Epistemological Issues in Classical Chinese Philosophy

Hans Lenk is Professor of Philosophy at Karlsruhe University, Honorary Professor of Social Science and Planning Theory at the European Faculty of Land Use and Development Strasbourg, President of the German Philosophical Association, and Vice-President of the European Academy of the Philosophy of Sciences and Law. Gregor Paul is Privatdocent of Philosophy at Karlsruhe University and Associate Professor of German Studies at Osaka City University.

• Preface Introduction: If Aristotle Had Spoken and Wittgenstein Known Chinese Hans Lenk1 Conceptions of Knowledge in Ancient ChinaChristoph Harbsmeier2 The Way and the One in Ho-kuan-tzuA.C. Graham3 Term-Belief in Action: Sentences and Terms in Early Chinese PhilosophyChad Hansen4 Validity in Chou Thought: On Chad Hansen and the Pragmatic Turn in SinologyHeiner Roetz5 Gong-Sun Long on the Semantics of "World"Hubert Schleichert6 Equivalent Axioms of Aristotelian, or Traditional European, and Later Mohist LogicGregor Paul7 The Birth of "History": Historical Speculation in Chou ChinaPeter J. Opitz8 The Possibility of Ethical Knowledge: Reflections on a Theme in the Hsün TzuA.S. CuaContributors Index

"The field of Chinese and comparative philosophy is a weak one at present. There simply has not been enough philosophically rigorous material produced. The present volume is a strong step in the right direction." — Michael R. Martin, University of Hong Kong