Philosophy,Early Modern Intellectual History,and the History of Philosophy

Historians of philosophy are increasingly likely to emphasize the extent to which their work offers a pay‐off for philosophers of un‐historical or anti‐historical inclinations; but this defence is less familiar, and often seems less than self‐evident, to intellectual historians. This article examines this tendency, arguing that such arguments for the instrumental value of historical scholarship in philosophy are often more problematic than they at first appear. Using the relatively familiar case study of René Descartes' reading of his scholastic and Aristotelian contemporaries, the article attempts to problematize this notion of pay‐off from an historian's perspective.     

重拾被遗忘的东方——兼评“东方哲学”与五卷本《东方哲学史》

在当代中国哲学界,东方哲学几乎属于被遗忘的领域:它从学科上被取消,从知识结构上被排除,从价值上被看轻,导致中国哲学界陷入一种中、西二元分立的简约化的格局之中。由中国社会科学院哲学研究所东方哲学研究室组织编写的五卷本《东方哲学史》的问世,对于改变这一状况起到了积极的作用。但是,东方哲学概念该如何理解?相较于西方民族,东方民族有着怎样的思考     

历史向世界历史转化的哲学回应——马克思世界历史理论的中国个案

马克思世界历史理论深刻揭示了历史向世界历史转化的实际进程、总体背景和基本规律,为我们提供了考察和研究世界历史时代的哲学变革所应当依据的一个基本的解释框架。用马克思世界历史理论作为深入解读、研究中国近代哲学的哲学范式和解释框架,把中国近代哲学的演进过程作为历史向世界历史转化之哲学回应的一个典型案例,不仅有助于马克思世界历史理论研究的深化,而且也是深入考察中国近代哲学的一个独特而有益的视角。     

Feminist Philosophy and the Philosophy of Feminism: Irigaray and the History of Western Metaphysics

Irigaray demonstrates that metaphysics depends upon the specific negation and exclusion of the female body. Readings of Irigaray's Speculum of the Other Woman tend to highlight the status of this excluded materiality: is there an essential female body which precedes negation or is the feminine only an effect of exclusion? I approach Irigaray's work by way of another question: is it possible to move beyond a feminist critique of metaphysics and towards a feminist philosophy?     

Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia

Book Information Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia. Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia James Franklin, (Sydney : Macleay Press, 2003), 465, AU$59.95 By James Franklin. Macleay Press. Sydney. Pp. 465. AU$59.95,     

康德历史哲学的基础

作者认为,康德历史形而上学的意义不次于《纯粹理性批判》在其自身领域的重要性,它将哲学问题由存在领域转向义务领域。普遍世界历史观采用的是先验方法,与目的论联系在一起,体现出大自然的计划。如果说康德伦理学追求个体的自由及其道德独立性,那么其历史哲学则强调人类只有通过社会这个媒介,才能实现其真正的道德任务。人类自身的二重性构成康德历史哲学的本质,也是历史与社会发展的动力,由此决定了社会政治的真正任务,由此方显启蒙运动的真正意义。     

On Not Teaching the History of Philosophy

Courses in the history of philosophy which exclude contributions made by women cannot legitimately claim to teach this history. This is true, not merely because those histories are incomplete, but rather because they give a biased account. 1 sketch the difficulties thus posed for the profession, and offer suggestions for developing a less biased, more accurate understanding of the history of philosophy.     

什么是哲学与为什么要研究哲学史?--兼谈中国哲学的合法性

什么是物理学?什么是法学?或者什么是政治学?这些问题可以有很明确的答案,因为这些学科的对象和界限很明确.但是,如果问"什么是哲学?"那么答案就不那么简单.在不同哲学家那里,对这个问题的回答各不相同.在中国,通行的说法是"哲学是一种世界观".问题是,几乎所有科学都是一种世界观,至少是构成世界观的一部分.谁能否认物理学也是一种世界观?如果说哲学是一种世界观,那么,它恰恰是一种最可有可无的世界观.因为作为世界观的哲学完全依赖于其他学科.所以,把哲学视为一种世界观不仅无法使哲学与其他学科区别开来,而且将使哲学丧失掉作为一门学科存在的理由.     

论吕祖谦的历史哲学

在最近的几项研究中,本文作者提出南宋时期包括永嘉之学、永康之学以及婺学在内的"浙东学派",反对空言道德性命,而特别重视将天道的追寻贯彻于社会历史的全部领域,从而实现了历史学与哲学的融合,实际上成为中国古代的一个"历史哲学"学派.南宋时期浙东学的集大成者应归于吕祖谦,他亦是历史哲学观念的系统表达者.本文即以此观点为前提,对吕祖谦的历史哲学思想进行了比较系统而又简要的梳理,论述了其关于历史的观念、历史解读的方法、历史的价值理念以及将历史视为天道自身的运动性展开的根据.     

邵雍的历史哲学思想探折

邵雍的历史哲学不仅对历史发展规律等问题进行过思考,还对宇宙自然和人类社会历史发展之动力、历史发展的基本阶段和历史本体等问题进行了深入探讨。他认为太极"分阴分阳,迭用柔刚",其所涵阴阳刚柔的对立与分裂是宇宙自然和人类社会历史发展的动力;"皇帝王伯"与"元会运世"是人类和宇宙历史发展的基本阶段;历史存在形上的理体,它"显诸仁"而"藏诸用",通过把握这个历史本体,人们就可以更深刻地认识并改变、创造自己的历史。     

Back to Basics: Problems and Prospects for Applied Philosophy

ABSTRACT This paper is an account of a response to a well-intentioned and genuinely naive question concerning the nature of 'applied philosophy'. It indicates differing points of view concerning the nature of philosophy and what one might or might not expect from it. It tries to synthesise these points of view into a position that sees philosophy as continuous with that attitude of mind that was epitomised by Socrates, an attitude of mind which is directed to every aspect or dimension of human life. The notion of the enquiring activist is borrowed to encapsulate this attitude as a valuable goal of 'applied philosophy'.     

Incongruent Names: A Theme in the History of Chinese Philosophy

This essay is meant to shed light on a discourse that spans centuries and includes different voices. To be aware of such trans-textual resonances can add a level of historical understanding to the reading of philosophical texts. Specifically, we intend to demonstrate how the notion of the ineffable Dao 道, prominently expressed in the Daodejing 道德經, informs a long discourse on incongruent names (ming 名) in distinction to a mainstream paradigm that demands congruity between names and what they designate. Thereby, we trace the development of the idea of the ineffable Dao quite differently from modern mystical interpretations. We show how, in an early Chinese context, it first gives rise to a sociopolitical critique of the incongruity underlying socially constructed names in the Zhuangzi 莊子, then to a discourse on the incongruity between moral virtues and names in Xuanxue 玄學 philosophy, and eventually to Sengzhao’s 僧肇 claim that a perceived congruence of names with things does not entail actual congruence between names and reality.