|
|
Article: Wardy, Robert. Aristotle in China: Language, Categories and Translation.
- Article from:
- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. xii + 170 pp. Cloth, $54.95--This book comprises two long chapters. The first chapter, entitled "The China syndrome, logical form, translation," is a treatise on linguistic relativism with specific reference to Chinese language. It is not directly related to the title of the book, "Aristotle in China," except by what it calls "the Aristotelian principle" implied in the "guidance and constraint hypothesis" of linguistic relativism. The writing of this chapter is motivated as a critical response to Angus Graham's Disputers of the Tao, characterized by Robert Wardy as adhering itself to the "guidance and constraints hypothesis," ...