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  • Philosophy and Nudity

    Philosophy and Nudity

    Heaven knows why, amid the pressure of several entirely muddled papers, I still have the mind to write so many essays. But there’s nothing to be done: when you need to let it out, holding it in is miserable. Once I finish this one, this round of catharsis can come to an end. That is to say, from “From Fisherman to Pirate” on to this piece, one could say that a series has taken shape, and that it can be understood as the final complaints before setting sail. From here on out…… whew—anyway, I’m no longer sitting and waiting in the palace. This piece has been given a rather eye-catching…

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  • Why Do You Read or Not Read My Articles?

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    Why Do You Read or Not Read My Articles?

    Those who do not read my blog out of contempt or disdain are people I respect quite a lot. Indeed, there are so many things worth reading, in China and abroad, past and present, that one lifetime would not be enough to get through them all—so why insist on reading my blog? Although I believe that one day my writing may well become a classic, it is certainly not now. So the people who look down on me are right. If my blog is worth reading right now, that is only on the basis of the following fact—I am alive! And I am right here within your reach, opening my…

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  • There Are No Experts in Philosophy

    There Are No Experts in Philosophy

    I said very early on—sophomore year, maybe freshman year?—something like, “I don’t want to be an expert; I want only to be a master.” At first it was just something said privately among friends, but then it spread, and so I could only regard it as public speech. Of course I have always been able to stand behind that sentence. It is based on how I situated myself and on my understanding of philosophy. Over these years I have, I think, come to understand philosophy more deeply, and so now I can offer some more penetrating interpretation of what I said back then. First, we need to ask: what exactly…

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  • Draft Program for an Old-School Philosophy

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    Draft Program for an Old-School Philosophy

    If I were recruiting a crew, of course I would need to explain what sort of style and route this ship more or less has. When it comes to a program, it is actually a rather ambiguous thing: it is either too general or too specific. It can be condensed to a single character, “love” or “I”; to two characters, “freedom” or “seeking”; to three, “play games” or “possibility”; to four, “preserve sameness while seeking difference” or “strive for excellence”; to five, “know yourself” or “that old bear of a mother-in-law,” and so on. Any of these could be posted as a slogan at the entrance to Suixuan. Of course,…

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  • At Last, I Have Some Confidence in Translation

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    At Last, I Have Some Confidence in Translation

    Wu Lao-shi’s translation assignment has remained untouched to this day; it will probably get fully underway during winter break. The reason I’ve dragged my feet for so long is, of course, first that my foundation in both English and phenomenology is too weak; second, because of my incurable laziness and old-fox style of doing things. But there is also an indirect factor: I simply cannot stand typing out words from my own pen that make no sense. If it were an English-to-Chinese translation in an English exam, then of course I could quickly write down a load of gobbledygook, just as in a politics exam I can more or less…

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  • “The Philosophy of Online Games”

    “The Philosophy of Online Games”

    “The Philosophy of Online Games”

    For a philosophy to spread widely and be remembered by later generations, a distinctive and resounding name may well be of some help. What could my philosophy be called by others? Terms like critical philosophy, philosophy of technology, philosophy of history, and pluralism have already been overused; things like philosophy of the stars and philosophy of media also seem insufficiently precise. Suddenly it occurs to me that perhaps it could be called “network game philosophy.” The two words “network” and “game” can indicate the distinctive features and central concerns of my philosophy. Under this heading, almost all the questions of traditional philosophy—ontology, epistemology, axiology, and so on—can be developed. Moreover,…

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  • The Labyrinth of Concepts

    The Labyrinth of Concepts

    Concepts are like a labyrinth, language like a dense forest, and one can get so deeply lost in them as to be unable to extricate oneself. Zen says: the sea of suffering is boundless, but turn back and there is the shore; lay down attachment, and at once you can transcend. This may well be true. But why do I still remain stubbornly deluded? Because the labyrinth is a game. When you are playing a labyrinth game, isn’t your goal to get out of the labyrinth? Then you can obviously get out at any time—just lift yourself to a higher dimension and step outside. Why must you so obediently struggle…

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  • [Archive] Keke Forum Lecture 60: “Collapse”…

    [Archive] Keke Forum Lecture 60: “Collapse”…

    Peking University Forum on History of Science and Philosophy of Science, Lecture 60 Time: Friday, November 21, 2008, 3:00–5:00 p.m. Place: Meeting Room, 1st Floor, Department of Philosophy, Peking University (Four Court) Speakers: Jiang Xiaoyuan (Professor, Department of History of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Liu Bing (Professor, School of Humanities, Tsinghua University) Topic: After *Collapse*: Reflections on the Anxiety of Human Civilization http://hps.phil.pku.edu.cn/bbs/read.php?tid=828&keyword= It’s been a long time since I last wrote a comment after a KeKe Forum lecture. Partly because I didn’t attend some of them, partly because I was lazy, partly because I felt there was nothing much to write, and on top of that the forum…

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  • Supplementary Notes and Self-Introduction Following “Zheng mm”

    Supplementary Notes and Self-Introduction Following “Zheng mm”
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    Supplementary Notes and Self-Introduction Following “Zheng mm”

    坦白说,我的征mm启事发得实在缺乏诚意,本来想好在谈完“概念问题”之后就谈谈自己的个性和特点的,结果扯了一通概念后发泄完毕,就不想写别的了,结果整个启事连同诠释在内关于我个人情况的介绍几乎就只有第1条这么点儿——当然,这一句话包含了最为核心的部分。 当然,即便对我的各种情况毫不了解,只是看了启事就来应征的人,我也是欢迎的,只不过在随后的接触中我早晚也一定会把我的各种特点展示给她看。而对mm来说,如果能够事先看过我的介绍,心中有数再来应征,总比接触之后再被我吓走来得更好。所以我现在还是多少先说明一些吧。 Supplementary notes and self-introduction following the “seeking mm” notice 坦白说,我的征mm启事发得实在缺乏诚意,本来想好在谈完“概念问题”之后就谈谈自己的个性和特点的,结果扯了一通概念后发泄完毕,就不想写别的了,结果整个启事连同诠释在内关于我个人情况的介绍几乎就只有第1条这么点儿——当然,这一句话包含了最为核心的部分。 当然,即便对我的各种情况毫不了解,只是看了启事就来应征的人,我也是欢迎的,只不过在随后的接触中我早晚也一定会把我的各种特点展示给她看。而对mm来说,如果能够事先看过我的介绍,心中有数再来应征,总比接触之后再被我吓走来得更好。所以我现在还是多少先说明一些吧。 Before introducing myself, let me first say a few more words about what I think of mm’s or applicants’ side of things. As I said before, I do not preset any standard for “what the relationship between an mm and me ought to be”; as for “what it even means to be an ‘applicant,’” I am even less in possession of any definite concept. Obviously, the mere fact that you say “I’m applying” and I say “Sure” does not mean the establishment of any more specific relationship. The question is, then what? In short, whether as “mm”…

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  • Why Do I Need Ethics? — An Unconventional Introductory Book on Ethics

    Why Do I Need Ethics? — An Unconventional Introductory Book on Ethics

    This is an article written for submission. Although this was the first time I ever submitted anything truly of my own free will and initiative (see https://yilinhut.net/2008/09/21/2750.html), it was still awkwardly written. And because no word limit had been agreed on, it is obviously too long; if it were published in some other medium, it would certainly be excerpted, and that would depend on the editor’s deft touch. Whether it is published or not, I am posting the original text on the blog; please do not repost it before the final version appears. Why Do I Need Ethics? — An Unusual Introductory Reader on Ethics Gu Chi With the bestseller…

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