Comparing logical paradoxes through the method of sublation : Hui Shi, Zeno and the “flying arrow problem”

Rošker, Jana S. (author)

This article addresses some basic methodological problems in the field of transcultural post-comparative studies of ancient logic by comparing the famous flying arrow paradox of Hui Shi (370–c. 310 BCE) with an apparently similar paradox attributed to Zeno of Elea (495–430 BCE). The article proceeds from a general introduction to the basic framework of semantically determined classical Chinese logic, to an illumination of Hui Shi’s specific contributions to the field, and finally to a preliminary explanation that emerges from a contrastive analysis of Zeno’s and Hui Shi’s respective views on the problem of motion and stasis as manifested in their corresponding paradoxes. The contrastive analysis, based on an exposition of some basic problems in the field of transcultural methodology and a description of the so-called sublation method, points to the importance of considering different paradigms and frames of reference in identifying differences between apparently similar theses.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy, post-comparative philosophy, Hui Shi, Zeno, the method of sublation, the flyinng arrow problem
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 09.05.2022
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 299-312
• Numbering: Vol. 10 (26), iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136543
• UDC: 1(510)
• ISSN on article: 2232-5131
• DOI: 10.4312/as.2022.10.2.299-312
• COBISS.SI-ID: 107210243
• Publication date in RUL: 10.05.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Asian studies
• Publisher: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-5131
• COBISS.SI-ID: 265206272

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.
• Licensing start date: 09.05.2022

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Primerjava logičnih paradoksov z metodo sublacije : Hui Shi, Zenon in »problem leteče puščice«

Abstract

Pričujoči članek obravnava nekatere osnovne metodološke probleme na področju transkul-turnih postprimerjalnih študij antične logike skozi optiko kontrastivne analize »paradoksa leteče puščice«, ki ga – na navidezno podoben način – interpretirata tako kitajski logik Hui Shi (370–ok. 310 pr. n. št.) kot tudi predsokratik Zenon iz Eleje (495–430 pr. n. št). Avtorica začne diskusijo s splošno predstavitvijo osnovnega okvira semantično opredeljene klasične kitajske logike, nadaljuje z osvetlitvijo Hui Shijevih doprinosov k tej disciplini in se nato loti preliminarne razlage tega paradoksa, do katere pride postopno s pomočjo kontrastne analize Zenonovih oziroma Hui Shijevih pogledov na problem gibanja in mirovanja, kot se prikazuje v njunih topoglednih paradoksih. Kontrastna analiza, ki je osnovana na prika-zu določenih problemov področja transkulturne metodologije in uporabi tako imenovane metode sublacije, izpostavi pomembnost upoštevanja različnih paradigem in referenčnih okvirov pri identifikaciji razlik med navidezno podobnimi tezami.

• Keywords: kitajska filozofija, primerjalna filozofija, post-primerjalna filozofija, Hui Shi, Zeno, metoda sublacije, problem leteče puščice

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: N6-0161
• Name: Humanizem v medkulturni perspektivi: Evropa in Kitajska

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0243
• Name: Azijski jeziki in kulture