• 인문언어
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• 제5권
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• pp.109-126
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• 2003

The aim of this paper is to elucidate ancient Chinese philosophy and linguistics through the concept of the Dao. Ancient Chinese thought had developed together with ancient Chinese theories of language and the linguistic features of Classical Chinese. The concept of the Dao served as an intermediary among them. The Dao which ancient Chinese philosophers sought for has several characteristics: ethical normativity, wholeness, dynamicity, non-reducibility. Linguistic studies also revealed them. The following linguistic features of Classical Chinese are the cause and/or the effect of such Dao-based philosophy and linguistics: No explicit subject-predicate sentential structure, no parts of speech, heavy reliance on the word order and context for meaning determination, no explicit distinction between compound words and a sentence, the pictographic or the ideographic features of Chinese graphs, and non-existence of a copula.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.120-133
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• 2021

This paper proposes an interpretation of Charles Ess's pros hen pluralism, especially concerning what constitutes the single end point (hen) toward which the pluralistic viewpoints converge (pros). The single end point, I argue, is constituted by an empirical social reality that obtains in the world at a particular period. In other words, it is the fact that we happen to agree largely and broadly on several ethical issues that serves as the end point in Ess's theory. The reason is that humans happen largely to share the same goals and values qua human beings, such as the desire for communication and cooperation with one another. It is not their rationality, or any other permanent and ideal characteristic, that serves as the source of normativity for human beings, but rather the contingent facts that obtain at a particular place and time, facts that humans happen to agree on. This raises an obvious objection of what to do with those who might cherish a very different set of values. The answer is that the globalized nature of the world today, especially deepened by information technology, makes it increasingly difficult for any groups to remain isolated. This does not imply, however, that disagreements are not possible. On the contrary, disagreements are a part of the whole process from the beginning. At the theoretical level, there is always a need for those who disagree on the theoretical issues rationally to persuade one another. This is also part of the empirical reality referred to earlier.

• 철학연구
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• 제139권
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• pp.47-80
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• 2016

본 논문의 주목적은, 니체가 "가장 젊은 덕"이라 칭송하며 주요한 성격적 탁월성들(excellences of character) 중 하나로서 제시하는 "정직(Redlichkeit)"이라는 인격적 특성을 철저히 조명하는 것이다. 니체가 염두에 두고 있는 이 개별적인 기질 혹은 성향은, 기성도덕이 지고의 덕목으로 간주하는 '정직'과는 확연히 구별되는 것으로서, 상당히 복잡한 구조를 지니는 '욕구'(af ect)와 관련된 경향성이다. 필자는 우선, 니체적인(니체가 제시하는) 탁월성으로서의 정직이 어떤 본질을 지니는지에 대한 상세한 분석을 시도한다. 이후 필자는, '지녀야 하는 것' 혹은 '추구해야 하는 것'으로서의 '규범성(normativity)'으로 구성되는, 니체의 '가치(value)' 이론상에서, 정직이 어떤 위상을 지니는지, 특히 이 경향성이 과연 '내재적인 가치(intrinsic value)'로서 다루어지는지의 질문에 답하고자 한다. 마지막으로, 필자는 니체가 어떤 이유에서 정직에 전술한 '규범적 의미(normative import)'를 부여하는지에 대해 구체적으로 살펴보고자 노력한다.