Conceptual Misalignment as a Method A Case Study of Chinese Philosophy in the Anglophone Context
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Conceptual misalignment refers to the dynamic in which the process of crystallizing ideas and theories from a distant source text in the contemporary anglophone context is accompanied by significant tension, as the original concepts and their anglophone counterparts do not align perfectly. This phenomenon frequently goes undetected or is viewed as merely an obstacle that non-western and/or history of philosophy research projects must surmount to gain relevance in contemporary discussions. Through examining cases from classical Chinese philosophy, this paper aims to elucidate the phenomenon of conceptual misalignment and proposes seeing it not as an obstacle but rather as an important resource of doing philosophy that merits serious attention.
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