学术资讯｜全球正义讲座第三十一讲：从境遇个体性的角度看“厚”的儒家关系性

Relationality is a multifaceted idea that seizes one of the distinctive characteristics of Chinese philosophy. In Confucianism, it is primarily associated with the issue of human relations. Drawing on John Dewey’s proposition of “relationally constituted individuality”, Roger T. Ames identifies a “thick” nature in Confucian relationality whose cosmic foundation may be novel to the West. This thick relationality corresponds to a narrative approach to human nature (xing 性), inspires a Confucian neologism of “human becomings” and challenges the conventional idea of “human being” that implies a Western foundational individualism. Through a proposed theme of “contextual individuality”, this study aims to evaluate whether Confucian relationality could be too “thick” for individuality (in a non-atomistic / non-foundational sense) and uncover the implication of thick relationality on the study of comparative philosophy in general.

中山大学哲学系（珠海）

关系性是一个具有中国哲学独特特征的多面向观念。 在儒学中，它主要与人之间的关系相联系。 运用约翰·杜威（John Dewey）“关系构成的个体性”的论述，安乐哲（Roger T. Ames）发现了儒家关系性中一种“厚”的本性，其宇宙论基础对于西方世界来说是新颖的。 这一厚的关系性对应了一种人性的叙事式路径，焕发了“成人(human becomings)”这一儒家新词并向隐含有西方基础个人主义的“人类 (human being)”这一传统观念提出了挑战。 通过“境域个体性”这个已有的主题，这一研究旨在评估儒家关系性是否（在一种非原子论/非基础论的意义上）对于个体性来说过“厚”了，并在广义比较哲学研究上揭露厚的关系性的内涵。