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The Truth-Seeking Objective of Chinese Philosophy of Mind
Institute of Mind and Cognition, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
Research Center for Marxist Theory and Regional Practice, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- 1 Institute of Mind and Cognition, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- 2 School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
- 3 Research Center for Marxist Theory and Regional Practice, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
Open Journal of Philosophy·Volume 13 (2023)·Pages 195–209·Published 4 April 2023·DOI10.4236/ojpp.2023.132013
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Abstract
Most scholars believe that western philosophy of mind is endowed with the truth-seeking goal in its investigation of the nature of the mind, whereas Chinese philosophy of mind aims at the value-seeking objective through its endeavors to the interpretation of the mind’s function to human being’s becoming saints. However, we insist that, besides the value-seeking tendency, the Chinese philosophy of mind also demonstrates its truth-seeking objective. This thesis reveals and reconstructs the focus questions, content and features of the truth-seeking Chinese philosophy of mind by means of looking into the soul concept, mind-body theory, psychological phenomenology and psychosemantics in Chinese philosophy.
KeywordsMindThe Meta-QuestionPsychological PhenomenologyMind-Body ProblemOntology of MindPsychosemantics
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