our thinking, purify our soul, and illuminate our way. Philosophical thinking is a necessary source for the inspirational spirit of a nation in the world without which it could not sustain a lofty character or stand amongst the family of nations. However, what philosophy actually is has been controversial since ancient times. Since the very birth of philosophy, philosophers have ceaselessly posed the question, and different answers have been given by philosophers of every age, so that it has become an eternal inquiry within philosophy itself. When answering the original question of philosophy, the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus remarked that “the world is an ever-living fire”. This representation where fire is equated with everything in the world reflects a belief that in the eternal flux of things there is a certain order, namely “Logos”. The “Logos” that philosophy is searching for is the wisdom of “Tao”which is followed by everything. For the German classical philosopher Immanuel Kant this pursuit evolved into a philosophical speculation, i.e. “what can I know?”, “what ought I to do and what can I hope?” This speculation in turn became the source of a kind of metaphysics with a subject-object dichotomy, where the philosophical theory is alienated from the real world. China, this large country in the East has a rich philosophical tradition of thoughts and theories which go by the names of “Confucianism”, “Tao”, “Taoism”, “Xuan Xue (Neo-Taoism)”, “Li Xue (Neo-Confucianism)” and the like. At the end of 19th century, Nishi Amane (にしあまね), a Japanese scholar, chose the","PeriodicalId":174891,"journal":{"name":"Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117243888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}