How NOT to Rectify Names: Confucius on the Philosophy of Language by Dr. Van Norden | DRBU Symposium

Event Description:
Confucius visited the state of Wei when it was in a political crisis. He was asked what the first step should be in resolving the crisis, and gave the surprising answer: “It would, of course, be the rectification of names” (Analects 13.3). In this talk, I discuss the dramatic setting of this passage, its likely date of composition, and the history of its interpretations. This last topic illuminates Hans-Georg Gadamer’s thesis that interpreters inevitably bring presuppositions to the text, but that these presuppositions can be either enabling or disabling in the project of achieving genuine understanding.

This event was held on Zoom on September 13, 2022
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