The School of Names (Míngjiā), or School of Forms and Names (Xíngmíngjiā), represents a school of thought in Chinese philosophy that grew out of Mohist logic. Sometimes termed Logicians, "dialecticians" or sophists modernly, Han scholars used it in reference to figures earlier termed Debaters (bian ze) or Disputers in the Zhuangzi, as a view seemingly dating back to the Warring States period (c. 479 – 221 BC).
The School of Names (Míngjiā), or School of Forms and Names (Xíngmíngjiā), represents a school of thought in Chinese philosophy that grew out of Mohist logic. Sometimes termed Logicians, "dialecticians" or sophists modernly, Han scholars used it in reference to figures earlier termed Debaters (bian ze) or Disputers in the Zhuangzi, as a view seemingly dating back to the Warring States period (c. 479 – 221 BC).
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