近年来,公共哲学(public philosophy)这一用语在中国也逐渐为学术界所接受,这一方面是由于我国学术界对于国外思潮的敏锐捕捉,另一方面则是得益于日本公共哲学研究者在中国的大力推介。其实,半个世纪前“公共哲学”这一用语就在美国出现了,1955年李普曼(W alter Lippman)出版了 In recent years, the term “public philosophy” has gradually been accepted by academics in China as a result of the keen seizure of foreign thought in China’s academic field and on the other hand, thanks to the scholars of Japanese public philosophy Strong promotion in China. In fact, the term “public philosophy” appeared in the United States half a century ago. In 1955, W alter Lippman published