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The Vienna Circle in China: The Story of Tscha Hung

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Tscha Hung was a member of the Vienna Circle who achieved high international academic recognition. He dedicated his entire life to spreading the philosophy of the Circle to China and developed deep insights in his criticisms to that philosophy. Hung was a witness to the encounter of Western and Chinese philosophy in the twentieth century. His debate with Fung You-lan on metaphysics reflects different understandings of the nature of philosophy and metaphysics as well as different perspectives. Hung defended the position of metaphysics in Chinese philosophy in his own way and engaged in a contemporary reconstruction of Chinese philosophy.

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Acknowledgements

I am very grateful to Professor Hans Sluga for his careful reading of my draft and many helpful comments. I would like to thank Professor Fredrich Stadler very much for his great patience in waiting so long time for the completion of this work. Thanks are also due to Professor Li He, former editor of the Journal of World Philosophy, who allowed me to quote some materials from my Chinese paper on the reception of the Vienna Circle that was published in China in issue 6 of the journal in 2009.

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Jiang, Y. (2022). The Vienna Circle in China: The Story of Tscha Hung. In: Ramharter, E. (eds) The Vienna Circle and Religion. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76151-6_11

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