中西形而上学复兴面临的挑战

The Challenges in the Revival of Chinese and Western Metaphysics

与中国形而上学传统有所不同,西方形而上学传统最初是作为基于认知需要探究超感性存在的“第一科学”而产生的,并呈现出注重认知理性的特色倾向。但随后,它又因为引入信仰需要导致了异化演变,如同中国形而上学传统一样浸润着各种源于非认知需要的魅惑。从这里看,当前中西形而上学复兴面临的挑战其实是自败性的:倘若复魅,就会在扭曲存在问题的非科学道路上越走越远;如果祛魅,又将回归如实探究存在问题的科学存在论,而不再成为形而上学了。

Different from the Chinese metaphysical tradition,the Western metaphysical tradition was originally established as the“first science”out of cognitive needs to explore the super-perceptual being,thus showing a characteristic tendency of stressing cognitive reason.However,it was then led to an alien evolution because of the introduction of non-cognitive needs of belief into itself,and was therefore permeated with many mystical charms like the Chinese metaphysical tradition.From this point of view,the challenges facing the current revival of Chinese and Western metaphysics are actually self-defeating:assuming the re-enchantment,their revival would go further on the non-scientific road of distorting the truth of being;assuming the disenchantment,their revival would no longer be metaphysics,but the scientific ontology of exploring the truth of being.