Abstract
In ‘Swimming Happily in Chinese Logic’ (2021) I suggested that the root conception of knowing for the ancient Chinese Mohists was knowing-as, a conception that fits well with perspectivism in the Zhuangzi, a key Daoist text. Drawing on Wittgenstein’s discussion of both seeing-as and samples, and developing the analogy between seeing-as and knowing-as, I explore various forms of knowing with particular reference to the Mozi, in attempting to make sense of ancient Chinese epistemology and thereby shed light on the whole phenomenon of knowing.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 63–85 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Yearbook for Eastern and Western Philosophy |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Jun 2023 |