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Resolving the Ineffability Paradox |
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Ho, Chien-hsing (著)=何建興 (au.)
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Australasian Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Conference
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| Date | 2015.07 |
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| Publisher | Monash University |
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https://www.monash.edu/
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| Location | Melbourne, Australia [墨爾本, 澳洲] |
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| Content type | 會議論文=Proceeding Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Indication; Apoha(exclusion); Ineffability Paradox; Gestural Language |
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| Abstract | A number of contemporary philosophers think that the unqualified statement “X is unspeakable” faces the danger of self-referential absurdity: if this statement is true, it must simultaneously be false, given that X is speakable by the predicate word “unspeakable.” This predicament is in this chapter formulated as an argument that I term the “ineffability paradox.” After examining the Buddhist semantic theory of apoha (exclusion) and an apoha solution to the issue, I resort to a few Chinese Buddhist and Hindu philosophical materials to rationally reconstruct a strategy for resolving the paradox. By introducing the mode of expression termed “indication,” together with the relevant notions of superimposition and of gesturing beyond the horizon, I show that expressing the ineffable does not necessarily involve irresoluble contradiction. It is also suggested that philosophers may need to acknowledge the relevance of the notion of ineffability for contemporary philosophizing. |
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| Created date | 2020.09.08 |
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| Modified date | 2020.09.10 |
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