수용과 도전 : 한국 현대 철학의 성과와 ‘동아시아 현대 철학’의 전망

Abstract

This article begins with the problem how the three east-asian countries, that is Corea, China, and Japan, have responded to the pressure of western imperialism in the late 19th century in their philosophy, treats the process of development and its limit of Corean modern philosophy from the colonial age through the age of national division to the 21st century, and searches out the philosophical inner dynamics by which the Corean modern philosophy must take daring action on the global problems toward the dimension of the globe. Meanwhile, the Corean modern philosophy has achieved the real-time reception of western philosophies and the qualitative rise of philosophical studies up to the international level, the restoration of the spiritual relation with the traditional philosophies and thoughts, and the basic ability to treat the actual philosophical problems posed from the real ordinary life. Nevertheless, the Corean modern philosophy has not yet brought forth the Corean philosophy with its own scientific characteristic, nor finished with raising its traditional philosophical works to the rank of classics. More than this, the Corean modern philosophy dose not fill itself up with the philosophical dynamics for lack of the modern project of enlightenment of reason.. Just at such point of time and situation of the philosophies of east-asian countries, I present the prospect that the philosophers of south and north Corea, China and Japan will be able to contribute to the solution of the problems of global significance, if we can philosophize and communicate with each other by our own philosophical competence on the east-asian dimension, posing the common philosophical problems and re-reading the common classics.