You‘ve really put some thought into this, thanks for sharing.
Though I don’t want to make a critique I would like to save you a bit of future trouble as a courtesy from someone who has trodden down the same path.
The issue with basing a philosophy on Mozi is that there are no ‘fixed standards’. All standards, like the rest of the universe, are forever in flux. Universal frameworks can not exist.
For the next stage I found reading Liezi was helpful.
Basing it on Mohism is more of an aesthetic decision than anything; if classical Mohism has an issue then Neo-Mohism should set out to solve it. :)
I think there’s a difference between “no fixed standards” and “the ability to update standards in light of new evidence”. Neo-Mohism is definitely about “strong opinions, weakly held” kind of thing. The standards it sets forth are only to be overturned by failing a test, and until then should be treated as the best answer so far.
You‘ve really put some thought into this, thanks for sharing.
Though I don’t want to make a critique I would like to save you a bit of future trouble as a courtesy from someone who has trodden down the same path.
The issue with basing a philosophy on Mozi is that there are no ‘fixed standards’. All standards, like the rest of the universe, are forever in flux. Universal frameworks can not exist.
For the next stage I found reading Liezi was helpful.
Thanks for the feedback!
Basing it on Mohism is more of an aesthetic decision than anything; if classical Mohism has an issue then Neo-Mohism should set out to solve it. :)
I think there’s a difference between “no fixed standards” and “the ability to update standards in light of new evidence”. Neo-Mohism is definitely about “strong opinions, weakly held” kind of thing. The standards it sets forth are only to be overturned by failing a test, and until then should be treated as the best answer so far.