Fundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy

Lin Ma is Associate Professor of the School of Philosophy at the Renmin University of China and the author of Heidegger on East-West Dialogue: Anticipating the Event. Jaap van Brakel is Professor Emeritus in the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the University of Leuven and the author of Philosophy of Chemistry: Between the Manifest and the Scientific Image.

• Note on ReferencingSymbols and AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Preliminaries—Philosophy and LanguageDo We Need a Universal Notion of Philosophy?Language (Preliminaries)Linguistic Relativism2. The Troubled Water of the Ideal Language ParadigmSpecters of the Ideal Language ParadigmAre There Universals?3. Universalism and RelativismSimilarities of Universalism and RelativismCase Study of Color in View of Relativism versus UniversalismThe Preconditions of Scientific Knowledge4. Family Resemblance and De- essentialization(De-)essentialization of Language and MeaningFamily ResemblanceFamily Resemblance across Traditions5. No Need to Speak the Same LanguageThe NNSSL- PrincipleFirst ContactsThe Treaty of Waitangi"A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs"NNSSL and No Need for a Shared World Either?6. Conceptual Schemes and Forms of LifeConceptual SchemesForm(s) of LifeSimilarities and Differences7. Varieties of Intercultural PhilosophyTerminologyHeidegger’s Asian ConnectionInterkulturelle Philosophie EthnophilosophyComparative Philosophy: Science, Pragmatism, or Anti-philosophy?Variations of World PhilosophyThe Geyi 格义 Method8. Constraints in the Era of Globalization Center- Periphery ForcesStandardization and Regimentation of Languages"Cattle Colors"Transcendental PretenceQing 青 versus Emotion(s)Globalization Makes the Past InaccessibleBe(ing)9. Interpretation ModelsTheories of InterpretationXYZ-Model of Interpretation and ComparisonUnderdetermination of Interpretation10. Necessary Preconditions for InterpretationPrinciples of InterpretationQuasi-UniversalsFR- ExtensionFinal Necessary Preconditions of InterpretationTruth and RightnessConclusionNotes Works Cited Name Index Subject Index

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