Cross-Tradition Engagement on the Laws of Logic

Bo Mou is Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, California, USA. He is the author of the monograph books Substantive Perspectivism (2009), Semantic-Truth Approaches in Chinese Philosophy: A Unifying Pluralist Account (2019), and Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy: A Constructive-Engagement Account (2020). He is also a contributing editor for History of Chinese Philosophy (2009) and Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy (2018).

• Introduction Part 1: On Gongsun Long’s, Later Mohist, and Lao Zi’s Approaches to the Two Laws of Logic: A Holistic Philosophical Interpretation from the Vantage Point of Double Reference and Relative Identity 1. On Gongsun Long’s Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Look at the Alleged “White-Horse-Not-Horse” Paradox Dissolved through the Joint Point of Double Reference and Relative Identity 2. On Later Mohist Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Approaching Parallel Inference with Semantic Sensitivity to Double-Reference Identity 3. On Lao Zi’s Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Dissolving the Alleged Ultimate-Unspeakable Paradox from a Holistic Vantage Point of Double-Reference Identity Part 2: An Enhanced Account of Relative Identity and Refined Characterizations of the Two Basic Laws of Logic: From the Vantage Point of Cross-Tradition Engagement 4. An Enhanced Account of Relative Identity: Double-Reference Starting Point and Dual-Track Feature 5. A Refined Characterization of the Law of Identity: from the Vantage Point of the Enhanced Account of Relative Identity 6. A Refined Characterization of the Principle of Non-Contradiction: From Aristotle and the GSL-LM-LZ Approach to a Holistic Double-Reference Vantage Point Appendixes Appendix 1: An Expanded Predicate Logic Account with Enhanced Dual-Track Relative Identity Sign, Collective-Generic Operator and Multiple-layer Domain of Reference Appendix 2: Comparative Chronology of Philosophers in Chinese and Western Philosophical Traditions Appendix 3: Notes on Transcription and Guide to Pronunciation

“This is a welcome study both in philosophical logic and comparative philosophy. It provides some interesting and provocative ideas which would stimulate further studies. It also enriches mutual understanding between the Chinese and the Western philosophical traditions.” Yiu-ming Fung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology