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https://doi.org/10.21464/sp36113

Kant, Confucianism, and “Global Rooted Philosophy” in Taiwan. From Mou Zongsan to Lee Ming-huei

Jana S. Rošker orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-0072-1556 ; Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Aškerčeva 2, SI–1000 Ljubljana


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Abstract

In Taiwan, the Confucian revival was always defined by the search for a synthesis between Western and traditional Confucian thought. Taiwanese Modern Confucians aimed to create a system of ideas and values capable of resolving modern, globalised societies’ social and political problems. Mou Zongsan, the best-known member of the second generation of Modern New Confucianism, aimed to revive the Chinese philosophical tradition through a dialogue with Modern European philosophy, especially with the works of Immanuel Kant. His follower Lee Ming-huei is arguably the most renowned expert on Kantian philosophy in the entire Sinitic region. The present paper aims to compare their respective approaches and evaluate them in a broader context of modern Chinese thought. I will first introduce Mou Zongsan’s elaborations on Kant. In the following, I will present the main aspects of Lee Ming-huei’s development of Mou’s theories and provide in later sections a critical assessment of Lee’s philosophical innovation, focusing upon the evaluation of his conceptualisation of immanent transcendence and Confucian deontology.

Keywords

Taiwanese modern Confucianism; contemporary Taiwanese philosophy; Immanuel Kant; Mou Zongsan; Lee Ming-huei

Hrčak ID:

257935

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/257935

Publication date:

8.6.2021.

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