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From the constructive-engagement vantage point of doing philosophy of language comparatively, this anthology explores (1) how reflective elaboration of some distinct features of the Chinese language and of philosophically interesting resources concerning language in Chinese philosophy can contribute to our treatment of a range of issues in philosophy of language and (2) how relevant resources in contemporary philosophy of language can contribute to philosophical interpretations of reflectively interesting resources concerning the Chinese language and Chinese texts. The foregoing contributing fronts constitute two complementary sides of this project. This volume includes 12 contributing essays and 2 engagement-background essays which are organized into six parts on distinct issues. The anthology also includes the volume editor’s theme introduction on comparative philosophy of language and his engaging remarks for three parts.

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Author:   Bo Mou
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   37
Weight:   1.025kg
ISBN:  

9789004368439

ISBN 10:   9004368434
Pages:   554
Publication Date:   12 July 2018
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Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments List of Contributors Constructive-Engagement Strategy of Doing Philosophy of Language Comparatively in View of Chinese Language and Chinese Philosophy: A Theme Introduction  Bo Mou Part 1: Semantic-Syntactic Structure of Chinese Name and Issue of Reference 1 White Horse Paradox and Semantics of Chinese Nouns  Byeong-uk Yi 2 A Double-Reference Account of Names in Early China: Case Analyses of Semantic-Syntactic Structures of Names in the Yi-Jing Text, Gongsun Long’s “White-Horse-Not-Horse” Thesis, and Later Mohist Treatment of Parallel Inference  Bo Mou 3 On the Comparative Analysis of Chinese Measure Words: Insights from Evolutionary Theory  Marshall D. Willman 4 Intuitions or Reasons: The Empirical Evidence for Theory of Reference  Jianhua Mei Part 2: Cross-Contextual Meaning and Understanding 5 Communicative Meaning and Meaning as Significance  A.P. Martinich 6 Semantics and What is Said  Una Stojnic & Ernie Lepore Part 3: Principle of Charity and Linguistic Relativism in Relation to Chinese: Engaging Exploration (i) 7 Conceptual Schemes and Linguistic Relativism in Relation to Chinese  A.C. Graham 8 Graham’s Sinologist’s Criticism and the Myth of “Pre-logical Thinking  Yiu-ming Fung Editor’s Engaging Remarks for Part 3 Davidson’s Opening Message and His Principle of Charity  Bo Mou Part 4: Semantic Truth and Pluralist Approaches in Chinese Context: Engaging Exploration (II) 9 (1) Pluralism about Truth in Early Chinese Philosophy: A Reflection on Wang Chong’s Approach  Alexus McLeod (2) Replies to Brons and Mou on Wang Chong and Pluralism  Alexus McLeod 10 (1) Wang Chong, Truth, and Quasi-Pluralism  Lajos L. Brons (2) “Postscript”  Lajos L. Brons Editor’s Engaging Remarks for Part 4 (1) Rooted and Rootless Pluralist Approaches to Truth: Two Distinct Interpretations of Wang Chong’s Account  Bo Mou (2) Postscript: Normative Character of Semantic Truth  Bo Mou Part 5: The “Speakable” and the “Unspeakable” in Chinese Texts: Engaging Exploration (III) 11 From the Ineffable to the Poetic: Heidegger and Confucius on Poetry-Expression of Language  Xianglong Zhang 12 How Non-Speech Becomes a Form of Speech: A Reinterpretation of the Debate at the Dam over the Hao River  Zhaohua Chu Editor’s Engaging Remarks for Part 5 (1) Eternal Dao, Constant Name, and Language Engagement: On the Opening Message of the Dao-De-Jing  Bo Mou (2) Postscript: From Lao Zi’s Opening Message to Davidson’s Opening Message  Bo Mou Part 6: Language in Action Through Chinese Texts 13 (1) Reading the Analects with Davidson: Mood, Force, and Communitive Practice in Early China  Yang Xiao (2) Postscript 2017  Yang Xiao 14 Metaphor in Comparative Focus  Kyle Takaki Appendixes Appendix 1: Comparative Chronology of Philosophers Appendix 2: Notes on Transcription and Guide to Pronunciation Index of Names and Subjects

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Bo Mou, Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Rochester, is Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, USA, and editor of the journal Comparative Philosophy. He has published in philosophy of language, metaphysics, Chinese philosophy, and comparative philosophy.

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