The Discussion And Analysis Of Jin Yue Lin's Theory Of Knowledge

Mr. Jin Yuelin is the pioneer in the research field of epistemology in the history of Chinese philosophy. His works of "Theory of Knowledge", revolving around the aim of "what comes from experience still treats experience", systematically expounds the sources and formations of knowledge as well as the reliability of knowledge and the standard of judging the true or false of it. On the effective principle, taking "the existing outside thing" and "the existing sense perception" as prerequisite, Mr. Jin holds that sense experience is "the storage of knowledge " and also affirms that the abstraction of " idea " plays a key role in the course of forming knowledge.The epistemology of Mr. Jin is a broad and profound system, presenting following characteristics: being sustained by his ontology; with sensation of a normal kind as center; insisting acquaintance with rational knowledge; being abundant in the features of Chinese philosophy; and so on.Mr. Jin's theory provides well effective answer for solving the puzzle of "Why general and certain knowledge is practicable" and remedies the defect in studying the theory of knowledge in China; Also, his theory makes china keep up with and even surpass the West in the knowledge theory field; Mr. Jin's theory introduces the method of logic analysis into knowledge theory research and changes the writing pattern of Chinese traditional philosophy text.