Returning to experience - Dewey's second mission to China

In this essay, as a philosophical exercise in exploring some of the underlying assumptions that serve as an interpretive context for classical Chinese philosophy, I will first follow Dewey's philosophical turn from a 'knowledge paradigm' to an 'experience paradigm' in which...

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Published in:	Asian philosophy Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 17 - 29
Main Author:	Jiaxuan, Li
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 02-01-2020 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Chinese languages Chinese philosophy interpretation Dewey experience Philosophy science of life experience the Book of Changes Time
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Summary:	In this essay, as a philosophical exercise in exploring some of the underlying assumptions that serve as an interpretive context for classical Chinese philosophy, I will first follow Dewey's philosophical turn from a 'knowledge paradigm' to an 'experience paradigm' in which he seeks to overcome the dualism between subject and object. Secondly, I will interpret Dewey's Darwinian challenge to the notions of Aristotelian 'species' (eidos) and 'teleology' (telos) and their 'universality.' In so doing, Dewey sought to restore time, change, relationality, and particularity to our philosophical agenda, ideas that are all recommended by the cosmology of the first among the Chinese philosophical canons, the Book of Changes (Yijing易经). And finally, I will try to offer an interpretation of traditional Chinese philosophy as a science in a Deweyan sense.
ISSN:	0955-2367 1469-2961
DOI:	10.1080/09552367.2020.1726024