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Andrew Fuyarchuk: The Cosmological Source of Creativity in the Light of Metaphysical Hermeneutics

Jean Grondin’s endeavor to revive metaphysics in a “post-metaphysical” age resonates with the ramifications of Cheng’s onto-generative hermeneutics for Western philosophy. However, Cheng also pinpoints a shortcoming in Grondin that undermines his aims, an underdeveloped understanding of the cosmological source of creativity. To ameliorate this dilemma, Grondin’s claim that Gadamer rejects the source of metaphysical light in Plato is reassessed based on (1) Heidegger’s rethinking of existence as the Daoist Fourfold and (2) a re-interpretation of “the Good beyond Being.” Rather than a boundary to understanding, for Cheng, “beyond Being” signals an existential encounter with the Daoist void. In this way, the light in Grondin’s metaphysical hermeneutics resurfaces from the ground up in Cheng’s cosmo-ontology.

Fuyarchuk, A. (2026). The Cosmological Source of Creativity in the Light of Metaphysical Hermeneutics. Journal of Chinese Philosophy (published online ahead of print 2026). https://doi.org/10.1163/15406253-12340164

Andrew Fuyarchuk
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Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.