What is it about?
Hao Wang (1921-1995) was a prolific philosopher and researcher known for his close intellectual friendship with Kurt Gödel. What light can Wang’s life and philosophical work shed on traditional dichotomy contrasting Chinese philosophy with the Western analytic tradition?
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Why is it important?
Wang’s unusual life was full of contradictions that were that “were not only … his own, [but] belonged also to a part of the difficult course of an entire generation”--not only the generation of Wang's classmates who became academics in China but also a generation of intellectuals of Asian descent seeking recognition in academia in America.
Perspectives
This publication brings to light Hao Wang's little known contributions to the forging intellectual partnerships between academia and the emerging computer industry. Some insights into the challenges Wang faced as an intellectual of Asian descent in America were confirmed by Wang's widow, Hanne Tierney, a performance artist and artistic director.
Gary Mar
Stony Brook University
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This page is a summary of: Hao Wang's Logical Journey, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, December 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6253.12221.
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