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王曉波
Hsiao-Po Wang
論「歸本於黃老」韓非子論「道」
On 'Basing on Huang-Lao' Han Fei Tzu's Comments on 'Tao'
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The Historian Szu-ma Chien's comn1ents on Han Fei Zi:‘Emphasizing Xin Min Fa Shu, and basing his views on Huang-Lao.' Since Huang disappeared, and contents of two chapters of Han Fei Tzu, Interρretation of Lao and Analogy of Lao, were not quite the same of Lao Tzu, besides, a lot of his views of Xin Min Fa Shu were different from Lao Tzu, hence a lot of scholars suspected these comments on Tao and Te in Han Fei Tzu were actually the works of Taoists of Warring Era or West Han Dynasty. After Lao Tzu, according to my arguments, Taoists putted forward Zhuang Tzu and ‘Huang-Lao' (The Four Political Treatises of the Yellow Emρeror), both inherited and expanded the thoughts of Lao Tzu. Han Fei's thoughts inherited and expanded ‘Huang - Lao'. Interρretation of Lao and Analogy of Lao were inheritance and expansion of the thoughts of Lao Tzu too. His views of Xin Min Fa Shu may differ from thoughts of Lao Tzu and Zhuang Tzu, but were not far from thoughts of The Four Political Treatises of the Yellow Emperor of ‘Huang-Lao '. Therefore, Han Fei's arguments on Tao were in fact 'basing on Huang-Lao'. Scholars doubts arose from the disappearance of The Four Political Treatises of the Yellow Emρeror, and fromtheir misunderstanding of 'Huang-Lao'.
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何保中
Pau-Chung Ho
死亡問題在莊子思想中的意義與地位
The Essence and Significance of the “Death" Issue in the Thinking of Chuang-Tsu
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Use quotations from Chuang-Tsu, this article argues that: (1) Chuang-Tsu considered “chi" the basic component of all tagible existences, an element that does not in itself consist of any driving force. The driving force behind the formation/ extinction of tangible existence is “tien" (or the creator). (2) Since “chi" is everlasting, there exists no absolute nihility in the universe. The formation of tangible existences is therefore not a process from “nothingness" to “existence". (3) We have no means to comprehendthe reason and purpose of existence. Consequently, we can not, and should not, define or criticize the meaning or value of any existence. Further, the existence of human beings, like all other tangible existences, is by no means significant. (4) Since there is no significance in human existence and it is not possible to create any meaning through the process of existence, the only purpose of life is not to impair the current existence. (5) However, as individual life, unlike “chi", is not eternal, death is inevitable.Chuang-Tsu hence attempted to ease the anxiety of nihilism through asserting that “chi" transforms among different existences. It is nevertheless doubtful that such reasoning can effectively unravel human anxiety over death.
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孫效智
Johannes Sun Hsiao-Chih
神律倫理與自律倫理
Theonomous Ethics and Autonomous Ethics
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Theonomous ethics, an important theory of religious ethics, has invited numerous attacks from modern religious critics. The paper begins with a scrutiny of the main ideas of theonomous ethics and of the five opposing.The second part of the paper deals with the main arguments of these religious critics. First of all, the problems of theodicy will be addressed from three aspects, namely, the general moral intuition, the basic position of teleological ethics, and the basic principIes of theories of definition and reference. The discussion is meant to illustrate that whereas the theory of theonomous ethics needs to be revised, the arguments given by the religious critics are not impeccable either. Some flaws in their arguments are listedand discussed in the paper.The following part is devoted to the assessment of the position of theonomous ethics in the traditions of Judaism, Islamism and Christianity. It is discovered that theonomous ethics not only does not belong to the main stream of the three religions, but also is criticized by dominating theologies. We can infer that taking theonomous ethics as the target of their attacking fires, the religious critics actually commit the mistake of “strawman argumentation." Basically the ethics of the three religions are rationalistic rather than theonomous in nature.The concluding part of the paper analyzes the autonomous characteristics of religious ethics with the focus on biblical ethics. The significance of the Ten Commandments, for example, can be fully understood in terms of rationality. As a conclusion the paper points out that autonomous rationality is the last criterion for biblical ethics.
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嚴靈宰
Ling-Feng Van
黃老道術源流
The Origin and Development of Huang-Lao Dao-Shu
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This paper discusses the central ideas of Huang-lao thought and inquires into its origin and development. At the time "Lietzu, false accusations and its main ideas" was being reprinted, the author rearrenged several important materials, resulting in this article. According to the Shi-chi, pre-Ch' in Huang-ti and Lao-tzu were not named together, the term 'taoism', originating in the early years of the Han dynasty, referred exclusively to Lao-tzu's ch'ing-ching wu-wei and combined the essentials of the yin-yangschool , confucianism, mohists, school of names and legalists. Afterwards, Liu Hsiang wrote that the Lei-tzu had its origins in Huang-ti and Lao-tzu; the work was subsequently also classified as ‘taoism.' The ancient saying that Huang-lao was based on the teachings of Huang-ti and Lao-tzu first appears in the Lie-tzu, which mentions the now lost Book of Huang-ti. The ancient saying that it was written by Huang-ti is clearly a hypothesis, but fragments are quoted in the Lie-tzu and Chuang-tzu and the figuresand historical facts mentioned can make up for what is left out in history.Huang-lao thought is extremely rich and deals with cosmology, the way of heaven, the way of man, psychology, nurture of life etc. The documents excavated in 1973 are extremely helpful in the author's understanding of Huang-lao dao-shu, provide new evidence for its relation with hsing-ming, but also leave open many questions.
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陳鼓應
Guu-Ying Chen
〈管子〉四篇的道論
The Theory of Dao in the Four Chapters of the Guanzi
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〈管子〉四篇的哲學理論主要在於繼承老子的道論再加以獨 特的發展,表現出老學齊學化的特色。本文首先析論〈管子〉四篇在道論方面祖述老學的成份,其 次就道之特性暨「虛」與「無為」等觀念申論其對老學的發展: 〈管子〉四篇不但將老子原本作為空間義之「虛」提昇到宇宙論 的範疇,以「虛」來表達作為萬物之始的「道J '另方面也將老 子有關心境修養之「虛J轉化為認識論的概念,使「虛」的意義 延伸至知識論主客關係的層面,強調主體的認識應著重保持空明 靈覺的性能。以〈管子〉四篇為代表的稜下道家, -方面就道與主體之關 係進行申論,透過精氣說,將道其象化並落實於人身,乃提出 「道不遠人」、「道者充形」等說法,進而發展出「以心受道」 的觀點,如此使得「道」與人的聯繫'得以其體落實於「心」。 另方面則援禮法以入道,將道落實於政治社會之運作,提出 「道生法」之命題;認為禮、法出於道,並將形而上之道與形而 下之禮法貫通為一整體,如此使得稜下道家在有關道的具體施用 方面,重視「應時而變J '兼顧「情」與「理」的平衡。再者是將「因J字發展成為獨立的哲學概念,不僅提出「舍 己而以物為法」與「因其能者言其所用」這兩個界說,更在「道 貴因」的命題下表現出「因時應物」的原則,又將「因」的概念 與「刑名」相結合,發展成「因之術J '在此同時也提出「靜因 之道」這一認識論上的重要命題,對於苟子「虛壹而靜」的主張 有直接的影響。
The four chapters of the Guanzi embody the adaptation and further development of Laozi's theory of the dao by the Daoists in Qi. The paper first shows, where Guanzi builds on the theory of dao in the Laozi. Then the further development of this theory through the notions of “non action" and “emptiness" is analysed. The notion of emptiness is incorporated into the cosmological framework in such a way as to describe the origin of all things. In an epistemological context the “emptiness." describes a certain state in which the subject should be.The Jixia Daoists as presented in the four chapters of the Guanzi on one hand concretise the dao with the help of the notion jingqi. On the other hand they implement the dao in the social realm by the means ofthe rites (Ii) and the law (fa). Thus by the combination of the metaphysical dao with the empirical dao the Jixia Daoists are puttingthe dao into practice. Furthermore the concept of following (yin) is a major focal point in the four chapters of the Guanzi. Not only should one “Give up oneself and follow the things", but under the premise that “the dao values following" the principle of“following the times and reacting to the things" is put forward. In an epistemological context the concept of “following" as exemplified in “the dao of following quietly" also plays an important role. Xunzi later on is to adopt this concept into his thinking.
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林義正
Yih-Jing Lin
論〈列子 • 天瑞〉的易道思想
Discussing the yidao( 易道) thinking in the tianrui( 天瑞) chapter of the Liezi
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本論文共分六節,一、前言,二、易道思想的含義,三、〈列子﹒天瑞〉與〈易緯﹒乾鑿度〉的關係,四、〈天瑞〉的易 道思想,五、〈天瑞〉易道思想的特色,六、結論。本文乃續〈論列子之「虛˩ )之作,在前言裡已表明列子非偽書,基本上 認為〈列子〉乃出自先秦,至少〈天瑞〉便是如此,所以只要善 加揀擇,還是可以作為研究列子易道思想的依據。根據本文的研 究,以為易道思想本不限於〈周易〉才有, {列子﹒天瑞〉也 有,而且亦有它的特色。同時在論述〈天瑞〉篇時,也一並討論 它與〈易緯﹒乾鑿度〉的關係。本文舉出新證與解說,認為〈列 子﹒天瑞〉篇並不是抄〈易緯﹒乾鑿度> '反而是〈乾擊度〉的 作者抄〈天瑞〉以廣〈易〉說,同時提出新見,以為〈列子〉的 〈天瑞〉是〈天端〉的誤寫。針對易道思想,作者分析〈易 傳〉、〈老子〉與〈列子〉的主張,發現其中的論點有同有異, 今且置〈易傳〉在宋儒有不同的解說不論,如果把〈易傳〉當作 是歸屬先秦儒家借益明理之作,其主陰陽合德,剛柔並濟,但側 重生生、健動、積習,此與〈老子〉不言益、卦、交,但假象言理之作不同,彼實有取於〈易〉損、復之義,強調歸根、復命、 致虛守靜。作者可以肯定地說, <列子﹒天瑞〉的易道思想顯然 是睡〈老子〉之後,而又企圖超越〈老子〉。
The paper is divided into six sections. 1. Introduction, 2. The contents of the yidao thinking, 3. The relationship between the tianrui chapter and qianwei-chenzaodu, 4. The thinking ofthe tianrui chapter, 5. The distinctiveness of the yidao thinking in the tianrui chapter, 6. Conclusion.This paper builds on the essay “Emptiness in the Liezi" by the same author.There the author already argued that Liezi was written in Pre-Qin times. Thus we can use the tianrui chapter to discuss the thinking of Liezi. In this paper it is argued that then yidao thinking does not only exist in the Zhouyi, but also in the tianrui chapter ofthe Liezi.As far as the relationship between the tianrui chapter and the qianwei-chenzaodu is concerned, the paper advances new arguments that support the view that the qianwei-chenzaodu copied from the tianrui, not the other way around. At the same time it argues that tianrui should be read as tianduan.When tracing the yidao thinking through the Yizhuan, the Laozi and the Liezi the author finds differences and similarities. In the Yizhuan Confucianists use the hexagrams ofthe Yijing to express the notion ofthe mutuality of yin/yang and gang/rou. Although the Laozi does not refer to the hexagrams, the notions of “returning to the roots" and “being empty and quiet", as expressed in the sun and the fu hexagram in the Yij ing, are being adopted by the Laozi. Liezi builds on these notions in the Laozi and further develops them.
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關永中
Wing-Chung Kwan
邵雍易學的知識論向度 一一〈皇極經世〉﹒〈觀物篇〉之六十二所給予的提示
The Epistemological Perspective of Shao Jung's Reflection on I-Ching
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我們可從三個角度去窺視邵雍易學的知識論:A. 認知的三層面: r 觀之以目、以心、以理」B. 被知的視域: r 理、性、命」C.「 窮理、盡性、至命」的知識論五重面向一一思辯、逆覺、存在、冥契、德踐上述的角度,都在〈皇極經世〉、〈觀物篇〉之六十二中有 所提示,並從中凸顯人在認知時所憑藉的「認知結構」 '即「經 驗」、「理解」、「判斷」、「抉擇」。關鍵詞:觀物Contemplation of Beings以目With the Eye以J 心With Heart以理With Reωon窮理Exhaustive Investigation of the Principle盡性Fulfillment ofNature至命Reaching One's Destiny知識論Epistemology形上學Metaphysics德踐Moral Practice
The contents ofthis essay include: (A) Three Levels ofKnowing: by the Eye, by the Heart, and by Reason; (B)The Horizons Known : Heavenly Principle, Cosmic Nature, Human Destiny; (C) From “the Cosmic exhaustive investigation ofthe principle", to “the total fulfillment ofthe Cosmic Nature", to “the reaching of one's destiny". These were all embedded within Shao lung's Huang-chi ching-shih (The Grandest Ultimate Way of Ordering the World), Chapter 62, which further suggests that “experience", “understanding",“judgement", and “decision" constitute the main items of human cognitional structure.
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陳榮華
Wing-Wah Chan
詮釋學循環:史萊瑪赫、海ZU各和高達美
On the Hermeneutic Circle of Schleiermacher, Heidegger and Gadamer
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史萊瑪赫、海德格的〈存有與時間〉和高達美都曾討論詮釋 學循環的概念。雖然海德格認為他的詮釋學循環是瞭解( Verstehen, understanding) 本身的結構, 但本文要指出, 它依然擁有 史萊瑪赫詮釋學循環的性格一一一個方法論的概念。這是說,兩 者都是用以證實一個結論。另一方面,高達美雖號稱其詮釋學循 環來自海德格哲學,不過,本文卻要指出高達美的詮釋學循環, 已完全擺脫方法論的意涵,因為它不是用以證實一個結論,而是 讓真理得以出現。
The concept of hermeneutic circle appears in the works of Schleierrmacher, Heidegger and Gadamer. In this essay I argue that although Heidegger, in Being and Time, thinks that his concept ofhermeneutic circle belongs to the structure of understanding, it still possesses a characteristic of Schleiermacher's hermeneutic circle, namely, bothof them are methodological concepts. However, although Gadamer claims that his concept of hermeneutic circle is developed out of Heidegger's philosophy, I show that it is no longer a methodological concept, but is the happening of truth.
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黃懿梅
Yih-Mei Huang
批判思考與教育的關係 -- 論McPeck 與Siegel 的相關理論
Critical Thinking and Education
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批判思考( critical thinking ) 在教育中扮演了相當重要的角 色。但是批判思考與教育之間的關係到底是什麼,不同的教育哲 學家有不同的看法。John E. McPeck '認為批判的思考是教育的 必要條件,教育邏輯地蘊涵( logically entails ) 了批判的思考; 而 Harvey Siegel '主張批判的思考不但與教育的內容、方法有著密 切的關聯,而且更重要的是,批判的思考是教育的目的 ( ideal ) ,但二者之間的關係不是邏輯涵蘊的。本篇論文就是要 對這兩個相競爭的理論做一探討,企圖找出批判思考與教育之間一個較合理的關連。在討論這個問題之前,我們先來看看什麼是批判的思考,然 後再來探討它與教育之間的關係。所以,在第二節中,介紹 McPeck 對批判思考的看法, 以及他如何論證批判思考與教育之 間的關係是邏輯關係。在第三節中,介紹 Siegel 的批判思考的概 念是什麼;以及他如何證成批判思考是教育的目的。在第四節 中,試圖去(1) 論證: McPeck 的證明批判思考是教育的必要條件 的論證中,由於前提裡所包含的「知識」概念有歧義,因此不能 保證他的結論; (2) 論證Seigel 證成批判思考是教育目的的四個理 由,同樣可以用來證成「關心是教育的目的」的理由,可見這四 個理由是不充足的; (3) 雖然批判思考與教育之間的關係不是邏輯 涵蘊的關係'而用相同的理由也可以證成關心是教育的目的,但 上面的論證也沒有否認批判思考是教育的目的,更何況,我們發 現即使我們以「關心」做為教育的目的時,我們仍會需要使用批 判的思考,來衡量、判斷我們應以何種合適的方式來關心他人。 所以我們還是認為,批判思考與教育仍有密切的關係'批判思考 是教育眾多目的之一,而不是教育的唯一目的;但或許是教育目 的中最重要的一個。
In this paper we discuss the relation between critical thinking and education. J. McPeck thought that critical thinking is the necessary condition for education. Education logically entails critical thinking. But H. Siegel believes that critical thinking is the ideal of education. (1) We argue that because the concept of 'knowledge', which is in the firstpremise of McPeck's argument, is ambiguous, so the truth of conlusion that education logically entails critical thinking cannot be warranted. (2) Then we argue that the four reasons which Siegel used to justify the proposition that critical thinking is the ideal of education could also be used to justify the proposition which states “care is theideal of education." (3) But we did not deny that critical thinking as the ideal of education, and even when we believe that care is the ideal of education, we still need critical thinking to measure what is the appropriate manner to care someone. Therefore, critical thinking still is one of the ideals of education, and might be the most important ideal of education.
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洪成完
Cheng-Uan Hung
思想追蹤: 由初階邏輯至哲理邏輯,一些層面的探討
Tracing back philosophical conceptions of logic from the first-order logic to the philosophical logic
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我們指出古典邏輯最易被忽視的一些概念和原理,針對 Quine 在 1943 - 1970 年代對模態的命題邏輯,述詞邏輯之批評、挑擊, 反思模態邏輯之一些基礎思想。為清楚交代,我們提出形式的表 示法,提出一些問題,供邏輯-哲學一語言哲學之研究者參考。 其次,對數理邏輯/形式邏輯之概念、方法作一鳥轍,提示這些 邏輯與哲理邏輯在研究題材、方向、切入法上之差異,最後表述 作者對哲理邏輯的遠景。
This is one of the essays on the reflection on logic. The author points out some well-known concepts and principles, with their limitation in application, of the classicallogic are almost neglected by most users, in particular, in the areas of information processing and engineering, philosophical and linguistic analysis , and even in (college levelof) mathematical education in the present Taiwan.In retrospect to Quine's critique (during 1943-1970), which is still influential in Taiwan, ofthe propositional and the quantified modal logic, the author first, reflects on and then reformulates some conceptually foundational thought (central claims) in modallogic, and furthermore, propose some philosophico-technical problems in the boderlinedarea of (philosophical) logic, philosophy, philosophy of language, third, the author presents a bird-eye view on the source of the main concepts concerning inquiry in philosophical logic, the conceptions in and approaches to mathematical / formallogic and philosophical logic. Finally, his own perspectives on philosophical logic and its application.
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台灣哲學學會簡介
台灣哲學學會簡介
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中國哲學會簡介
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第十一屆國際邏輯、方法學與科學哲學會議紀聞
第十一屆國際邏輯、方法學與科學哲學會議紀聞
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「佛學網路資料庫J 的建構過程與內容 簡介
「佛學網路資料庫J 的建構過程與內容 簡介
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國科會人文學研究中心簡介
國科會人文學研究中心簡介
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Jin Xiping
Had he to understand the meaning the Being, so far as he is a human?:
A critical assessment of Heidegger’s Idea on language in 1928
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Heidegger said in 1928: “die Frage nach dem Sein [ist] keine beliebige und [wird] nicht von aussen dem Menschen zugetragen, sondern in ihm mehr oder minder wach ist, sofern er ueberhaupt als Mensch existiert…” The author is very critical of this assertion. If it is really the case, are the people who speak non Indo-European language still human beings or not? Is it possible the non-Indo-European language speaking people could have latent understanding of the meaning of being without the word being at all in their language? If the second one were a reality, could the assertion of Heidegger be correct that Sprache is “das von Sein ereignete aus ihm durchgefuegte Haus des Seins”?
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Lester Embree
Disciplines beyond Philosophy:
Recollecting a Phenomenological Frontier
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Leung Po-Shan
從物的存在看歷史即現狀:
View History as the Existing Situation from the Being of Thing
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View History as the Existing Situation from the Being of Thing. The question of “What is a thing?” is closely related to that of Being. Heidegger had dealt with the research of thing repeatedly since 1919. The following article will show that, regardless of his inspiring thinking about “ready-to-hand” of thing in Being and Time, his research was more extensively developed in his later years at the end of 1940s. By exploring the possibilities of viewing a thing, Heidegger continuously attempted to reveal the serious limitation of Platonic tradition in the western philosophy. This article will analyze in detail the crucial role of History of Being in Heidegger’s understanding of thing through an example of jug. Heidegger in his piece not only suggests a change of attitude to view a thing, but also “viewing a thing” as not simply a passive activity. It is rather a kind of “step backward” of thinking, which means how to let the representative, analytical and interpretative art of thinking return to its pre-reflective, pre-conceptual and intuitive state of existence.
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Wong Yiu-Hong
時間性、死亡與歷史:後海德格的反思:
Temporality, Death and History: A Reflection after Heidegger
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Temporality, death and history: a reflection after Heidegger. This paper aims to evaluate how Heidegger deals with the problem of time in Being and Time. The fundamental issue in that magnum opus is to explain the question of the meaning of Being under the horizon of time. But what kind of philosophical resource could make Heidegger be capable to resolve the problem in the most effective way? The phenomenological interpretation of time takes the first priority in consideration. Although in Being and Time Heidegger has literally made a very little reference to Husserl, the influence of Husserl is too obvious to be denied. Heidegger, however, finds Husserl’s elucidation of time has ever dissolved the dimension of time into the immanence sphere of subjectivity. By making the position of the subject in an all too mighty status, the phenomenon of time has not been rendered faithfully in a phenomenological sense, the motto “zu die Sache selbst”. And, Heidegger would regard Husserl’s working on time has not fully observed this highest norm. Bearing the problem in mind when starting to compose Being and Time, Heidegger has to find a new way to avoid the same “mistake” as his master, and the overall contribution of his great work could in turn be assessed under the same evaluative principle. Has Heidegger successfully saved up “time” from the over dominance of the subject? Has he re-disclosed time as objectively as time itself (die Sache selbst)? This paper focus especially on how Heidegger’s thinking of the past and the future moments in Being and Time. Then, we can see that, when comparing with two other phenomenologists’ treatments on the same issue, Gadamer and Levinas, Heidegger resolutions on “past” and “future’ obviously show their weakness. And, the promise of removing the dominance of the subject is doomed to failure. Moreover, the underlining structure of organizing Being and Time has not fully escaped the way of metaphysical thinking. In his later period, which is so called the “turning”, Heidegger attempts to break down the metaphysical thinking about “foundationalism”, behind this thinking is the presupposition of dichotomy between founding and founded. Judging from this perspective, Being and Time has found no way out of the labyrinth.
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Hsieh Sheng-Yu
歷史處境中的行動主體:馬克思哲學與現象學的交互觀察:
The Active Subject in the Hiistorical Situation: An Inter-Observation between the Philosophy of Marx and Phenomenology
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The active subject in the historical situation: An interobservation between the philosophy of Marx and phenomenology. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Phenomenology and Marxism have been two major paradigms in human science based on their contribution to ontology about human being instead of methodology. The phenomenological analysis of the ability of sense-giving of human-being made man as a being-active in the world, while the historical materialism of Marx defined man as a passive-being within the particular historical situation. However, these two discourses may easily open to misconception. Phenomenology was once seen as under the banner of solipsism and the philosophy of Marx as an economical or material determinism. In fact, in Husserl’s Ideas II, Husserl had noticed the role and the function of the body in constitutive act and then the human being had been thought as a passive-being, a corporeal-being-in-the-world, in phenomenology. On the other hand, for Marx, his historical materialism had never negated man as a being-active in the historical process. But both of these two philosophical systems cannot successfully describe human being as being-active meanwhile as being-passive. Therefore, I suggest that it is propitious moment to clarify the unclear dimensions of these two philosophical discourses through the dialogue between them. In addition, I will attempt to propose some new statements on the relationship between the body, will and history.
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