Fundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy
Discusses the conditions of possibility for intercultural and comparative philosophy, and for crosscultural communication at large.

This innovative book explores the preconditions necessary for intercultural and comparative philosophy. Philosophical practices that involve at least two different traditions with no common heritage and whose languages have very different grammatical structure, such as Indo-Germanic languages and classical Chinese, are a particular focus. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel look at the necessary and not-so-necessary conditions of possibility of interpretation, comparison, and other forms of interaction and how we can speak of similarities and differences in this context. The authors posit that it is necessary to dissolve the question of universalism versus relativism by replacing the ideal language paradigm with a paradigm of family resemblances and that it is not necessary to share a common language to engage in comparison. Numerous case studies are presented, including many comparisons of Western and Chinese concepts.

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Fundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy
Discusses the conditions of possibility for intercultural and comparative philosophy, and for crosscultural communication at large.

This innovative book explores the preconditions necessary for intercultural and comparative philosophy. Philosophical practices that involve at least two different traditions with no common heritage and whose languages have very different grammatical structure, such as Indo-Germanic languages and classical Chinese, are a particular focus. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel look at the necessary and not-so-necessary conditions of possibility of interpretation, comparison, and other forms of interaction and how we can speak of similarities and differences in this context. The authors posit that it is necessary to dissolve the question of universalism versus relativism by replacing the ideal language paradigm with a paradigm of family resemblances and that it is not necessary to share a common language to engage in comparison. Numerous case studies are presented, including many comparisons of Western and Chinese concepts.

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Discusses the conditions of possibility for intercultural and comparative philosophy, and for crosscultural communication at large.

This innovative book explores the preconditions necessary for intercultural and comparative philosophy. Philosophical practices that involve at least two different traditions with no common heritage and whose languages have very different grammatical structure, such as Indo-Germanic languages and classical Chinese, are a particular focus. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel look at the necessary and not-so-necessary conditions of possibility of interpretation, comparison, and other forms of interaction and how we can speak of similarities and differences in this context. The authors posit that it is necessary to dissolve the question of universalism versus relativism by replacing the ideal language paradigm with a paradigm of family resemblances and that it is not necessary to share a common language to engage in comparison. Numerous case studies are presented, including many comparisons of Western and Chinese concepts.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781438460154
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 05/01/2016
Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Lin Ma is Associate Professor of the School of Philosophy at the Renmin University of China and the author of Heidegger on East-West Dialogue: Anticipating the Event. Jaap van Brakel is Professor Emeritus in the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the University of Leuven and the author of Philosophy of Chemistry: Between the Manifest and the Scientific Image.

Table of Contents

Note on Referencing ix

Symbols and Abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

1 Preliminaries-Philosophy and Language 14

Do We Need a Universal Notion of Philosophy? 14

Language (Preliminaries) 25

Linguistic Relativism 32

2 The Troubled Water of the Ideal Language Paradigm 40

Specters of the Ideal Language Paradigm 40

Are There Universals? 51

3 Universalism and Relativism 66

Similarities of Universalism and Relativism 66

Case Study of Color in View of Relativism versus Universalism 77

The Preconditions of Scientific Knowledge 85

4 Family Resemblance and De-essentialization 93

(De-)essentialization of Language and Meaning 93

Family Resemblance 96

Family Resemblance across Traditions 107

5 No Need to Speak the Same Language 120

The NNSSL-Principle 120

First Contacts 123

The Treaty of Waitangi 139

"A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs" 142

NNSSL and No Need for a Shared World Either? 143

6 Conceptual Schemes and Forms of Life 149

Conceptual Schemes 149

Form(s) of Life 165

Similarities and Differences 173

7 Varieties of Intercultural Philosophy 178

Terminology 178

Heidegger's Asian Connection 180

Interkulturelle Philosophie 187

Ethnophilosophy 189

Comparative Philosophy: Science, Pragmatism, or Anti-philosophy? 192

Variations of World Philosophy 195

The Geyi $$$ Method 201

8 Constraints in the Era of Globalization 208

Center-Periphery Forces 208

Standardization and Regimentation of Languages 209

"Cattle Colors" 211

Transcendental Pretence 215

Qing $$$ versus Emotion(s) 218

Globalization Makes the Past Inaccessible 223

Be(ing) 227

9 Interpretation Models 233

Theories of Interpretation 233

XYZ-Model of Interpretation and Comparison 250

Underdetermination of Interpretation 255

10 Necessary Preconditions for Interpretation 261

Principles of Interpretation 261

Quasi-Universals 263

FR-Extension 267

Final Necessary Preconditions of Interpretation 275

Truth and Rightness 285

Conclusion 294

Notes 305

Works Cited 367

Name Index 401

Subject Index 409

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