深思关于哲学和哲学家的五个隐喻

Reflections on Five Metaphors of Philosophy and Philosophers

四位哲学家关于哲学和哲学家的五个隐喻对于我们理解什么是哲学大有助益。柏拉图描述泰勒斯为“仰望星辰的人”,这一隐喻说明了哲学家的群体特征;胡塞尔的“一个无限遥远的点”与尼采的“一个带角的问题”形象地说明了哲学研究对象的特质;柏拉图所提出的“像猎人一样合围”深刻说明了哲学的认识方法和研究方法;罗素所提出的“一片无人之域”则说明了哲学研究领域的地貌特征。综合分析这五个隐喻,可以帮助我们整体理解哲学研究主体、对象、方法及相关领域的内容与特质。

Four philosophers’five metaphors about philosophy and philosophers are very helpful for us to understand what philosophy is.Plato describes Thales as a“man looking up to the stars”,which illustrates the group characteristics of philosophers;Husserl’s an“infinitely distant point”and Nietzsche’s“a question with an angle”vividly illustrate the characteristics of the object of philosophical research;Plato’s“encirclement like a hunter”profoundly illustrates the cognitive and research methods of philosophy;Russell’s“a No Man’s Land”shows the geomorphic features in the field of philosophy research.A comprehensive analysis of these five metaphors can help us understand the content and characteristics of the subject,object,method and related fields of philosophy.