Chad Hansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3627731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chad Hansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chad |
| FAMILY NAME | Hansen |
| SIGNATURE | HANSEN C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A New Look at the Classical Chinese Dào of the Relation between Word and World
I argue that the absence of some of the ‘greatest hits’ of Western philosophy in Classical China can be explained by a Wittgensteinian take on the role of language in philosophy. One is the ‘Idea Theory’ of meaning which anchors Western Mind-Body dualism. Its attraction is removed when the writing reminds us that a picture does not by itself ‘give life to’ our language even while it plays a role of cross-linguistic communication. Another is the c…
Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work of many hands, it is one of the finest pieces of literature in the classical Chinese corpus. It employs every trope and literary device available to set off rhetorically c…
Confucian Ethics
Guru or Skeptic? Relativistic Skepticism in the Zhuangzi
The Relatively Happy Fish
Zhuangzi and Hui Shi's discussion about whether Zhuangzi knows 'fish's happiness' is a Daoist staple. The interpretations, however, portray it as humorous miscommunication between a mystic and a logician. I argue for a fine inferential analysis that explains the argument in a way that informs Zhuangzi philosophical lament at Hui Shi's passing. It also reverses the dominant image of the two thinkers. Zhuangzi emerges as the superior dialectician, …
A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought
A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought
Fa (Standards
Argues that throughout the classical period in China, the word `fa' consistently means measurable, publicly accessible standards for the application of terms used in behavioral guidance. Review of the Daoist analysis of the meaning of fa; Original philosophical role of fa; Detail of Chinese philosopher Han Feizi's theories on the legal use of the term `fa.'
Chinese Ideographs and Western Ideas
It began with the Phoenicians. Most written languages now use their invention- a phonetic alphabet. The invention of alphabetic writing escorted an influential theory of language onto the intellectual stage. Aristotle expressed the basic outline of that theory, which has since dominated Indo-European views of language:Now spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, and written marks symbols of the spoken sounds. And just as written marks…
Disputers of the Tao
Two Philosophical Dictionaries
Confucian Thought
Response to Bao Zhiming
Desultory Notes on Language and Semantics in Ancient China
"Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, and "Truth
Pre-Han philosophical tradition did not address issues for which the concept of truth was central. Classical Chinese philosophy had virtually no metaphysical theory. The theory of language was mainly pragmatic. The semantic doctrines that were developed focused on terms rather than sentences or sententials. The Chinese theory of knowledge was primarily a theory of know-how and was not based on contrast between knowledge and belief. Chinese philos…
Language and logic in ancient China
A Tao of Tao in Chuang-tzu
Critiques of Confucius in Contemporary China
Linguistic Skepticism in the Lao Tzu
Later Mohist Logic, Ethics and Science
Hsün Yüeh (A. D. 143-209)
"Mass Nouns and "A White Horse Is Not a Horse
Mise en evidence de la theorie semantique qu'impliquent les paradoxes de l'Ecole des Noms (Chine, IVs. av. J.-C.)
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in Confucian Ethics
"Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, and "Truth
Pre-Han philosophical tradition did not address issues for which the concept of truth was central. Classical Chinese philosophy had virtually no metaphysical theory. The theory of language was mainly pragmatic. The semantic doctrines that were developed focused on terms rather than sentences or sententials. The Chinese theory of knowledge was primarily a theory of know-how and was not based on contrast between knowledge and belief. Chinese philos…
Chinese Ideographs and Western Ideas
It began with the Phoenicians. Most written languages now use their invention- a phonetic alphabet. The invention of alphabetic writing escorted an influential theory of language onto the intellectual stage. Aristotle expressed the basic outline of that theory, which has since dominated Indo-European views of language:Now spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, and written marks symbols of the spoken sounds. And just as written marks…
Fa (Standards
Argues that throughout the classical period in China, the word `fa' consistently means measurable, publicly accessible standards for the application of terms used in behavioral guidance. Review of the Daoist analysis of the meaning of fa; Original philosophical role of fa; Detail of Chinese philosopher Han Feizi's theories on the legal use of the term `fa.'
"Mass Nouns and "A White Horse Is Not a Horse
Mise en evidence de la theorie semantique qu'impliquent les paradoxes de l'Ecole des Noms (Chine, IVs. av. J.-C.)
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in Confucian Ethics
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought
A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought
Desultory Notes on Language and Semantics in Ancient China
Linguistic Skepticism in the Lao Tzu
Freedom and Moral Responsibility in Confucian Ethics
"Mass Nouns and "A White Horse Is Not a Horse
Mise en evidence de la theorie semantique qu'impliquent les paradoxes de l'Ecole des Noms (Chine, IVs. av. J.-C.)
Linguistic Skepticism in the Lao Tzu
Later Mohist Logic, Ethics and Science
Hsün Yüeh (A. D. 143-209)
Language and logic in ancient China
A Tao of Tao in Chuang-tzu
Critiques of Confucius in Contemporary China
Response to Bao Zhiming
Desultory Notes on Language and Semantics in Ancient China
"Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, and "Truth
Pre-Han philosophical tradition did not address issues for which the concept of truth was central. Classical Chinese philosophy had virtually no metaphysical theory. The theory of language was mainly pragmatic. The semantic doctrines that were developed focused on terms rather than sentences or sententials. The Chinese theory of knowledge was primarily a theory of know-how and was not based on contrast between knowledge and belief. Chinese philos…
Confucian Thought
Two Philosophical Dictionaries
Disputers of the Tao
Chinese Ideographs and Western Ideas
It began with the Phoenicians. Most written languages now use their invention- a phonetic alphabet. The invention of alphabetic writing escorted an influential theory of language onto the intellectual stage. Aristotle expressed the basic outline of that theory, which has since dominated Indo-European views of language:Now spoken sounds are symbols of affections in the soul, and written marks symbols of the spoken sounds. And just as written marks…
A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought
Fa (Standards
Argues that throughout the classical period in China, the word `fa' consistently means measurable, publicly accessible standards for the application of terms used in behavioral guidance. Review of the Daoist analysis of the meaning of fa; Original philosophical role of fa; Detail of Chinese philosopher Han Feizi's theories on the legal use of the term `fa.'
Mencius and Early Chinese Thought
A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought
Guru or Skeptic? Relativistic Skepticism in the Zhuangzi
The Relatively Happy Fish
Zhuangzi and Hui Shi's discussion about whether Zhuangzi knows 'fish's happiness' is a Daoist staple. The interpretations, however, portray it as humorous miscommunication between a mystic and a logician. I argue for a fine inferential analysis that explains the argument in a way that informs Zhuangzi philosophical lament at Hui Shi's passing. It also reverses the dominant image of the two thinkers. Zhuangzi emerges as the superior dialectician, …
Confucian Ethics
Zhuangzi and the Happy Fish
The Zhuangzi is a deliciously protean text: it is concerned not only with personal realization, but also (albeit incidentally) with social and political order. In many ways the Zhuangzi established a unique literary and philosophical genre of its own, and while clearly the work of many hands, it is one of the finest pieces of literature in the classical Chinese corpus. It employs every trope and literary device available to set off rhetorically c…
A New Look at the Classical Chinese Dào of the Relation between Word and World
I argue that the absence of some of the ‘greatest hits’ of Western philosophy in Classical China can be explained by a Wittgensteinian take on the role of language in philosophy. One is the ‘Idea Theory’ of meaning which anchors Western Mind-Body dualism. Its attraction is removed when the writing reminds us that a picture does not by itself ‘give life to’ our language even while it plays a role of cross-linguistic communication. Another is the c…
Philosophy (22 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (19 works) · Epistemology (17 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Art (5 works) · China (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond (4 works) · Environmental ethics (4 works)