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<p>Since at least the nineteenth century, Singapore has hosted a multicultural society and so inherited several philosophical traditions. Philosophical activity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included discussions of the <i>Straits Philosophical Society</i> and in the <i>Straits Chinese Magazine</i>. Academic philosophy began with the founding of the University of Malaya in 1949, where the Department of Philosophy was established in 1952, under the influence of the school of ordinary language philosophy then dominant in England. It was joined in 1956 by Nanyang University, which hosted courses in Chinese philosophy, as well as some Western philosophy. During the transition to independence from Britain and Malaysia, the University of Malaya was renamed the University of Singapore. Philosophers there continued to be influenced by international trends in analytic philosophy but also pursued their own interests in Chinese philosophy and instigated a debate over liberalism culminating in the inception of the Asian-values debate in the 1970s. Philosophy in Singapore since 1980 will be taken up in a sequel to this paper.</p>

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Philosophy in Singapore until 1980

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    2025年12月2日

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  • Ben Blumson,
  • Loy Hui Chieh,
  • Michael Pelczar

摘要

Since at least the nineteenth century, Singapore has hosted a multicultural society and so inherited several philosophical traditions. Philosophical activity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included discussions of the Straits Philosophical Society and in the Straits Chinese Magazine. Academic philosophy began with the founding of the University of Malaya in 1949, where the Department of Philosophy was established in 1952, under the influence of the school of ordinary language philosophy then dominant in England. It was joined in 1956 by Nanyang University, which hosted courses in Chinese philosophy, as well as some Western philosophy. During the transition to independence from Britain and Malaysia, the University of Malaya was renamed the University of Singapore. Philosophers there continued to be influenced by international trends in analytic philosophy but also pursued their own interests in Chinese philosophy and instigated a debate over liberalism culminating in the inception of the Asian-values debate in the 1970s. Philosophy in Singapore since 1980 will be taken up in a sequel to this paper.