Elmélyült rálátás: a 玄学 fogalma a daoista episztemológiában
Profound Insight: the Concept of 玄学 in Daoist Epistemology

Summary/Abstract: The concept of xuánxué (玄学) denotes a specific epistemology within Daoism that opposes all taboos of conventional knowledge regarding Daoism. The dogmas of emptiness, childishness, simplicity and ignorance and many others still alive and well especially in the western reception of Daoism evaporate in this epistemological context. A myriad of interpretations exists according to which not only Daoism, but the Chinese history of thought is mere spiritualism lacking any kind of philosophical depth, categories or content whatsoever. While it is true that one of the most prominent features of Chinese history of thought is its deep syncretism in which among other things philosophy, or that which we denote as such in the West, co-exists at the same time with a certain kind of religiosity, the above statement is nonetheless false. The aim of this essay is to present a very narrow segment of non-religious Daoism, that at the same time highlights how Chinese history of thought in no sense whatsoever lags behind western philosophy with regards to content or the modality of surveying the world.

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