TY - JOUR
T1 - The Theory of the Self in the Zhuangzi: A Strawsonian Interpretation
AU - HUNG, Jenny
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - This essay investigates the Zhuangzian theory of the self, which has long been the subject of a heated and controversial debate in Chinese intellectual history. According to an interpretation that has been quite prominent since the 1990s, the self in the Zhuangzi is substantial, persisting self; it is a simple, basic object that is distinct from its properties. A substance, generally speaking, is an object or entity that has properties. Substance metsphysicians claim that substances, as primary units of reality, are unchanging entities in themselves that bear changing properties over time.
AB - This essay investigates the Zhuangzian theory of the self, which has long been the subject of a heated and controversial debate in Chinese intellectual history. According to an interpretation that has been quite prominent since the 1990s, the self in the Zhuangzi is substantial, persisting self; it is a simple, basic object that is distinct from its properties. A substance, generally speaking, is an object or entity that has properties. Substance metsphysicians claim that substances, as primary units of reality, are unchanging entities in themselves that bear changing properties over time.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081407159&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/pew.2019.0031
DO - 10.1353/pew.2019.0031
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0031-8221
VL - 69
SP - 376
EP - 394
JO - Philosophy East and West
JF - Philosophy East and West
IS - 2
ER -