Logic paradigm in the “Mobian” investigation: From a hermeneutic point of view

Abstract

This article describes the logic paradigm in the Mobian  X◤? (the debate theory of the Mohist school) investigation from the point of view of hermeneutics, discloses the relationship between the overinterpretation tradition in China and the logic paradigm in the Mobian  investigation, observes the overinterpretation of the Mobian  by the creators and supporters of the logic paradigm from Liang Qichao and Hu Shi to the modernists, including mathematical logicians, and analyzes Shen Youding s reflections on the logic paradigm in his later life.

Keywords

Chinese philosophy, the logic paradigm in the “Mobian” investigation, logic, hermeneutics, overinterpretation