The unity of identity and difference as the absoluteness of all relativity: Hui Shi and the longing for a different logic

This paper addresses the question of whether it is possible to develop theoretical methods to reconcile absolute principles on the one hand and relative tenets on the other. I will look at this question through the lens of classical Chinese logic and, more concretely, through the elaborations of the...

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Main Author: Rošker, Jana S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax 2024
In: Asian philosophy
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 251–263
Further subjects:B Chinese logic
B School of Names
B Difference
B Identity
B Hui Shi
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Summary:This paper addresses the question of whether it is possible to develop theoretical methods to reconcile absolute principles on the one hand and relative tenets on the other. I will look at this question through the lens of classical Chinese logic and, more concretely, through the elaborations of the Chinese logician Hui Shi on this relationship. The examination of this problem proceeds from a general introduction of the basic framework of semantically determined classical Chinese logic, through an illumination of Hui Shi’s specific contributions to the field, to a tentative explanation of his conception of the nature of the relation between absoluteness and relativity, embedded in more general structures of his thought and illustrated by his interpretation of the possibility of unifying identity and difference.
ISSN:1469-2961
Contains:Enthalten in: Asian philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2024.2328422