The Discovery of Chinese Logic

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-17338-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: Modern Chinese Philosophy

Until 1898, Chinese and foreign scholars agreed that China had never known, needed, or desired a field of study similar in scope and purpose to European logic. Less than a decade later, Chinese literati claimed that the discipline had been part of the empire’s learned heritage for more than two millennia. This book analyzes the conceptual, ideological, and institutional transformations that made this drastic change of opinion possible and acceptable. Reconstructing the discovery of Chinese logic as a paradigmatic case of the epistemic shifts that continue to shape interpretations of China’s intellectual history, it offers a fresh view of the formation of modern academic discourses in East Asia and adds an intriguing chapter to the global histories of science and philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kurtz, Joachim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Interkulturelle Philosophie, Weltphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. First Encounters: Jesuit Logica in the Late Ming and Early Qing
Chapter Two. Haphazard Overtures: Logic in Late Qing Protestant Writings
Chapter Three. Great Expectations: Yan Fu and the Discovery of European Logic
Chapter Four. Spreading the Word: Logic in Late Qing Education and Popular Discourse
Chapter Five. Heritage Unearthed: The Discovery of Chinese Logic
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Kurtz, Joachim
Joachim Kurtz, PhD (2003) in Sinology, is Professor of Intellectual History at Heidelberg University. He has published extensively on late imperial and modern Chinese philosophy and thought, and is co-editor of New Terms for New Ideas (Brill, 2001).