Philosophy of language, Chinese language, Chinese philosophy : : constructive engagement / / edited by Bo Mou.

• Author: Mou, Bo
• TeilnehmendeR: Mou, Bo, 1956-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy of History and Culture 37.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- 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 -- Semantic-Syntactic Structure of Chinese Names and Issue of Reference -- White Horse Paradox and Semantics of Chinese Nouns* / Byeong-uk Yi -- 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 -- On the Comparative Analysis of Chinese Measure Words: Insights from Evolutionary Theory / Marshall D. Willman -- Intuitions or Reasons: The Empirical Evidence for Theory of Reference / Jianhua Mei -- Cross-Contextual Meaning and Understanding -- Communicative Meaning and Meaning as Significance / A. P. Martinich -- Semantics and What Is Said / Una Stojnic and Ernie Lepore -- Principle of Charity and Linguistic Relativism in Relation to Chinese: Engaging Exploration (I) -- Conceptual Schemes and Linguistic Relativism in Relation to Chinese* / A. C. Graham -- A. C. Graham’s Sinologist Criticism and the Myth of “Pre-Logical Thinking” / Yiu-ming Fung -- Davidson’s Opening Message and His Principle of Charity / Bo Mou -- Semantic Truth and Pluralist Approaches in Chinese Context: Engaging Exploration (II) -- Pluralism about Truth in Early Chinese Philosophy: A Reflection on Wang Chong’s Approach* / Alexus McLeod -- Appendix: Replies to Brons and Mou on Wang Chong and Pluralism -- Wang Chong, Truth, and Quasi-Pluralism / Lajos L. Brons -- Postscript: Reply to Mcleod -- Rooted and Rootless Pluralist Approaches to Truth: Two Distinct Interpretations of Wang Chong’s Account* / Bo Mou -- Postscript: Normative Character of Semantic Truth -- The “Speakable” and the “Unspeakable” in Chinese Texts: Engaging Exploration (III) -- From the Ineffable to the Poetic: Heidegger and Confucius on Poetry-Expression of Language / Xianglong Zhang -- How Non-Speech Becomes a Form of Speech: A Reinterpretation of the Debate at the Dam over the Hao River / Zhaohua Chu -- Eternal Dao, Constant Name, and Language Engagement: On the Opening Message of the Dao-De-Jing / Bo Mou -- Postscript: From Lao Zi’s Opening Message to Davidson’s Opening Message -- Language in Action through Chinese Texts -- Reading the Analects with Davidson: Mood, Force, and Communicative Practice in Early China1 / Yang Xiao -- Postscript 20171 -- Metaphor in Comparative Focus / Kyle Takaki -- Appendixes -- Comparative Chronology of Philosophers -- Note on Transcription and Guide to Pronunciation -- Back Matter -- Index of Names and Subjects* --.