The Chinese philosophical debates about logic and language are never far from political and moral concerns. They recognized the importance of being precise with words as well as, for the Daoists, inconsistency and vagueness of words. Bring in Chad Hansen's discussion on the philosophy of language in the Zhuangzi and the Laozi to facilitate comparison with early Wittgenstein and the logical positivists. Chad Hansen, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation, Oxford University Press (1992). Alternatively, this is a good opportunity to discuss propaganda and rhetoric as ways to facilitate (or dissolve) moral and societal cohesion.

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