The Discovery of Chinese Logic

Joachim Kurtz, PhD (2003) in Sinology, is Professor of Intellectual History at Heidelberg University. He has published extensively on late imperial and modern Chinese philosophy and thought, and is co-editor of New Terms for New Ideas (Brill, 2001).

All those interested in intellectual history, the global histories of logic and philosophy, Chinese-Western and Chinese-Japanese exchanges, East Asian Studies, as well as Begriffsgeschichte, translation studies and historical epistemology.

"Every claim, every detail is backed up by the meticulous reading of primary texts and an encyclopedic grasp of secondary literatures in Chinese and several other languages...Kurtz's work is an undeniably impressive achievement, and one that casts considerable doubt on the narrative of Chinese logic now standard in Chinese scholarship. It thus marks a major milestone in our understanding of Chinese logic."
Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University, History and Philosophy of Logic (March 2012)

"The greatest achievement of this book is the author's adherence to an objective attitude while explaining the historical process of this 'exception'...The author purposely includes a tremendous amount of background information focused on the dissemination of the main line of European logic, and even goes through painstaking efforts to investigate the study of logic in the European missionary system of education."
Nie Hongqing, Logistics Department, Sun Yat-sen University. Review translated from the Chinese original by Michael Chang. Chinese Cross Currents Reviews, Vol. 9, No. 4, October 2012.

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One. First Encounters: Jesuit Logica in the Late Ming and Early Qing
Chapter Two. Haphazard Overtures: Logic in Late Qing Protestant Writings
Chapter Three. Great Expectations: Yan Fu and the Discovery of European Logic
Chapter Four. Spreading the Word: Logic in Late Qing Education and Popular Discourse
Chapter Five. Heritage Unearthed: The Discovery of Chinese Logic
Epilogue