Analytic Philosophy in China and the Integration of Modern Chinese Philosophy.

The introduction of analytic philosophy to China coincided with the second Eastern expansion of Western philosophy in China at the beginning of the twentieth century. The history of the study of analytic philosophy in China can be divided into four periods: the first half of the twentieth century, the time between 1949 and 1980, the 1980s until the end of the last century, and the beginning of the new century. There are four main research fields in which Chinese scholars of analytic philosophy have become interested in succession: the philosophy of science, the philosophy of language and logic, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of cognitive science. Modern Chinese philosophy has been integrated with ancient Chinese, Western, and Marxist philosophy. This integration is grounded in some holistic features of contemporary Chinese philosophy, in which textual research, philosophical interpretation, and empirical reasoning as analytic methods are illuminated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]