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One Name, Infinite Meanings: Jizang's Thought On Meaning and Reference |
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Author |
Ho, Chien-hsing
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Source |
Journal of Chinese Philosophy
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Volume | v.39 n.3 |
Date | 2012.09 |
Pages | 436 - 452 |
Publisher | International Society for Chinese Philosophy |
Publisher Url |
https://iscp-online1.org/
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Location | Honolulu, HI, US [檀香山, 夏威夷州, 美國] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | Nanhua University, Chiayi, Taiwan Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Religious Studies, Nanhua University. Specialties: Mādhyamika philosophy, Buddhist epistemology, Buddhist philosophy of language. E-mail: chho@mail.nhu.edu.tw |
Abstract | Jizang sets forth a hermeneutical theory of “one name, infinite meanings” that proposes four types of interpretation of word meaning to the effect that a nominal word X means X, non-X, the negation of X, and all things whatsoever. In this article, I offer an analysis of the theory, with a view to elucidating Jizang's thought on meaning and reference and considering its contemporary significance. The theory, I argue, may best be viewed as an expedient means for telling us how to use words provisionally without any definite understanding of their referents. |
ISSN | 03018121 (P); 15406253 (E) |
Hits | 684 |
Created date | 2014.03.10 |
Modified date | 2019.08.27 |
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