Neo-Essentialism: Regulation and Commonality in Subjective World
来源:Lecture Notes in Economics, Management and Social Sciences, Vol.60 (July 15-16,2023), pp.385-392. | 作者:Yong Duan | 发布时间: 2023-08-18 | 7106 次浏览 | 分享到:
Abstract: What we call national character is not an abstract thing that exists in the objective world, but understanding that is abstractly summarized after we observe the thoughts and behaviors of one by one specific person. Abstract things can transcend particular time and space and apply to a very large scale, so abstract things have great value. Regulation and commonality are abstract things. There are two kinds of regulation and commonality: one is in the objective world and one in the subjective world. Regulation and commonality in the objective world are not the source of knowledge, nor are they the criteria for testing truth. Theories about the regulation and commonality of the objective world are dogmatic. Essence offen refers to abstract regulation and commonality. Dialectical Dualism holds that the essence in the objective world has no value, while the essence in the subjective world has high value and is the main contents of human civilization and culture. The main task of philosophical Ontology is to establish the essence in the subjective world, including the Origin, Noumenon, regulations, concepts, commonalities, world views and so on. This is the Neo-essentialism.
Key words: Ontology; Essentialism; Essence; Anti-essentialism; Abstract

Objective Idealism has been looking for these essences, sticking to the original goal, so Objective Idealism has been doing the right thing. Although Objective Idealism has serious faults, it cannot be denied that it is doing the right thing, that is, doing something of great value.

Anti-essentialism, Subjective Idealism and Materialism pointed out the faults of Objective Idealism, but failed to see the advantages of Objective Idealism, not seeing the Origin is not general consciousness, but only the most abstract consciousness of regularity. So Descartes and Hume failed to knock down Objective Idealism, but it was later carried forward by Hegel. The Anti-essentialists had just been finding faults with Objective Idealism instead of doing the right thing. Philosophical theories need to be constantly overthrown and renewed, but Anti-essentialism only overthrew without renewing anything. To overthrow and renew is to establish new Essentialism while opposing old Essentialism.

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