Hon-Yin and Suet-Fong Chan Professor, School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong
I recently gave a presentation at the 2nd Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic, held at UCLA June 20-23, 2023, which was dedicated to the theme of “Existence and Nonexistence.” Kudos to the organizers, Milo Crimi, Graziana Ciola, and Calvin Normore, who went out of their way to include contributions exploring the theme of…
I’ll be speaking at an upcoming conference at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on June 16-17 entitled “Dialogues on the States of the Field: Ethics in the Zhuangzi.” The format of this conference promises to be especially fruitful: junior colleagues at CUHK will present critiques of six prominent interpretations on Zhuangist ethics, and the…
I’ll be speaking on March 10 at the 2023 Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, to be held at York University March 10–12. This year’s conference organizer is Julianne Chung, and the conference website is here.
I’ll be speaking on line Nov 11 as part of the Chinese Philosophy Seminar Series at the University of Warwick. A list of speakers and registration links is posted here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/worldphilosophies/activities/chinese_philosophy_seminar_series/ I’ll be reprising the topic of my recent McGill talk, “The Xunzian Critique of Legalism and Its Contemporary Significance.”
On October 4 I’ll be speaking at a colloquium in the Department of East Asian Studies at McGill University in Montreal. I’m grateful to Professors Jeehee Hong and Robin Yates for arranging this event. My topic is “The Xunzian Critique of Legalism and Its Contemporary Significance.” This presentation is a preliminary selection from my work…
I’m looking forward to an upcoming visiting lecture on Sept 30 in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal. The event announcement is here. My lecture will be based on the paper posted here. Much thanks to Jing Hu 胡靜 for arranging the talk, and it will be a delight to visit Montreal,…
I recently had a productive and enjoyable visit with colleagues from the Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience and the Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy at Hokkaido University. The title of my talk was “A Path with No End: Skill and Ethics in Zhuangzi and Mozi.” The event announcement is here and…
Congratulations to Douglas Cairns and Curie Virag, who are putting the finishing touches on a novel, collaborative anthology that brings together specialists in early Chinese and ancient Greek thought to explore various understandings of emotion in the Chinese and Hellenistic traditions. The title of this volume, forthcoming from Oxford University Press, is In the Mind,…
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: