From “Practice” to “Living”: Main Trends of Chinese Aesthetics in the Past 40 Years

In the past 40 years, Chinese research in the field of philosophical aesthetics has made great progress in basic research and academic contributions. The Chinese approach to the ontology of contemporary aesthetics has played the most important role in this historical transition. A shifting paradigm of the ontology of aesthetics—from the concept of “practice” (shijian實踐) to the concept of “living” (shenghuo 生活)—is assisting to integrate Chinese aesthetics into the context of globalization, and the future of Chinese aesthetics is both Chinese and global. “Aesthetics” is not just Ganxue 感学 in the sense of Aesthetica, it is also is a Juexue 觉学 that is closer to the sense of Aisthetik in Chinese context.     

Ji Kang on Nourishing Life

Ji Kang's "An Essay on Nourishing Life" has,for much of its history,been overshadowed by his more famous work "Sound is without Grief or Joy." Be that as it may,"An Essay on Nourishing Life" is also an important text in that it delves into the interdependence of the heart-mind,spirit,and vital breath,and into how harmony between them is the key to ensuring physical longevity.In addition to investigating this aspect of his thought,this paper will also discuss Ji Kang's attention to the vicissitudes of knowledge and desire and to the need to temper them with tranquility and stillness."An Essay on Nourishing Life" can thus be read as an extension of classical Daoist theories of self-cultivation while at the same time elaborating upon them by bringing together their disparate components into a coherently unified doctrine.     

現象學觀念是如何起源的?——德里達與胡塞爾的分歧

德國哲學家胡塞爾的現象學觀念是從擱置自然態度起步的,這種擱置或者還原返回了發生學問題.胡塞爾試圖從幾何學的起源入手,探討抽象觀念的誕生,認為幾何學觀念來自從經驗到先驗的本質性跳躍.然而,在法國哲學家德里達看來,追溯幾何擎起源,意味着融入時間或歷史事實,胡塞爾忽視了從經驗到先驗的跳躍過程並不通暢,其間的障礙就在於發生過程...