Chinese Philosophers and Western Philosophy
Feng Youlan’s Interpretation of Western Philosophy:A Critical Examination from the Perspective of Metaphysical Methodology
Author:
Derong Chen
University of Toronto Mississauga, CA
About Derong
2008-present:
Sessional Lecturer II, U of Toronto Mississauga
2006-2008
Professor in philosophy: Wuhan University in China
1997-2006
Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy at University of Toronto
1994-1996
Visiting scholar, Columbia University in the City of New York
1990-1994
Associate professor, Sichuan University in China
1997-1990
Ph.D in Western philosophy, Wuhan University
1982-1987
Lecturer in philosophy, Sichuan College of Education
1977-1982
Undergraduate and MA student
Department of philosophy, Sichuan University
Abstract
The paper aims to display a limited observation of Feng’s interpretation of Western philosophy through the window of metaphysical methodology. This paper concentrates on Feng’s interpretation of Western philosophy from the perspective of metaphysical methodology and aims to display a limited observation of Feng’s interpretation of Western philosophy through the window of metaphysical methodology. Based on a brief review the recent studies of Feng Youlan and Western philosophy, this paper analyzes the progress and insufficient aspects in current studies on this issue and particularly clarifies what are the metaphysics and metaphysical methods in the context of Feng Youlan’s philosophy. In clarifying Feng’s interpretation of Western philosophy from the perspective of methodology, this paper further critically analyzes the Feng’s positive metaphysical methods and negative metaphysical methods, and assumes that Feng’s negative metaphysical methods essentially is a kind of attitudes towards metaphysics but neither a kind of metaphysics nor a kind of metaphysical methods. Instead of characterizing metaphysical methods as positive and negative as Feng did, this paper suggests an alternative division of metaphysical methods: direct and indirect methods of dealing with metaphysical issues.
How to Cite:
Chen, D., 2015. Feng Youlan’s Interpretation of Western Philosophy:A Critical Examination from the Perspective of Metaphysical Methodology. ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts, 22(1), pp.74–89. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16995/ane.139
Published on
10 Apr 2015.
Peer Reviewed
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