Journal of East China Normal University (Philosoph ›› 2018, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (6): 52-58.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2018.06.006

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Deliberate One-sidedness as a Way of Doing Philosophy: Reflections on Rosemont's View of the Person

NI Pei-min1,2   

  • Online:2018-11-15 Published:2018-11-26

Abstract: In his critique of Western liberalist notion of self, Henry Rosemont takes a deliberate one-sided approach, one that uses language performatively in a given particular spatiotemporal context. This method of doing philosophy is common among those who take philosophy as a way of life. French philosopher Sartre, for instance, has displayed a one-sidedness in his view about self in an opposite direction from Rosemont's. Their practices suggest a gongfu perspective, with which we evaluate philosophical ideas according to their functions in shaping human behaviors with consideration of the context of their uses.

Key words: Henry Rosemont, Sartre, philosophical method, one-sidedness, gongfu perspective