International Conference on Nature and Value in Chinese and Western Philosophies
I am pleased to be able to share the program for a conference that Tao Jiang of Rutgers University has organized, with some assistance from me and from Ruth Chang of Rutgers. Anyone who is interested in attending can contact Ms. Susan Rosario (see below) for information.
1st Annual Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP)
An International Conference on Nature and Value in Chinese and Western Philosophies
April 4-5, 2013
Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center 178 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
USA
Organizers:
Tao JIANG (Rutgers University)
Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University)
Ruth Chang (Rutgers University)
Thursday, April 4, 2013
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Welcome Remarks
Joanna Regulska (Vice President for International and Global Affairs, Rutgers University)
Jeffrey King (Chair, Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University)
9:00 am – 10:30 am
The Role of Nature in Early Confucian Ethics
Moderator: Ching-I TU (Rutgers University)
Presenters:
Kwong-loi SHUN (Chinese University of Hong Kong) — Ethical Justification and Ethical Appeal
Sor-hoon TAN (National University of Singapore) — Xunzi and Naturalistic EthicsCommentator: Ruth Chang (Rutgers University)
10:30 am – 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Nature and Norm in Buddhism and Neo-Confucianism
Moderator: Sukhee Lee (Rutgers University)
Presenters:
Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University) — Nature (xing) as Ground of Ethics: Neo-Confucianism And/Versus Buddhism
Justin Tiwald (San Francisco State University) — The Relationship between Imperatives and Natural Tendencies in Neo-ConfucianismCommentator: Barry Leower (Rutgers University)
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Crafting Human Nature in Early Confucianism
Moderator: Wendy Swartz (Rutgers University) Presenters:
Amy Olberding (University of Oklahoma) — From Corpses to Courtesy: Xunzi’s Defense of the Artifice of Etiquette
Hagop Sarkissian (Baruch College, CUNY) — Manipulating Human Nature in Early Chinese Thought
David Wong (Duke University) — The Moral Craftsmen of Human Nature in the Analects and the XunziCommentator: Owen Flanagan (Duke University)
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Happiness and Compassion in Comparative Ethics
Moderator: Jessey Choo (Rutgers University)
Presenters:
Jiyuan YU (SUNY Buffalo) — Moral Naturalism in Daoism and Stoicism
Tongdong BAI (Fudan University, China) — Mencius, Nietzsche, and the Nature of CompassionCommentator: Michael Slote (University of Miami)
5:30 pm Reception and Dinner
Friday, April 5, 2013
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Facts and Values in Neo-Confucianism
Moderator: Deborah Sommer (Gettysburg College)
Presenters:
HUANG Yong (Kutztown University) — How To Derive Ought from Is: Zhu Xi’s Neo- Confucian Approach
PENG Guoxiang (Peking University, China) — Nature as Value: A Confucian One-body Ecological VisionCommentator: Holly Smith (Rutgers University)
10:30 am – 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Chinese Naturalistic Metaethics in Comparative Perspective
Moderator: Peter Klein (Rutgers University)
Presenters:
Chris Fraser (University of Hong Kong) — Chinese Naturalism and the Limits of Ethics
JeeLoo LIU (California State University, Fullerton) — Grounding Objectivity in Confucian EthicsCommentator: Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers University)
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch
1:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy
Moderator: Chun-fang Yu (Columbia University)
Presenters:
Chienkuo MI (Soochow University, Taiwan) — What Is Knowledge? When Confucius Meets Ernest Sosa
Rueylin CHEN (National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan) — Intellectual Virtues and Craft Knowledge in Traditional China
Hsiang-Min SHEN (Soochow University, Taiwan) — On Zhu Xi’s Theory of Investigation, Knowledge and Intellectual Virtue: A Perspective from Virtue EpistemologyCommentator: Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University)
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
The Problem of Freedom in Confucian and Daoist Philosophical Projects
Moderator: Richard Simmons (Rutgers University)
Presenters:
Tao JIANG (Rutgers University) — Isaiah Berlin and the Problem of Spiritual Freedom in the Zhuangzi
Kai Marchal (Soochow University, Taiwan) — Paradoxes and Possibilities of “Confucian Freedom”: From Yan Fu (1853-1921) to Mou Zongsan (1909-1995)Commentator: Larry Temkin (Rutgers University)
6:00 pm Dinner
Special thanks to our sponsors whose generous support has made this conference possible:
Confucius Institute of Rutgers University, Dean of Humanities at School of Arts and Sciences, Director of Rutgers China Office, Department of Philosophy, and Department of Religion
All inquiries should be directed to Ms. Susan Rosario srosa@rci.rutgers.edu.
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