梅約翰教授
梅約翰教授
澳大利亞國立大學名譽教授
樂卓博大學名譽教授
澳大利亞人文科學院院士
梅約翰（John Makeham）是澳大利亞國立大學名譽教授、樂卓博大學名譽教授以及澳大利亞人文科學院院士; 也曾在香港中文大學、阿德萊德大學、國立台灣大學以及惠靈頓維多利亞大學擔任過學術職務和客座教授。研究專長為中國哲學思想史; 對先秦以來的儒家思想尤其感興趣，也頗關注佛教思想在前現代及現代儒家哲學中作為知識資源的作用。他是博睿學術出版社《現代中國哲學》著作系列的系列編輯，也是博睿學術出版社新出的《東亞佛教哲學》著作系列的系列編輯之一。他曾獲得約瑟夫·列文森圖書獎（2005年）以及中華圖書特別貢獻獎（2015年）的獎項; 也曾任過大洋洲亞洲哲學與比較哲學協會會長（1994-1996年）以及澳大利亞中國研究協會會長（2017-2019年）。
熊十力與朱熹論「道德之惡」的根源
摘要：
熊十力（1885–1968）是20世紀最重要的中國哲學家之一，獲公認為現代「新儒家」哲學的奠基者之一。鑑於朱熹（1130–1200）所創發具有高度系統性的理學思想以及他思想遺產的深遠影響，朱熹則或堪稱千年以來最重要的中國哲學家。
本講座將比較熊十力和朱熹二人對「道德之惡」的根源所採取的理論進路。我會集中討論熊十力的《明心篇》（1959）; 在本書中熊十力以「性」與「心」解釋「道德之惡」的根源。然後我會論證，熊、朱二人的進路，其實是同構的；這種同構性頗有意義，因為這就意味著，熊十力是有意識地借鑑於朱熹思想以及朱熹所借鑑的佛教概念模式，特別是6世紀佛教文本《大乘起信論》裏的概念模式。本講最後一部分將論證，熊十力並不甘於單單借鑑朱熹的觀點，他也嘗試解決朱熹的理論缺失。
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Xiong Shili’s Ti-Yong Metaphysics and the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith’s “One Mind, Two Gateways” Paradigm
摘要：
Xiong Shili 熊十力 (1885-1968) was very much heir to a body of philosophical traditions, in which the ti-yong polarity featured centrally in repeated attempts, since at least the fifth century, to answer the question, “How can the unconditioned (the absolute, suchness, principle) be realized if our cognitive awareness is circumscribed by the conditioned nature of human existence?” The focus of this seminar presentation is on how Xiong drew on Huayan, and later on Tiantai, philosophical resources to articulate changing formulations and refinements of his signature metaphysical doctrine of the “non-duality of ti and yong” (體用不二). The period covered spans the 1930s to the early 1960s. These resources were grounded in accounts of the relationship between li 理 and shi 事, which, in turn, were philosophical responses to and developments of the account of the relationship between the unconditioned and the conditioned in the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith (Dasheng qixin lun 大乘起信論), as encapsulated in its “one mind, two gateways” (一心二門) model.
The first part of this presentation will establish the connection between Xiong’s pre-1950 account of the non-duality of ti and yong thesis and the Huayan doctrine of the non-obstruction of li and phenomena (理事無礙). In the 1950s, Xiong’s ontological views changed substantially. The second part will seek to show how Xiong’s late 1950s-early 1960s account of the non-duality of ti and yong thesis is theoretically grounded in Tiantai accounts of ti-yong.
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