This volume combines philosophy, the social theory of knowledge,
and historical analysis to present a comprehensive study of the
idea of certainty as defined in the Western and Chinese
intellectual traditions. Philosophical ideas such as certainty are
the products of deeply layered socio-historical constructions. The
author shows how the highly abstract idea of certainty in
philosophical discourse is connected to the concrete social process
from which the meaning of certainty is derived. Three different
versions of certainty--in modern Western thought, in German
Idealism, and in traditional Chinese philosophy--are examined in
the context of a historical-comparative study of Western and
Chinese social processes.
Three versions of the idea of certainty are represented by the
three distinct philosophical discourse and societies explored in
this book. However, the pursuit of certainty transcends culture as
a fundamental aspect of philosophical thought. This in-depth study
shows how the social genesis and function in philosophy of the
specific meaning of certainty has been delineated through a process
of complex idealogical negotiation by dominant social groups--the
bourgeoisie in modern Western Europe, the nobility and state
bureaucrats in 18th- and 19th-century Germany, and the landed
gentry in traditional China. The author concludes by suggesting new
avenues for study inspired by his research.
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