Cross-Tradition Engagement on the Laws of Logic

This book demonstrates how, through cross-tradition engagement, insights from the Chinese philosophical tradition can work with relevant resources from modern logic and contemporary philosophy to enhance our understanding of two basic principles of logic: the law of identity and the law of non-contradiction.

Bo Mou is Professor of Philosophy at San Jose State University, California, USA. He is the author of the monograph books Substantive Perspectivism (2009), Semantic-Truth Approaches in Chinese Philosophy: A Unifying Pluralist Account (2019), and Cross-Tradition Engagement in Philosophy: A Constructive-Engagement Account (2020). He is also a contributing editor for History of Chinese Philosophy (2009) and Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy (2018).

Introduction Part 1: On Gongsun Long's, Later Mohist, and Lao Zi's Approaches to the Two Laws of Logic: A Holistic Philosophical Interpretation from the Vantage Point of Double Reference and Relative Identity 1. On Gongsun Long's Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Look at the Alleged "White-Horse-Not-Horse" Paradox Dissolved through the Joint Point of Double Reference and Relative Identity 2. On Later Mohist Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Approaching Parallel Inference with Semantic Sensitivity to Double-Reference Identity 3. On Lao Zi's Approach to the Two Laws of Logic: Dissolving the Alleged Ultimate-Unspeakable Paradox from a Holistic Vantage Point of Double-Reference Identity Part 2: An Enhanced Account of Relative Identity and Refined Characterizations of the Two Basic Laws of Logic: From the Vantage Point of Cross-Tradition Engagement 4. An Enhanced Account of Relative Identity: Double-Reference Starting Point and Dual-Track Feature 5. A Refined Characterization of the Law of Identity: from the Vantage Point of the Enhanced Account of Relative Identity 6. A Refined Characterization of the Principle of Non-Contradiction: From Aristotle and the GSL-LM-LZ Approach to a Holistic Double-Reference Vantage Point Appendixes Appendix 1: An Expanded Predicate Logic Account with Enhanced Dual-Track Relative Identity Sign, Collective-Generic Operator and Multiple-layer Domain of Reference Appendix 2: Comparative Chronology of Philosophers in Chinese and Western Philosophical Traditions Appendix 3: Notes on Transcription and Guide to Pronunciation