Later Mohist Logic, “Lei”, Classes and Sorts
(2005) Journal of Chinese Philosophy — Vol. 32, n° 3, p. 349-365 (2005)
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- (en) In this article I evaluate the consistency of the Mohist logical approach, especially of the famous “although robbers are people, killing robbers is not killing people”. I propose a solution inspired by the logic of sorts which I defend in examining the Mohist notion of “lei” (kind or sort) and in showing that it gives a common background allowing one to interpret such different logics as the logics underlying Gong Sun Long, the Mohist and contemporary classical logic.
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Lucas, T. (2005). Later Mohist Logic, “Lei”, Classes and Sorts. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 32(3), 349-365. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6253.2005.00198.x (Original work published 2005)