Notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en Hu Shih <P>19th and <a href="china-20th-century.html">20th century</a> Chinese philosopher and historian of philosophy, active in the May 4th movement and the early 20th century Chinese literary renaissance; a disciple of John Dewey who tried to adapt <a href="pragmatism.html">American pragmatism</a> to Chinese circumstances. <ul>Recommended: <li>Jerome B. Grieder, <cite>Hu Shih and the Chinese Renaissance: Liberalism in the Chinese Revolution, 1917--1937</cite> <li>HS <ul> <li><cite>The Chinese Renaissance</cite> <li><cite>Logical Method in Ancient China</cite> [emphasizing the <a href="chinese-philosophy-warring-states.html">Warring States</a> period] <li>"Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism in China: Its History and Method," <cite>Philosophy East and West</cite> <strong>3</strong> (1953): 3--24 [<a href="">JSTOR</a>] </ul> </ul> <ul>To read: <li>Chou, <citE>Hu Shih and Intellectual Choice in Modern China</cite> <li>Vera Schwarcz, <cite>The Chinese Enlightenment: Intellectuals and the Legacy of the May Fourth Movement of 1919</cite> </ul>