China and the West

Zhou Xiaoliang : Nowadays David Hume's philosophy is more and more discussed by Chinese philosophers, including those who are studying Western analytical philosophy and the philosophy of sciences. In these two fields, as we know, Hume is regarded as either a precursor or an important contributor. One more reason for explaining the attraction of Hume's philosophy is, that in Chinese philosophy, there is a lack of a sceptical tradition. Chinese philosophers, therefore, have special interests in considering how to evaluate a theory like Hume's scepticism.