Standards and Reference in Early Chinese Philosophy of Language
Mohist Concepts, Practices, and Texts
Seiten
2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-08511-4 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-08511-4 (ISBN)
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Investigates early Chinese philosophy of language though the concept of 'fa'.
Philosophy of Language in Early China characterizes early Chinese philosophy of language through a focus on standards (‘fa’). It argues that standards are understood by early Chinese philosophies to provide the groundwork for language, not only in the Mohist and so-called “Legalist” schools of Zhuangzi and Xunzi, but more widely in syncretic, Confucian, and Daoist texts from the Warring States and early Han. This book demonstrates that standards act as the Chinese counterpart of reference, classifying judgments, linguistic competence, class membership, and concepts found in contemporary analytic texts. In particular, Philosophy of Language in Early China provides a way to account for the reference of our words, and can account for error in a way that characterizes it in a very different way to the analytic tradition.
Providing new insights into ancient Chinese thought, this book will be of interest to those working in comparative philosophy, Chinese philosophy and East Asian studies.
Philosophy of Language in Early China characterizes early Chinese philosophy of language through a focus on standards (‘fa’). It argues that standards are understood by early Chinese philosophies to provide the groundwork for language, not only in the Mohist and so-called “Legalist” schools of Zhuangzi and Xunzi, but more widely in syncretic, Confucian, and Daoist texts from the Warring States and early Han. This book demonstrates that standards act as the Chinese counterpart of reference, classifying judgments, linguistic competence, class membership, and concepts found in contemporary analytic texts. In particular, Philosophy of Language in Early China provides a way to account for the reference of our words, and can account for error in a way that characterizes it in a very different way to the analytic tradition.
Providing new insights into ancient Chinese thought, this book will be of interest to those working in comparative philosophy, Chinese philosophy and East Asian studies.
Susan Blake is Visiting Assistant Professor at Bard College, USA.
Acknowledgements
A Note on Citations of Chinese texts
1. Introduction to Chinese Philosophy of Language
2. Standards and Classification in Early China
3. Select Linguistic Activities
4. Standards-based Critiques of Language
5. Reference in the Mohist Texts
6. The Mohist Theory of Communication
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.1.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-08511-1 / 1350085111 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-08511-4 / 9781350085114 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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