Autumn Floods (Chapter 17 Zhuangzi writes: Suddenly, Master Chariot got sick. Das wahre Buch vom sdlichen Bltenland. Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine. 2004. Monica Link, Anecdotes and thought experiments in Zhuangzi and Western philosophy ,Rivista di estetica, 72|2019, 7-18. The Background of the Mencian Theory of Human Nature. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 6.12: 215271. Huizi and Zhuangzi about gourds; the story of Cook Ding (sometimes called Butcher Ding); and the story of Wheelwright Pian. <> Oxford: Oxford University Press. I planted it, and when it matured it weighed over a hundred pounds. Jackson uses this thought experiment to argue that because Mary gains some knowledge the first time she sees red, she didnt know everything to know about color through knowing all the physical facts about color and so, he says, the thesis of physicalism (i.e., the idea that everything is physical) is false.8. ______. Zhuangzi, the Taoist philosopher, lived in. 2001. Machek, David. One reason Emotion and Agency in Zhuangzi. Asian Philosophy: An International Journal of the Philosophical Traditions of the East 21.1: 97121. This is the dialectical nature of the universe we discussed in the previous analysis, a nature that runs to the bottom of existence itself. 2011. 2013. How extraordinary of the maker of things to knot me up like this. 2019. Again on Qing: With a Translation of the Guodian Xing Zi Ming Chu. Oriens Extremus 47: 97159. Insofar as these are aims in philosophy, Zhuangzi might do better in prompting these in his reader than one who puts forth a self-standing thought experiment advancing a particular thesis. I filled them with water but they werent sturdy enough to hold it. <> This admittedly is a different kind of similarity, one involving the similar, Jackson has actually since changed his position on the thesis of physicalism and he no longer think, Roy Sorensen 1992 has a discussion of several criticisms on the use of thought experiments, stories, This is uncharacteristic of Western thought experiments where the philosopher presents the imagined, One could, for example, think here of Zhuangzis famous butterfly dream that concludes chapter 2 of. Neuchtel: Peter Lang. 2015. Google Scholar. Were There Inner Chapters in the Warring States? 1994. Changsha: Hunan Renmin Chubanshe. Zhuang Zi and the Education of the Emotions. Comparative Philosophy 9.1: 3246. Are we just engaging in irresponsible moral epistemology in using hypothetical thought experiments and taking them, at best, as tools of persuasion to belief in a certain claim and, at worst, as grounds of evidence for a position? 2004. Dordrecht: Springer. This combined with Zhuangzis penchant for irony, the fact that Zhuangzi alludes to fictitious characters and texts, and even takes real figures like Confucius and attributes to the sage things we cant be sure Confucius actually said all of this can make it hard to know what exactly he thinks of the people and things he writes about. https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/23427 (last accessed on November 27, 2020). Now had I used this for holding liquids, it would have been too heavy to lift; and had I cut it in half for ladles, the ladles would have been too flat for such purpose. Ray Sorensen writes that analytic philosophers make heavy use of thought experiment because it is the natural test for the clarificatory practices constituting conceptual analysis: definition, question delegation, drawing distinctions, crafting adequacy conditions, teasing out entailments, advancing possibility proofs, mapping inference patterns (1992: 15). 8 Jackson has actually since changed his position on the thesis of physicalism and he no longer thinks its false. Qing (Emotions) in Pre-Buddhist Chinese Thought. In Emotions in Asian Thought: A Dialogue in Comparative Philosophy, edited by Joel Marks and Roger T. Ames. He lives an unexamined life and is thereby ignorant of his own ignorance. Huizi believes his knowledge is sufficiently complete as to be capable of using rational deduction to come to only correct answers. School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China (Zhe-xue-yuan), Av. Although these differences arguably make Zhuangzis anecdotes poor thought experiments, according to Western analytic standards, it seems that if the purpose of a fabricated story is to encourage the reader to broaden her philosophical outlook, to see something more clearly that she might not have seen in a more realistic case, or to provide a more memorable way to retain a point, then Zhuangzis stories are highly effective pedagogical tools. There is a runaway trolley that is headed towards five people who are repairing the tracks up ahead. It only seems useless to you because you want to turn it into something else and dont know how to appreciate it for what it is. Chuang Tzu. The Zhuangzi presentation of Hui Shis views concludes: He had many perspectives and his library would fill five carts but his doctrine was selfcontradictory. 2015. On another nearby track there is only one person working. Therefore, this paper mainly focuses on the logical aspects of the debate. Sometimes they are also in extraordinary situations, sometimes not. Liu, Qingping. On Anger: An Essay on Confucian Moral Psychology. In Returning to Zhu Xi: Emerging Patterns within the Supreme Polarity, edited by David Jones and Jinli He. Albany: State University of New York Press. This word is also used in the title of the first chapter of the Zhuangzi: Free and Easy Wandering (xiao yao you ). WebZongzi ( Chinese: ) or simply zong (Cantonese Jyutping: zung2) is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo I planted them, and when they grew, the fruit was a yard across. Psychology and Self-Cultivation in Early Taoistic Thought. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 51.2: 599650. Les fondements philosophiques de la rhtorique chez les sophistes grecs et chez les sophiste chinois. He accomplishes this through something reminiscent of a Socratic Dialogue. 3 In fact, in Zhuangzis case, the featured voices are often non-human. Huizi And Zhuangzi (Melchert 86). ______. Leiden: Brill. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings. My shoulders are peaked. 1981/2001. Chapter One ends with Zhuangzi Such a tree has grown to a ripe old age by adapting itself to its environment. Huizi said to Zhuangzi, The King of Wei gave me the seed of a great gourd. 2003. Wang, Rongpei, trans. 2002-2022 The Linguist Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. 17With Zhuangzi, on the other hand, it is often not clear what exactly the point of a story is nor what position Zhuangzi himself might be criticizing or advancing. The question of what exactly Zhuangzis positive project might be is beyond the scope of this paper, but the point remains that the idea that we are even wondering about who Zhuangzi is as a philosopher, or how he would want us to analyze him in light of his stories, is something that we dont typically see when we turn to Western philosophers advancing certain thought experiments. The specific type of fiction that Western philosophers use is often called a thought experiment. First I will discuss Western thought experiments and a few reasons that have been given for and against using these tools to acquire knowledge. Emotionless in Confucianism and Daoism: A New Interpretation. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 38.1: 118133. 2011. A logical analysis of the debate on Hao River - Taylor & Francis Taipei : Shijie Shuju ; http://www.terebess.hu/english/chuang.html (last accessed on October 12, 2020). Zhuangzi. MEDITATIONS: ZHUANGZI, CHAPTER ONE PART THREE Qu Yuan was a versatile government official at that time, and he was highly Dordrecht: Springer. Saggi in onore di Lucia Pizzo Russo, la neurofenomenologia. And insofar as part of what makes something good philosophy is that it sparks wonder and further questioning, Zhuangzis stories might even do better than self-standing thought experiments. 25Because with Zhuangzi its not always clear what is being asked, or what position he is advocating, readers start to wonder about the man behind the stories, entertaining questions such as: What kind of philosopher is Zhuangzi? First, we demonstrate that, while Huizi probably understands qing as something like feelings or emotions, Zhuangzis view is that having qing is connected with making shifei judgments whereas having no qing means that shifei has no grip on those ren, especially the shengren. Zhuangzi Flashcards | Quizlet My chin is hidden in my navel. Here we see Zhuangzi make explicit that which hitherto he spoke of only implicitlythe significance of the phoenix, Peng, and the difference between the great and the small. 2015. Nozick, R., 1974,Anarchy, State, and Utopia, New York, Basic Books. 2004. Or in Searles Chinese Room, Searle argues that because he is functioning just like a computer running a program but understands nothing of the meaning of the inputs and outputs (in Chinese) that he is manipulating, so artificial intelligence, just in virtue of running a certain program, does not have understanding. The Zhuangzi () is named after Zhung Zhu (), who flourished in the later half of the fourth century bce. Jena: Diederichs. Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish Dialogue. 2010. . Zhongguancun 59, Haidian District, Beijing, 100872, China, Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, KU Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierplein 2, 3000, Leuven, Belgium, You can also search for this author in Zhuang Zi: De volledige geschriften: Het grote klassieke boek van het Taosme Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Augustus. Perhaps Zhuangzi would affirm Master Chariot for being so free. Huizi destroys is because it is worthless to him but Zhuangzi gets mad and says that he could have used it 21Van Norden makes the following comment on this story as it relates to an overarching theme we see in Zhuangzi about freeing the mind: By stressing flexible responsiveness to particular contexts, Zhuangzi encourages us to think in creative and nontraditional ways. And most of all just enjoy yourself! <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> For example, Nozick claims that no one would actually plug into his Experience Machine for life, and he uses this to argue that there is something wrong with utilitarianism, the view which states that all we should care about is maximizing pleasure. ______. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09765-6, https://www.academia.edu/35172330/Zhuangzis_Doctrine_of_No_Emotions_forthcoming_in_Dao_Companion_to_the_Philosophy_of_the_Zhuangzi_Kim_Chong_Chong_and_Kai_Yuan_Cheng_eds_final_draft, https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/23427, http://www.terebess.hu/english/chuang.html. Abstract On a prima facia reading, Zhuangzi seems to endorse some form of skepticism or relativism. The Complete Work of the Zhuangzi . 22The above stories show that sometimes Zhuangzi is forthright on what he thinks about a certain creature, human or otherwise. 29I will end with one of my favorite passages in the Zhuangzi, from chapter 26 in which he writes, a trap is for fish: when youve got the fish, you can forget the trap. By utilizing modern logical analysis tools, this study reveals what and how the propositions and inferences contained in the language of the debate are articulated accurately and strictly. What he doesnt realize is that it is his own potential which he is smashing. Some of these purposes include helping us to: 1)better understand a concept by artificially constructing a scenario that makes certain features more salient 2) think about where we stand on a specific issue 3) consider alternative perspectives in a given situation and 4) see in what way a philosophers many thoughts could be made coherent or reasonable. Chuang Tzu. Because my conclusion follows logically, my premises must also be correct; therefore, evidence which contradicts my premises must be false; therefore my premises must be true; and therefore my conclusion also must be correct.. Schipper, Kristofer, trans. What follows is that the expression wuqing should not be identified as a doctrine of nonemotion. Instead, wuqing implies that Zhuangzi advises us to lead a life of tranquility, calmness, and stillness. but we dont typically look at what other things the philosopher has said or what we know about the person in order to figure out how to interpret a thought experiment. Wieger, Lon, trans. Yet he commits this very sin, and all because he feels he reached a valid conclusion. Roy Sorensen 1992 has a discussion of several criticisms on the use of thought experiments, stories, and intuition pumps, as Daniel Dennett calls them. Assignment: the stories of chuang tzu - Proficient Experts Besides, at the very least, thought experiments and stories can show us candidates for what we might concern ourselves with.14. First, we demonstrate that, while Huizi probably understands qing as something like feelings or emotions, Zhuangzis view is that having qing is connected Perhaps none other than reflection, broadening of the mind, wonder. Emotions and Genuineness in Chinese Native Thinking: A Response to Graham and Hansen ():. Journal of Beijing Youth Politics College 14.1: 4852. A New Commentary on the Zhuangzi [in modern Chinese] . Chen, Guying , trans. Nozicks question is, would you plug into such machine for life? In Les pres du systme Taoste. Moreover, by elaborating on the implicit premises omitted by Zhuangzi and Huizi, the actual logical process of the debate can be restored, and the logical fallacy of clandestine change of argumentative issue are revealed. If, in time, he turns my left arm into a rooster, Ill use it to crow the day. Van Norden, B., Ivanhoe, P., 2005, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing Company. Foot, P., 1967, The problem of abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect, Oxford Review, V. Hochsmann, H., Guorong, Y., 2007, Zhuangzi, Boston, Pearson Education. 2016. 2007. Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters. Tang, Yijie. Si, L , trans. For example, one could say, as a utilitarian, Im committed to maximizing happiness and minimizing pain so if there is a choice between letting five people live and one die or five die and one live, then I will do the former. 2019. Guiyang : Guizhou Renmin Chubanshe . 2010. Furthermore, in giving voice to such an odd character, Zhuangzi could be challenging those of us who have a problem with unusual transformations happening to us to have a looser grip on our expectations in life. 2011. Monica Link, Anecdotes and thought experiments in Zhuangzi and Western philosophy ,Rivista di estetica [Online], 72|2019, online dal 01 mars 2020, consultato il 02 mai 2023. crits de Matre Wen , . 2018. This kind of tree will resist wind and disease better than the more uniform trees of the plantation forest. I planted them, Avanguardia, cinema, immagini, social objects from intentionality to documentality, numero speciale, supplemento al n. 55| 2014, aesthetic experience in the evolutionary perspective, wineworld. Reding, Jean-Paul. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Must? 11As mentioned before, Dancy explains that sometimes we come up with an imaginary case because its relevantly similar to an actual case, but the imaginary case is easier for us to think through. Albany: State University of New York Press. 5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG. Les vres de Matre Tchouang. Nothing has ever beaten Heaven. Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Lin, Yutang , trans. Huizi described the tree as gnarled, similar to Sartres description. Si, L , trans. This is the necessary humility for one to overcome his arrogance. Schipper, Kristofer, trans. Other philosophers have subsequently offered slightly different variations of the trolley problem, but in all of these it is assumed that the humans involved are human beings with normal capabilities and desires who just happen to be in a very unfortunate situation. Les fondements philosophiques de la rhtorique chez les sophistes grecs et chez les sophiste chinois. A Complete Translation of the Zhuangzi [in modern Chinese] . 2018. Chinese and Western philosophy in dialogue, Anecdotes and thought experiments in Zhuangzi and Western philosophy. I know it by standing here on the bridge of the River Hao.. This engenders in him an arrogance which in turn leads him to believe that that which makes sense to him is necessarily correct. Dao 20, 133148 (2021). Theory of Non-Emotion in the Zhuangzi and Its Connection to Wei-Jin Poetry. Journal of Chinese Philosophy 40.2: 340354. WebHuizi and Zhuangzi. They were great friends who enjoyed debating and discussing many matters. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09765-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09765-6. Zhuangzi. There is a question in the literature about whether Zhuangzi is more of a relativist or a skeptic15, and it is often hard to pin down what his own stance positive stance is, if he has one. The goal is to figure out what to do in the actual case, which can shed light on what our prima facie duties are in other actual cases. Xu, Bing . He was down to earth and had a tongue in cheek sense of humour. Mair, Victor H., trans. Such is the happiness of fishes. You not being a fish, said Huizi, how can Nothing Can Overcome Heaven: The Notion of Spirit in the Zhuangzi. In Hiding the World in the World: Uneven Discourses on the Zhuangzi, edited by Scott Cook. The Philosophy of Zhuangzi 1913/1983. Puett, Michael J. Lin Ma. 1928/1989. 2003. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Zhuangzi and Huizi were strolling along the dam of the Hao Waterfall when Zhuangzi said, See how the minnows come out and dart around where they please! volume20,pages 133148 (2021)Cite this article. 2008. Giles, Herbert A., trans. Cheng, Anne. All Is Well in the Great Mess. But more on that when we return to discuss the Equalizing Assessment of Things in chapter two. Philosophical Reflections on the Fish Happiness Anecdote But in cherry picking some famous thought experiments and anecdotes in the Zhuangzi, I will demonstrate that there are a couple of interesting differences to draw out that I think would apply to many pairings of a Western thought experiment and one of Zhuangzis stories. You lose it when its passed. Bradenton, FL: BookLocker. Zhuangzi: The Inner Chapters. Feng, Youlan, trans. 1995. Napoli: Universit degli Studie di Napoli LOrientale.. Wilhelm, Richard, trans. Xu, Bing . We use cookies to improve your website experience. 2016. Zhuangzi summary | Britannica 2018. Tang, Yijie. A logical analysis of the debate on Hao River - Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09765-6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11712-020-09765-6. 2007.
