再论中西哲学之根本差别

Further Discussion of the Fundamental Difference between Chinese and Western Philosophy

在中西哲学之“根本差别”的问题背景中,需要考察整个西方哲学运行其上的基本建制以及它在这一建制中的独特展开方式,以便通过考察的具体化而将理解进一步引向深入。这一考察包括:形而上学是什么,“超越”问题,西方形而上学历史中的四重区分,作为柏拉图主义的基督教以及形而上学的“存在—神—逻辑学”机制等问题。在没有超感性世界和感性世界之分割—对立的地方,也就没有一般意义上的形而上学;在西方形而上学的“存在—神—逻辑学”机制不起作用或无从起作用的地方,才是中国哲学在其中活动和展开的那个境域。由此而来的分野从源头的实质上标志着中西哲学的根本差别,正是此种差别在决定性的大端上规定着中西哲学不同的性质、构造与走向。

In the context of the problem of the fundamental difference between Chinese and Western philosophy,it is essential to investigate the basic system on which the entirety of Western philosophy operates and the unique way it has developed within this system,so that concrete observation can help deepen understanding.The observation involves the issues of what is metaphysics,"transcendence,"the four distinctions in the history of Western metaphysics,Christianity as Platonism,and the"Onto-Theo-Logik"mechanism in metaphysics.In a general sense,there can be no metaphysics where there is no division or opposition between the transcendental and sensory worlds.Where the"Onto-Theo-Logik"mechanism of Western metaphysics fails to work or has no chance of working,the field is one in which Chinese philosophy should make active moves and undertake development.The division arising from this context essentially marks the fundamental difference between Chinese and Western philosophy.When it comes down to it,it is this difference that determines the differences in the nature,structure,and direction of Chinese and Western philosophy.