Title: Towards a Logical Typology of Philosophical Speech Genres
Speaker: Christoph Harbsmeier
Abstract:
- Philosophy is literature. We need a systematic taxonomy of literary genres in philosophical discourse.
- This lecture aims to explore systematically what kinds of things are going on when one is doing philosophy and writing philosophical literature.
- The contrasting analysis of the repertoirs of discourse genres in ancient European and Chinese philosophy will highlight some basic contrasts between ancient Chinese and ancient European philosophy.
- Discourse genres discussed will include Exemplum, Fable, Allegory, Parable, Simile, Aphorism, Apophthegm, Satire, Parody, Joke, Parenthesis, Quotation, Citation, Imputation, Argumentations, Proof and many more.