School of Names
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The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Chinese philosophical school ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Logicians
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Míngjiā NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Logicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
bian (disputation)
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ming (names) ⓘ paradox of the white horse ⓘ relativistic theses of Hui Shi ⓘ shi (actualities) ⓘ |
| comparedTo | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debatedIssue |
criteria for correct naming
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identity and difference ⓘ part–whole relations ⓘ relation between names and realities ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | Chinese philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
correct use of names
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distinctions in names and things ⓘ logical puzzles ⓘ semantic analysis ⓘ |
| hasDomain | classical Chinese logic ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Hundred Schools of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of language in Chinese philosophy
ⓘ
later Chinese logical thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Zhou dynasty intellectual culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of reference and predication
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sophisticated argumentation techniques ⓘ use of paradoxes to probe language ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
argumentation
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language ⓘ logic ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| notablePhilosopher |
Deng Xi
NERFINISHED
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Gongsun Long NERFINISHED ⓘ Hui Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Confucian thinkers
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Mohist critics ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| region | states of the Warring States period ⓘ |
| relatedSchool | Mohist school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct philosophical school ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE to 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition | Chinese intellectual history ⓘ |
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