论理论智慧

On Theoretical Wisdom(Sophia)

智慧论题在当代的复兴,是一个值得关注的现象。该论题要富有成果地展开,需要做一番返本开新的功夫。就此而言,亚里士多德哲学是一个很好的出发点。亚氏在沉思传统中对理论智慧作了经典论述,其中广义和狭义理论智慧并存而偏重狭义。在当代哲学中,柏尔的德性认识论致力于理论智慧的广义理解,冯契的智慧说则在实践转向的背景下着重阐发了狭义理论智慧。在肯定先哲、前辈和时贤思辨成就的前提下,我们试图在两个方面寻求突破:首先,在后形上学时代,通过哲学的变革,为狭义理论智慧重新定向;其次,勾勒一个风格导向的智慧概念,对包括理论智慧在内的各种智慧形态作出统一阐述。

The revival of interest in wisdom in recent decades merits attention.A fruitful investigation of wisdom requires that we go back to the classics on the one hand and make breakthroughs on the other.Aristotle’s philosophy is a good starting point for this purpose.Aristotle,in context of the contemplative tradition,offers us a classical analysis of theoretical wisdom which is interpreted in a broad as well as a narrow sense with the emphasis on the latter.In contemporary philosophy,Jason Baehr is more focused theoretical wisdom in a broad sense,whereas Feng Qi is more concerned about developing a concept of theoretical wisdom in a narrow sense against the background of the practical/pragmatic turn.Fully acknowledging the achievements of the forerunners,I argue that that we may make breakthroughs in the following ways:1)In the postmetaphysical era,we will reorient theoretical wisdom in a narrow sense through a reconstruction of philosophy;2)we will delineate a style-oriented conception of wisdom so as to make a unifying account of all forms of wisdom including theoretical wisdom.