孟子人性论的当代诠释&#虫蹿蹿1补;中西之比较
日期：2016-04-14
人大哲学60年
孟子人性论的当代诠释：中西之比较
Contemporary Interpretations of Mengzi on Human Nature：China and the West
（英文哲学讲座）
演讲人：Dr. David Elstein 杜楷廷
Associate Professor of Philosophy,
SUNY-New Paltz
主持人： Dr. Jifen Li李记芬
国产成人午夜福利在线观看视频 讲师
As everyone who’s taken a course on Chinese philosophy probably knows, Mengzi (Mencius) claimed human nature is good. However, what that means and how we know that it’s true are not very clear from the text of the Mengzi, giving rise to numerous different interpretations over the course of Chinese philosophical history. In this talk, I compare modern interpretations of Mengzi, both in China and in the US. I highlight the differences in philosophical methodology—the a priori method of the 20th century New Confucians and the empirical and naturalistic approach of modern American scholars—and illustrate how their interpretations reflect their epistemological presumptions. Furthermore, I argue that both have weaknesses: the a priori method has a hard time avoiding subjective bias and demonstrating universality, while the empirical approach has a deficit when it comes to motivating action. Since improved moral practice is the primary goal of Confucian philosophy, the empirical approach does not fully do justice to Mengzi.
众所周知，孟子声称人性是善的，但他是什么意思以及其证明在《孟子》文本中并不清楚。因而在中国哲学史引起了许多不同的解释。我在这次演讲比较现代中美对于孟子人性论的诠释。我强调哲学方法论的差异—20世纪新儒家的先验方法与美国学者的自然主义方法—以便表明他们诠释反映的知识论。再者，我主张两个都有弊端：先验方法难以避免主观的偏见与普遍性的疑惑，经验主义的方法未能提供行动的动机。既然道德实践是儒家思想的主要目的，经验主义的方法不能算完全合乎孟子意念的诠释。
David Elstein is associate professor of philosophy at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Though his initial training and research was in pre-Qin thought, for the last few years he has focused on contemporary Chinese philosophy, particularly New Confucianism. In addition to articles in Contemporary Political Theory, Dao, and Philosophy East and West, he is the author of Democracy in Contemporary Confucian Philosophy (Routledge, 2014).
时间：5月10日（May 10）周二 15：00-17：00
地点：人文楼6层会议室
