Department of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong
In early August I’ll be attending what promises to be a fascinating workshop at the Fondation Hardt on emotions in ancient Greek and Chinese thought, organized through the diligent and difficult efforts of Curie Virag and Douglas Cairns of Edinburgh. The title of the event is “In the Body, in the Mind, and in the…
I’m attending an unusual conference at Fudan University 復旦大學 in Shanghai on the theme “Sosa Encountering Chinese Philosophy.” The conference poster is here. The aim of the conference is put Ernest Sosa’s virtue epistemology into dialogue with Chinese sources. Here’s the Introduction to my own very tentative contribution:
I’ll be giving two lectures at National Cheng Chi University 國立政治大學 in Taiwan next week: “Zhuangzi and Normative Ethics” on Thursday, Nov. 8, and “Mind and World in Xunzi” on Friday, Nov. 9. The poster for the event is here. These are part of the Cross-cultural Philosophy lecture series 跨文化哲學講座系列 at the NCCU Research Center…
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has published an updated version of my article on later Mohist thought. This update presents major revisions to the sections on distinguishing similarities and differences, on the Mohist logical concept of “paralleling,” and on the Mohists’ critical evaluation of methods of argument. This version includes a clarification and defense of…
Besides my annual introductory course, PHIL1034, I will be teaching two courses in our major next year: PHIL2410 Mind and Language in Chinese Thought. (Syllabus to be updated before the course begins.) PHIL2450 Zhuangzi. (Syllabus to be updated before the course begins.)
I will be teaching this year at the annual Philosophy Summer School in China sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This year’s theme is Chinese-Western Comparative Philosophy, and the program will take place at Capital Normal University from July 30-August 15. The other lecturers are Michael Beaney (the organizer and coordinator), Carine Defoort,…
Eric Schliesser recently posted a thoughtful discussion of how the Mohist account of the shift from a state of nature to political society might resemble some varieties of social contract views. I posted a comment in response, which led to a fruitful exchange about the Mohist conception of the origin of political authority. The entire…
For HKU students: A provisional syllabus for my new course PHIL2435 Traditional Chinese Political Thought is now available.
I’m posting here selections from the Mohist “Dialogues” included in my abridged translation of the Mozi, which I hope will be forthcoming before too long. Here is the file: Selections from the “Dialogues” Following the example of the Stephanus numbering used to cite from the works of Plato and the Bekker numbering used to cite…
In the 2017–2018 academic year, I will be offering the following courses: Semester 1: PHIL2430 Chinese Philosophy: Ethics (Thurs 13:30-15:20) Semester 2: PHIL1034 Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics and Politics (Tues 10:30-12:20) PHIL2435 Traditional Chinese Political Thought (Tues 13:30-15:20) PHIL2430 and PHIL2435 are both designed as intermediate courses especially suitable for second- and third-year students.