This chapter is the second part of a diptych devoted to the work of Chinese philosopher Feng Youlan. Its purpose is to show how Feng, in the second phase of his career (1935–47), revisited his interpretation of Chinese tradition, giving greater importance to Buddhism and Taoism and connecting them with questions relating to the logocentric predicament and the limits of language, as conceived by Wittgenstein. Contrary to a widespread interpretation that sees Feng’s evolution as a shift from a Western rational paradigm to an Eastern model, we maintain that in both periods, Feng’s method is to hybridize references from the analytical tradition and from the Chinese tradition.

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Feng as a Philosopher: Metaphysics, Logic, and the Negative Method

  • Sébastien Gandon

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This chapter is the second part of a diptych devoted to the work of Chinese philosopher Feng Youlan. Its purpose is to show how Feng, in the second phase of his career (1935–47), revisited his interpretation of Chinese tradition, giving greater importance to Buddhism and Taoism and connecting them with questions relating to the logocentric predicament and the limits of language, as conceived by Wittgenstein. Contrary to a widespread interpretation that sees Feng’s evolution as a shift from a Western rational paradigm to an Eastern model, we maintain that in both periods, Feng’s method is to hybridize references from the analytical tradition and from the Chinese tradition.