An important new book on in role of Yogacara Buddhism in shaping modern Chinese thought has been published. Click here or read on for details.
Click here for information about the 2nd Annual International Conference on Philosophy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, to be held Nov. 24-25, 2014 in Singapore. Chenyang Li of Nanyang Technological University will be one of the keynote speakers.
The Department of Philosophy and Religion at Western Carolina University invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in Religion at the Assistant Professor level, beginning August 1, 2014.
10th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought
co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department
at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
April 25th-26th, 2014
Conference Program Continue reading →
I am very happy to announce the 2nd Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy, which will be held on Friday, April 11, on the topic “Xunzi on Authority.” Four scholars of Chinese philosophy will present papers, each followed by a critical commentary from a member of the Rutgers University Philosophy Department. Attendance (including lunch) is free but requires an advance RSVP so that we know how much food to get. Please read on for details!
Stanford scholar shows Koreans and Americans tackle moral dilemmas using different brain regions … offers first look at neural differences between cultural groups solving tricky moral problems.
Someone pointed me to the story, published here (thank you, Annette Bryson!). The study, which is hyperlinked in the story, is available here for free download (last I checked). I have no real comment on it yet, but thought some blog readers who are interested in empirical studies about moral thinking in Confucian societies might find it interesting, assuming, as I do, that Korea has a society that still remains heavily influenced by its history of Confucianism.
The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA) has released its latest Newsletter, with information about the new Board of Directors, Member news, and more.
The Dao Companion to Classical Chinese Philosophy has been published (Amazon link). Read on for more information. Continue reading →
CFP from Douglas Duckworth at Temple University:
The International Society for Buddhist Philosophy (ISBP) is soliciting paper proposals for a panel on the status of self-awareness (svasaṃvedanā) in Buddhist thought, in the group meeting at the Annual Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (APA) Eastern Division in Philadelphia, PA (December 27-30, 2014). Papers that address what is at stake in the debates around the topic of self-awareness from phenomenological, analytic, and/or Buddhist perspectives are welcome.
Papers may engage such questions as: Can there be self-awareness without a self? Is self-awareness foundational, or foundational to Buddhism? Does a claim to the presence of self-awareness entail any ontological commitments? Is self-awareness a source of knowledge? What (if anything) is self-awareness aware of and what (if anything) does self-awareness explain?
Please send title, abstract (250 words), personal information (name, email, and institutional affiliation) to Douglas Duckworth (duckworth[at]temple.edu) by May 1, 2014.
Douglas Duckworth
Temple University
