Easy Logic Research

Author: Wu Kefeng
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: This book adopts a cross-study perspective of logic and culture, arguing that different national cultures must have different ways of thinking and, consequently, different logic as their fundamental starting point. It strives to avoid the analogical pitfalls that have emerged in the study of Chinese logic history since the introduction of Western learning to China. With the inherent category reasoning in ancient Chinese logic as its main thread, the book not only emphasizes the historical and cultural background of the Yi School logic to reveal its uniqueness but also focuses on its commonality through the reasoning forms of Yi School logic. It not only provides a concise historical review and examination of the achievements in Chinese logic academia over the past century concerning category reasoning and the logic of the I Ching but also delves deeply into the fundamental content of Yi School logic, including the I Ching, the Commentaries on the I Ching, logical methods in Yi studies, dominant reasoning types, logical theories, and especially the Yi School logical system constructed using axiomatic methods based on the theory of five cycles and six Qi. Furthermore, it explores the influence of Yi School logic's category reasoning methods on Pre-Qin Mohism, ethical and political thought, traditional Chinese medicine, and ancient astronomy. Thus, it provides a comprehensive and systematic outline and elucidation of the developmental trajectory and system of Yi School logic.