Chad Hansen
National University of Singapore, Department of Philosophy, Department Member
Publication Information: Book Title: Experimental Essays on Chuang-Tzu. Contributors: Victor H. Mair - editor. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press. Place of Publication: Honolulu. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 24. ... This... more
Publication Information: Book Title: Experimental Essays on Chuang-Tzu. Contributors: Victor H. Mair - editor. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press. Place of Publication: Honolulu. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 24. ... This feature allows you to create and manage separate ...
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Using Shelly Kagan's notion of a normative focal point, I contrast dào ethics with the two prominent Western rivals: law ethics and virtue ethics. I argue that a dào ethics has the advantage over law ethics in having naturalism as... more
Using Shelly Kagan's notion of a normative focal point, I contrast dào ethics with the two prominent Western rivals: law ethics and virtue ethics. I argue that a dào ethics has the advantage over law ethics in having naturalism as the default metaethics. A dào path is not a volitional command of some authority, including supernatural and idealized or purely rational hypothetical wills. It is an empirically accessible guiding structure found in the natural world. And a dào ethics had the advantage over virtue ethics that it does not devolve into conservative "entrenched" virtue terminology. A correct dé (virtuosity) is skill at finding and following natural norm guidance, not a freestanding traditional way of praising historical models. Here, Daoism and Confucianism part ways. Confucianism is torn between conservativism (following ancient models) and a free-standing claim of special psychological or attitudinal access to correct behavior (Mencius). Daoism is more skeptical and perspectival and appreciates the variety of natural ways of choosing and following natural possibilities for behavior--natural ways.
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Page 1. Chad D. Hansen Mass nouns and "a white horse is not a horse" The fourth century BC School of Names is the natural place to begin discussion ... Chad D. Hansen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at... more
Page 1. Chad D. Hansen Mass nouns and "a white horse is not a horse" The fourth century BC School of Names is the natural place to begin discussion ... Chad D. Hansen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. ...
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In this chapter, I address human rights as an illustration of the role of comparative ethics in normative reasoning. In Section I, I distinguish comparative ethics from related intellectual enterprises inside and outside philosophy and... more
In this chapter, I address human rights as an illustration of the role of comparative ethics in normative reasoning. In Section I, I distinguish comparative ethics from related intellectual enterprises inside and outside philosophy and discuss the difficulties of a comparative conception of morality. In Section II, I argue that the normative relevance of comparative studies is subtle and indirect. It flows out of three conditions of normative respect. I argue that these apply in the case of a Chinese– Western comparison but do not warrant treating all traditions as equals. These conditions underlie the appeal of a “synthesis of East and West” and illustrate the limited normative relevance of comparative ethics. I argue that any envisioned synthesis must come from continued moral discourse within the distinct normative traditions themselves. Comparativists may inform the traditions about each other and thus stimulate moral discourse but may not otherwise “guide” or adjudicate the sha...
... reconsidered. Chinese thinkers from Mo-tzu to Mao Tse-tung, were social political activists. ... stuff. I also need such abstractions in order to distinguish one particular part of "horse-stuff" from other parts: my... more
... reconsidered. Chinese thinkers from Mo-tzu to Mao Tse-tung, were social political activists. ... stuff. I also need such abstractions in order to distinguish one particular part of "horse-stuff" from other parts: my palomino from the herd of horses. ...
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In a place and time about as remote from us as possible in the real world, two texts emerged which expressed a philosophical perspective that came to be known as Taoism. In the millenia after the seminal works of Taoism took their basic... more
In a place and time about as remote from us as possible in the real world, two texts emerged which expressed a philosophical perspective that came to be known as Taoism. In the millenia after the seminal works of Taoism took their basic shape, scholars of various persuasions ...
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I take having to face the accusation that I advocate linguistic determinism (LD) as an occupational hazard. The accusers seldom offer a clear statement of the shortcomings of LD. Bao Zhiming's review of my book, Language and Logic in... more
I take having to face the accusation that I advocate linguistic determinism (LD) as an occupational hazard. The accusers seldom offer a clear statement of the shortcomings of LD. Bao Zhiming's review of my book, Language and Logic in Ancient China, attempts to convict me of " ...
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I reflect on a puzzle about Nietzsche's discussion of Asian philosophy. He identified Buddhism as a "kindred" Indo-European religion and worried that Indo-European grammar shapes thought. Yet he seldom reflected about... more
I reflect on a puzzle about Nietzsche's discussion of Asian philosophy. He identified Buddhism as a "kindred" Indo-European religion and worried that Indo-European grammar shapes thought. Yet he seldom reflected about Chinese thought. Chinese language should have ...
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Chinese Confucianism and Daoism CHAD HANSEN One problem Chinese thought raises for philosophy of religion is that it raises so few problems clearly in philosophy of religion as usually understood. This is awk- ward because we class... more
Chinese Confucianism and Daoism CHAD HANSEN One problem Chinese thought raises for philosophy of religion is that it raises so few problems clearly in philosophy of religion as usually understood. This is awk- ward because we class Confucianism and Daoism among the ...
In this chapter, I address human rights as an illustration of the role of comparative ethics in normative reasoning. In Section I, I distinguish comparative ethics from related intellectual enterprises inside and out-side philosophy and... more
In this chapter, I address human rights as an illustration of the role of comparative ethics in normative reasoning. In Section I, I distinguish comparative ethics from related intellectual enterprises inside and out-side philosophy and discuss the difficulties of a comparative conception of ...
Research Interests: Ethics, Human Rights, Liberalism, Relativism, Community, and 10 moreInterpretation, Individualism, Rationality, Human nature, Mind, Rights, Reason, Mohism, Mill, and Legalism
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... VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): xv, 590 p. SUBJECT(S): Mo, Ti. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ... ABOUT getCITED | CONTACT US | USER INFO | PREFERENCES | PRIVACY | LOG IN Comments? Suggestions? Send them to... more
... VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): xv, 590 p. SUBJECT(S): Mo, Ti. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ... ABOUT getCITED | CONTACT US | USER INFO | PREFERENCES | PRIVACY | LOG IN Comments? Suggestions? Send them to feedback@getCITED.org. ...
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... changes meaning for the Chad Hansen Reader in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong Philosophy East & West Volume 44, Number 3 July 1994 435-488 ... iarity, elementariness, or primitiveness) all seem... more
... changes meaning for the Chad Hansen Reader in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong Philosophy East & West Volume 44, Number 3 July 1994 435-488 ... iarity, elementariness, or primitiveness) all seem intellectually dubious. Chad Hansen 437 Page 4. ...
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It is a commonplace hope of much modern philosophy that philosophy be understood as intimately related to language. The bridge between philosophical doctrines and language is typically erected by explaining various substantive views in eg... more
It is a commonplace hope of much modern philosophy that philosophy be understood as intimately related to language. The bridge between philosophical doctrines and language is typically erected by explaining various substantive views in eg ontology, logic, epistemology, ethics, etc., ...
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Vol. XLIV, No. 3 Journal of Asian Studies May 1985 Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, and "Truth" Chad Hansen The twentieth century, like the second, finds those involved in cross-cultural interpretation of tao* (comparative... more
Vol. XLIV, No. 3 Journal of Asian Studies May 1985 Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy, and "Truth" Chad Hansen The twentieth century, like the second, finds those involved in cross-cultural interpretation of tao* (comparative philosophers) engaged in ko ...