This week, we will look at how Koreans formed their own culture and ideas. What we consider to be “Korean” today is the result of their long-standing self-awareness and tenacious …
The term “cultural boundary” is in fact an existing term in human geography and anthropology. It is usually used to describe a geographic area where a group of people live …
Have you ever heard of the Korean word “Uri(우리)”? If you look closely at the word “Uri,” you can see how Koreans understand themselves and their relationships with other beings. …
The Horak Debate was able to take place in Korea thanks to the long lineage of Korean philosophy spawned by the aforementioned Four-Seven Debate. Let’s explore what the Horak debate …
Centred around Confucian philosophy, an initial form of Neo-Confucianism was created in China in the 11th century, when Buddhism and Daoism began greatly influencing scholars’ interpretations of Confucian philosophy. This …
Before starting to study traditional Korean philosophy, I would like to introduce an opinion on the relationship between reason and emotion in Western culture. An Australian philosopher, Tom Cochrane, states …
The ancient Chinese culture had the deepest influence on pre-modern Korea. Out of this deep influence, “Confucianism”’ may be one of the most important. The two examples we will cover …
In our final lesson, we took a broad look at what constitutes the Korean Matrix. Remember, Korean philosophy is not only applicable to Koreans but is accessible to anybody who …
In the meantime, we have covered several themes, but they are actually just the tip of the iceberg. If you are curious, I would like to give you some tips …
Koreans have developed their way of thinking by innovating on knowledge at cultural boundaries. What we have talked about so far is mainly about what happened in the past; this …
This is the end of this week. We have gone from the term “philosophy” of the ancient Greeks to the term “philosophies” as used in the modern day, describing other …
Now, we are ready to explore Korean philosophy. For this, it is necessary to examine Chinese influences on Korean culture first. Pre-modern Koreans adopted many cultural influences from Chinese culture …
Korean has many Sino-Korean words. This is because Koreans had adopted the Chinese character, Hanja, which allowed for both an acceptance of Chinese culture and for the expression of the …
As we learned in the video in 2.6, Hangeul’s originality is in fact also an achievement developed from cultural boundaries. Behind the principles of Hangeul, there are three common heritages …
Let’s briefly recall the video in 1.4. In the video, we considered a changing landscape of philosophy from ancient Greece to the East Asian countries in the 20th century. These …