In the post-rational era, how do we perceive the world? How do we know ourselves?
Listen to Chen Jiaying use easy-to-understand language to talk about the philosophical problems that you and I face together.
In the era of AI, how should people live?
Philosopher Chen Jiaying's recent thinking.
Perception, Knowledge, And Self-Awareness
Author: Chen Jiaying
Publisher: Beijing Daily Press
The philosopher Mr. Chen Jiaying studied phenomenology and the philosophy of language, and was good at analyzing philosophical problems from the discernment of small words, and finally mastered the question he had been thinking about, that is, the ancient Socrates question: "How should people live?" This book is the latest masterpiece of Teacher Chen to understand this philosophical question from the perspective of conceptual analysis such as perception and knowledge in light of the current era.
In the era of AI, how do we think about the position of people and the relationship between people and the world. In today's era of science is moving forward, artificial intelligence has surpassed people in many aspects, how should we look at the position of people in the world, and the meaning of human existence, as a philosopher who has long paid attention to the relationship between science and philosophy, Teacher Chen provides us with another perspective of thinking in this book: starting from feeling, understanding the world with understanding ourselves, and understanding the world to understand ourselves.
How to live better in this world, the problems discussed in this book are also the problems that we all face. Whether it is the study of phenomenology, the philosophy of language, the philosophy of science or ethics, "how people should live" has always been the core of Mr. Chen's thinking. What is the difference between humans and animals? What is the value of human beings? How should we better live in this world? This book may provide the answer you are looking for.
This book is based on Mr. Chen's series of courses "Perception and Knowledge" this spring, which not only involves the topics that Mr. Chen has been thinking about, but also involves the latest development research in science, especially cognitive science, while retaining the language style of the lecture and the Q&A session, and talking about abstract philosophical issues in easy-to-understand language. It is aimed at both professional readers and the general public.
◎ About the author
Chen Jiaying is currently a senior professor in the Department of Philosophy of Capital Normal University. He has taught at Peking University and East China Normal University. His research interests include modern Western philosophy, including phenomenology (especially Heidegger's philosophy), philosophy of language (especially Wittgenstein's philosophy), philosophy of science, and ethics. His major works include "Introduction to Heidegger's Philosophy", "Philosophy, Science and Common Sense", "Reasoning", "Concise Philosophy of Language", "What is a Good Life", "The Reason for Value", "Out of the Only View of Truth", "Starting from the Feeling", etc., and the author of "Reading", compiled "Wittgenstein's Reading", "Existence and Time", "Philosophical Studies", "Feeling and Perceptual Objects", "Linguistics in Philosophy", "The Limits of Ethics and Philosophy" and so on.
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