Jin Yuelin

Jin Yuelin

Jin Yuelin ( Chinese  金岳霖 ; * 1895 in Changsha , Hunan Province ; † 1984 ) was a Chinese philosopher and logician.

Born in Changsha City , Hunan Province , he went to the United States in 1914 after graduating from Tsinghua College to study political science at the University of Pennsylvania . After completing his BA, he enrolled at Columbia University in 1917 to continue his political science studies. After receiving his Magister Artium, he received his doctorate in 1920 with a thesis entitled The Political Theory of THGreen .

Following his doctorate, Jin Yuelin embarked on a five-year research trip through Europe that took him to Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. After returning to China, he first taught philosophy at Peking University and Tsinghua University , where he founded the Faculty of Philosophy in 1926. From 1952 to 1955, Jin was, similar to his previous position at Tsinghua University, in a double function as professor and dean of the philosophy faculty at Peking University. Subsequently, he became the vice director at the Institute of Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Works

• 1935: Logic ( Chinese  邏輯 )
• 1940: About the Dao ( Chinese  論 道 )
• 1965: A Critique of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy ( Chinese  羅素哲 學 批判 )
• 1983: Epistemology ( Chinese  知識 論 )

literature

• Hu Jun: Jin Yuelin's Theory of Dao . In: Chung-Ying Cheng & Nicholas Bunnin (eds.): Contemporary Chinese Philosophy . Oxford 2002, pp. 102-123