On the Interpretation Circle of Philosophy

Contemporary Chinese Thought 24 (2):70-95 (1992)
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Philosophy is considered a very difficult field of knowledge and yet probably no other field of knowledge is as confused and muddle-headed as philosophy. As one of the oldest fields of knowledge of the human race it has existed for several thousand years. Yet, incredibly, in all these several thousand years, it has not been able to clarify what its objectives, methods, characteristics, or functions really are. Even today philosophers are still discussing fundamental questions, such as "What is philosophy?" and "What does philosophy study?" In comparison with the flourishing prospects of science, philosophy appears to be in quite a depression. Even though it is philosophy that has given birth to science and nurtured science, in modern times the sciences have gradually joined hands with one another in what appeared to be an attempt to drive philosophy out of the hall of knowledge. Some soft-hearted scientists and philosophers who have been influenced quite deeply by science have made attempts to transform philosophy in accordance with the outlook of science in the hope that philosophy will therefore continue to exist within the boundaries of human wisdom; yet whether we are talking about driving philosophy out or using science to reform philosophy, the results come back to the same thing, which is the repudiation of the value of philosophy to exist in that is still in the process of growing and maturing, and is forever young

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