文化哲学在新世纪的学术使命

The Academic Mission of Cultural Philosophy in the New Millennium

在 2 1世纪已经来到的时候 ,文化哲学的研究者在新的世纪应该有更新的思考和学术作为。为此作者提出文化哲学在新世纪的学术使命。文章第一部分主要从学科的对象比较与方法比较的角度 ,阐述文化哲学的学科定义和特征 ,认为文化哲学是哲学而不是文化学 ,认为文化哲学研究是哲学的事业。文章的第二部分认为 ,文化的根本特质是“生活”。作为人类的全部生活样式系统 ,文化具有自己的自足性特色和规定 ,在不同民族的文化中 ,哲学并不一定都是起决定作用的最重要的意识形式。所以 ,哲学是文化的派生物、附着物。探讨哲学的文化属性 ,是研究哲学的真正基础工作。文章的第三部分主要阐述哲学的研究对象———存在和理念———的文化性质。指出哲学理念实际上是文化理念 ,哲学的抽象实际上是文化的“合象”。文化哲学应该研究文化间的哲学冲突与融会的可能性。这一迫切的崭新事业 ,首先要求建构中国文化的当代基本哲学理念。

The 21st century is here to stay and it is time for researchers of cultural philosophy to come up with newer thinking and academic achievements in the new century. For this reason, the writer proposes the academic mission for cultural philosophy in the new century. The first part of this article sets out to elaborate on the scientific definition and characteristics of cultural philosophy from the perspectives of comparisons of object of study and methodology of the discipline, maintaining that cultural philosophy is a philosophy rather than culturology and that cultural philosophy research is a philosophical enterprise. The second part of the article holds that the essential attribute of culture is 'life'. As a pattern system of all life of the humankind, culture has its intrinsic self-sufficiency and mandates. In the culture of different cultures, philosophy is not necessarily the most significant ideological formations that play key roles. Therefore, philosophy is a derivative and appendix of culture. It is the true fundamental work for philosophical research to explore the cultural attributes of philosophy. And the third part of the article mainly discusses the cultural character of the object of study of philosophy --- being and ideas, pointing out that philosophical ideas are in actuality cultural ideas. The abstraction of philosophy is in effect the 'coincidence' of cultures. Cultural philosophy should research into the possibilities of philosophical conflicts and mergence between cultures. This urgent and brand new enterprise first requires a construction of contemporary basic philosophical ideas for the Chinese culture.