From Conceptual Misalignment to Conceptual Engineering: An Applied Case Study on Emotion from Chinese Philosophy
Date: 12 Jul 2023
Time: 15:00-16:30
Speaker
Dr. Zhao Wenqing, Assistant Philosophy Professor, Whitman College
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Dr. Baldwin Wong, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU
Language: English
Abstract:
Conceptual misalignment is a pervasive phenomenon in the studies of Non-Western philosophy and the History of Philosophy (NW&HP). However, conceptual misalignment is often undetected, unsuspected, or seen as a hurdle that NW&HP materials need to overcome to contribute to contemporary discussions. Specifically, conceptual misalignment refers to the following: In the process of crystalizing NW&HP materials, a linguistic coordination of concepts is formed between the speaker, i.e., NW&HP, and its context of contemporary anglophone philosophy. However, in philosophically meaningful ways, the original NW&HP concept and its anglophone counterpart misalign. This misalignment is particularly intricate and hard to detect when it comes to emotion concepts, as they are thought to involve phenomenal and/or intentional features. Through investigating the concept of emotion in Chinese philosophy, I propose a refocusing on conceptual misalignment as a method of cross-cultural comparative and history of philosophy. Moreover, I argue that conceptual misalignment is an important resource for contemporary conceptual engineering and amelioration projects. This talk explores conceptual misalignment and conceptual engineering through applied case studies of emotions from Chinese philosophy.
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