abstract

Mou Zongsan used to say that in Western philosophy there exist three different traditions. The first is the tradition of Plato and Aristoteles, the second is the tradition of Kant and Hegel, and the last is the tradition of Leibniz and Russell. I am afraid, however, that this kind of interpretation is already outdated and incapable of encompassing the rich variegations of Western philosophy as a whole. In my view, the various options would have been exhausted by supplementing the preceding list with the tradition founded by Husserl and Heidegger and the one set up by Whitehead. All of these traditions together encapsulate the most important domains of philosophy, such as ontology, epistemology, and axiology. In this article I closely investigate the epistemological thought of Bertrand Russell in order to find out whether it contains any aspects from which we can borrow and learn.

摘要

牟宗三曾经说过，在西方哲学中存在着三种不同的传统。第一个是柏拉图和亚里士多德的传统，第二个是康德和黑格尔的传统，最后一个是莱布尼茨和罗素的传统。然而，恐怕这种解释已经过时，无法从整体上囊括西方哲学的丰富多样性。在我看来，如果用胡塞尔和海德格尔创立的传统以及怀特黑德建立的传统来补充前面的清单，那么各种选择就会被穷尽。所有这些传统共同概括了哲学中最重要的领域，例如本体论、认识论和价值论。