中西哲学时空观差异的词(字)源检视  

Etymological Verification of Discrepancy in Notion of Time and Space Between Chinese and Western Philosophy

作　　者：何清强[1] He Qing-qiang(Ningbo University,Ningbo 315211,China)

机构地区：[1]宁波大学,宁波315211

出　　处：《外语学刊》2025年第2期111-118,共8页Foreign Language Research

基　　金：国家社科基金后期资助项目“基于汉英语言对比和中西哲学比较的汉语本体语言观构建”(19FYYB029)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：对中西方哲学时空观差异的阐释是比较哲学的重要课题之一。从哲学本身出发的研究对此已有基本认识:西方哲学具有反思时间本性的传统,把时间从存在中独立出来并赋予其优先地位;中国哲学则从未出现形而上学的时间概念,空间整体观为其基本世界观和方法论。本文对中西方哲学宇宙论和本体论基本概念的词(字)源分析结果表明,用以指称西方哲学一系列概念的词语均源自原始印欧语的动词性词根,而用以指称中国哲学一系列概念的词语源自表名物的象形字符。动词反映时间规定性,名词反映空间规定性,故词(字)源分析结果也能印证两者时空观的上述差异。Expounding on discrepancy in notion of time and space between western and Chinese philosophy is one of major tasks in territory of comparative philosophy studies,about which a basic understanding has been achieved from perspective of philosophy itself.There is a tradition to ponder over the nature of time which is independent from being and has a priority in western philosophy.But metaphysical concept of time never exists while holism is the basic world-view and methodology in Chinese philosophy.An etymological analysis of basic concepts in western and Chinese cosmology and ontology shows that concepts in western philosophy originate from verbal root in Proto-Indo-European language,while concepts in Chinese philosophy originate from nominal hieroglyphs,which confirms the conclusion mentioned above according to the principle that verbs load time information and nouns load space information.

关 键 词：中国哲学 西方哲学 时空观 名词 动词 词(字)源分析 

分 类 号：B089[哲学宗教—哲学理论]