28Traditional Western thought experiments and stories in Zhuangzi serve several purposes that might be harder to achieve with more straightforward argumentation or prose. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. This so-called Trolley Problem was originally introduced by Philippa Foot5, but arguably was made famous by Judith Thomson6, and it is used in many discussions of either utilitarian moral theory or the ethics of killing versus letting die, with regards to certain scenarios in bioethics. Zhuang Zi . Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative, Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips, Not logged in Or in Jacksons case, why couldnt he just have stated that there are things about our experience of color that cannot be learned through propositions in science? Chuangtse . Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, philosophy - U.S Elite Tutors Assignment: the stories of chuang tzu - Proficient Experts The Writings of Kwang-Tze. Zhuangzi: The Inner Chapters. Jackson, F., 1986, What Mary didnt know, Journal of Philosophy, 83: 291-295. XIVSwimming Happily in Chinese Logic - Oxford Academic 1985. This combined with Zhuangzis penchant for irony, the fact that Zhuangzi alludes to fictitious characters and texts, and even takes real figures like Confucius and attributes to the sage things we cant be sure Confucius actually said all of this can make it hard to know what exactly he thinks of the people and things he writes about. In Western thought experiments although there often are elements that defy reality as we know it, it is understood that that kind of setup is necessary to bring out certain features of a problem that do correspond to our reality. The Background of the Mencian Theory of Human Nature. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies 6.12: 215271. 1981/2001. Das wahre Buch vom sdlichen Bltenland. Other times the humans might be in a very ordinary situation, but the humans themselves are altered or have some special background. 21Van Norden makes the following comment on this story as it relates to an overarching theme we see in Zhuangzi about freeing the mind: By stressing flexible responsiveness to particular contexts, Zhuangzi encourages us to think in creative and nontraditional ways. But for the purposes of this paper, lets be charitable going forward and assume that there is some positive value in using thought experiments or made-up characters and stories as vehicles to raise questions or make a point. What better carriage? The point is often to free us from the human perspective. USefullnes is. ______, trans. It is the acknowledgement of his ignorance which give him a reason to better himselfbecause he knows just how far he is from who he could become. 11As mentioned before, Dancy explains that sometimes we come up with an imaginary case because its relevantly similar to an actual case, but the imaginary case is easier for us to think through. Zhang, Mosheng, , trans. One reason He presupposes the correctness of his own logic, and when the world shows him that he is incorrect, say through his failure to actualize some potential, he takes this as evidence that the world is incorrect. Were There Inner Chapters in the Warring States? ______. In this article we focus on the famous dialogue between Zhuangzi and Huizi concerning the question whether or not ren (in particular the shengren ) have qing . The Zhuangzi presentation of Hui Shis views concludes: He had many perspectives and his library would fill five carts but his doctrine was selfcontradictory. Being in the forest industry, I know that a crooked tree is not suitable for making standard commodity lumber products, but it can make high quality decorative products which feature its natural beauty and individuality.