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Here I examine the transformation of Baekdu Mountain as a national symbol of Korea in the early 2... more Here I examine the transformation of Baekdu Mountain as a national symbol of Korea in the early 20th century. While some authors in the Chosun period saw Baekdu extended from the Kunlun mountains was a geomancial symbol of the Korea as authentic inheritor of sinocentric perception, in the early 20th century onward, it is transformed into a symbol of Korean nationalism.
In this article, I attempt to appreciate the method of comparative philosophy and idea of “undiff... more In this article, I attempt to appreciate the method of comparative philosophy and idea of “undifferentiated aesthetic continuum” developed by F.S.C. Northrop. As early as his first monograph about philosophy of science, he felt the need to have an idea of directly experienced, undifferentiated entity that includes differentiated, transitory perceiver and events. This undifferentiated entity as source of differentiated experience also blurs sharp distinction of self and environment, perceiver and perceived. Later coining the term “undifferentiated aesthetic continuum” to denote this, he already has realized the importance of this idea in interpreting Eastern philosophical tradition properly.
In his comparative philosophical inquiries, he used it interpreting Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. His method makes inquirers to be aware of difference between eastern thought and dominant western philosophical tradition, while Eastern tradition can be interpreted more aptly from the standpoint of aesthetic and radical empiricism, which can be distinguished from transcendental or reductionist way of interpretation.
I compare his epistemology with idea of symbolic reference in the process philosophy of Whitehead and conclude that Northrop’s taxonomy of knowledge can be criticized by process philosophical perspective while core of his method and idea are viable today for comparativists.
Key-words: F. S. C. Northrop, A. N. Whitehead, undifferentiated aesthetic Continuum, comparative Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy.
Philosophy East and West, 2012
Philosophy East & West, 2009
... Dao, tian, or taiji may appear to express external agency, but in fact they do not. ... For e... more ... Dao, tian, or taiji may appear to express external agency, but in fact they do not. ... For example, east is spring, south is summer, west is autumn, and north is winter, as seen in the table of correspondences among the five phases completed in the Han period. ...
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Here I examine the transformation of Baekdu Mountain as a national symbol of Korea in the early 2... more Here I examine the transformation of Baekdu Mountain as a national symbol of Korea in the early 20th century. While some authors in the Chosun period saw Baekdu extended from the Kunlun mountains was a geomancial symbol of the Korea as authentic inheritor of sinocentric perception, in the early 20th century onward, it is transformed into a symbol of Korean nationalism.
In this article, I attempt to appreciate the method of comparative philosophy and idea of “undiff... more In this article, I attempt to appreciate the method of comparative philosophy and idea of “undifferentiated aesthetic continuum” developed by F.S.C. Northrop. As early as his first monograph about philosophy of science, he felt the need to have an idea of directly experienced, undifferentiated entity that includes differentiated, transitory perceiver and events. This undifferentiated entity as source of differentiated experience also blurs sharp distinction of self and environment, perceiver and perceived. Later coining the term “undifferentiated aesthetic continuum” to denote this, he already has realized the importance of this idea in interpreting Eastern philosophical tradition properly.
In his comparative philosophical inquiries, he used it interpreting Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. His method makes inquirers to be aware of difference between eastern thought and dominant western philosophical tradition, while Eastern tradition can be interpreted more aptly from the standpoint of aesthetic and radical empiricism, which can be distinguished from transcendental or reductionist way of interpretation.
I compare his epistemology with idea of symbolic reference in the process philosophy of Whitehead and conclude that Northrop’s taxonomy of knowledge can be criticized by process philosophical perspective while core of his method and idea are viable today for comparativists.
Key-words: F. S. C. Northrop, A. N. Whitehead, undifferentiated aesthetic Continuum, comparative Philosophy, Eastern Philosophy.
Philosophy East and West, 2012
Philosophy East & West, 2009
... Dao, tian, or taiji may appear to express external agency, but in fact they do not. ... For e... more ... Dao, tian, or taiji may appear to express external agency, but in fact they do not. ... For example, east is spring, south is summer, west is autumn, and north is winter, as seen in the table of correspondences among the five phases completed in the Han period. ...