Digitalized grammatization and critical thinking: synthesizing Chinese Chan pedagogy and Bernard Stiegler’s negentropic knowledge

Amiao Wu ()
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Amiao Wu: Hong Kong Baptist University

Palgrave Communications, 2023, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract This paper attempts to initiate a dialogue between Bernard Stiegler’s theories and Chinese Chan philosophy for a new vision of critical thinking. Specifically, I argue that Chan way of teaching can be aligned with Stiegler’s emphasis on recovering negentropic potentials and maintaining a noetic awareness within the context of algorithmic life. First, I present Stiegler’s discussion of intergenerational relations in transmitting true knowledge and his concerns about the liquidation of cognitive capabilities among younger generations. Second, I show how Chan teaching via the koan system may open up a perspective for transmitting “noetic experiences” and accentuating young people’s critical faculties. Then, I examine “the ordinary mind” of Chan teaching and consider how it corresponds to Stiegler’s negentropic form of knowledge. Finally, I contend that fostering critical thinking is to encourage young people to engage in lived activities and liberate them from the entropic non-becoming of digitalized grammatization.

Date: 2023
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