Hello,

The Institute of Philosophy at Seoul National University is hosting a lecture by Dr. Lisa Zhang from Tohoku University, Japan, on the topic "Indian Logic in Early Twentieth-Century China: Ambitions, Adaptations and Abandonments."

We cordially invite all interested parties to attend.

- Date and Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Venue: Room 403, Building 6, College of Humanities (Institute of Philosophy)
- Speaker: Dr. Lisa Zhang (Tohoku University)
- Title: Indian Logic in Early Twentieth-Century China: Ambitions, Adaptations and Abandonments

## Lecture Overview:

While various forms of logic from South Asia had shaped Chinese thought for over a millennium through the spread of Buddhism, the Chinese term Yindu luoji (Indian logic) emerged as a neologism in the late nineteenth century. Previously, what became known as Yindu luoji had been called yinming, the Chinese Buddhist translation of the Sanskrit term hetuvidyā. Yinming had hitherto been seen primarily as a methodological tool for argumentation within Yogācāra Buddhism. However, as it evolved into Yindu luoji in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it took on new roles, ranging from a tool for national salvation to a means of modernising Buddhism - while also facing criticism as a study of limited practical value. My talk discusses the contexts that led to this (re)invention of Indian logic in China, and the implications of its development for the broader history of comparative logic.

## Speaker Introduction:

Lisa Zhang is a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Tohoku University, researching ideas of philosophy, history, and identity in the context of Chinese politics, China-India relations, and broader imaginaries of Asia. Her articles and chapters have appeared in the journal China and Asia and the edited volumes Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands and Redefining Propaganda in Modern China. She is also the co-author of Through the India-China Border (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2024) . In 2023, Lisa was awarded the Runner-Up Young Scholar Award by the European Association of Chinese Philosophy.