{"id":5540,"date":"2023-04-09T12:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tsinghualogic.net\/JRC\/?page_id=5540"},"modified":"2023-07-07T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T06:04:31","slug":"knowledge-and-skepticism-in-classical-chinese-thought","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tsinghualogic.net\/JRC\/knowledge-and-skepticism-in-classical-chinese-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Knowledge and Skepticism in Classical Chinese Thought<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5540\" class=\"elementor elementor-5540\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-23a8438 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"23a8438\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f007648\" data-id=\"f007648\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4364329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4364329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Course Description<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f535a7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f535a7c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53dae20\" data-id=\"53dae20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a8be7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76a8be7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div title=\"Page 1\"><p>Classical Chinese texts present a non-representational approach to knowledge on which knowing is a norm-governed competence in distinguishing and responding to things.<\/p><p>This competence involves not only correct judgment but knowing how to adapt to various conditions so as to avoid error while conscientiously seeking appropriate norms by which to guide judgment. Skepticism concerns the status of these norms. The central skeptical issue is not whether we engage with the world but whether the norms by which we do so are appropriate or might be rendered inapplicable by changing conditions. The course will explore conceptions and problems of knowledge as presented in Mo\u0300zi\u030c, the Mohist \u201cDialectics,\u201d Xu\u0301nzi\u030c, The Annals of Lv Buwei, and Zhua\u0304ngzi\u030c.<\/p><ul><li>Lecturer: <a href=\"https:\/\/cjfraser.net\/\"><u>Chris Fraser<\/u><\/a>\u00a0(University of Toronto)<\/li><li>TA: Hu Zhenkun (\u80e1\u632f\u5764, hzk20@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)\u00a0<\/li><li>Time: 9:50-12:15, 03 July &#8211; 07 July<\/li><li>Venue:\u00a0\u56db\u65594401<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17fc930 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17fc930\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfe3e5d\" data-id=\"cfe3e5d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f0832 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22f0832\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Readings: *Fraser, \u201cKnowledge and Error in Early Chinese Thought\u201d; Optional background reading: Historical and philological introduction<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Mohism\u58a8\u5bb6<\/strong><br \/>Primary source reading: *Selections from Mo\u0300zi\u030c, including Mohist Dialectics<\/p>\n<p>Secondary source reading: Fraser, The Philosophy of the Mozi, chapter 2; Fraser, Late Classical Chinese Thought, chapter 5 (selection)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Xu\u0301nzi\u030c\u8340\u5b50<\/strong><br \/>Primary source reading: *Selections from Xu\u0301nzi\u030c<\/p>\n<p>Secondary source reading: Fraser, Late Classical Chinese Thought (selection); Fraser, \u201cEpistemic Competence and Agency in Sosa and Xunzi\u201d (optional)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>L\u00fc\u030c\u2019s Annals (The Annals of Lv Buwei) \u5442\u6c0f\u6625\u79cb<\/strong><br \/>Primary source reading: *Selections from Annals<br \/>Secondary source reading: Late Classical Chinese Thought, chapter 5 (selection)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Zhua\u0304ngzi\u030c\u838a\u5b50<\/strong><br \/>Primary source reading: *Selections from Zhua\u0304ngzi\u030c<br \/>Secondary source reading: Late Classical Chinese Thought, chapter 5 (selection)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201c*\u201d: Focus reading for class discussion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bee329 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bee329\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77f328a\" data-id=\"77f328a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f13d83c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f13d83c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assignments<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b566862 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b566862\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5462152\" data-id=\"5462152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-097d10b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"097d10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div title=\"Page 1\"><p>There will three questions (for the whole week), and you can choose to answer two of them.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1fe32f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1fe32f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4470f59\" data-id=\"4470f59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dc4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"159dc4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recordings<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1472e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1472e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4494e36\" data-id=\"4494e36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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