UID:
almahu_9949702202302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 471 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9789047426844
Series Statement:
Modern Chinese philosophy, v. 1
Content:
Until 1898, Chinese and foreign scholars agreed that China had never known, needed, or desired a field of study similar in scope and purpose to European logic. Less than a decade later, Chinese literati claimed that the discipline had been part of the empire's learned heritage for more than two millennia. This book analyzes the conceptual, ideological, and institutional transformations that made this drastic change of opinion possible and acceptable. Reconstructing the discovery of Chinese logic as a paradigmatic case of the epistemic shifts that continue to shape interpretations of China's intellectual history, it offers a fresh view of the formation of modern academic discourses in East Asia and adds a neglected chapter to the global histories of science and philosophy.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Chapter One First Encounters: Jesuit Logica in the Late Ming and Early Qing -- Chapter Two Haphazard Overtures: Logic in Nineteenth-Century Protestant Writings -- Chapter Three Great Expectations: Yan Fu and the Discovery of European Logic -- Chapter Four Spreading the Word: Logic in Late Qing Education and Popular Discourse -- Chapter Five Heritage Unearthed: The Discovery of Chinese Logic -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Discovery of Chinese Logic Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2011, ISBN 9789004173385
Language:
English
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