David Pankenier, Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven (Cambridge, 2013)
2018 WCP to be held in Beijing
I have just learned that in 2018, the World Congress of Philosophy will be held in Beijing, hosted by Peking University. Intriguing. If anyone has a report on the recently-completed WCP in Athens, I’m sure many readers would be interested!
Dao 12:3 TOC
Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2013
ISSN: 1540-3009 (Print) 1569-7274 (Online)
In this issue (15 articles)
CFP: Conference on Difference and Tolerance
Difference and Tolerance: A South-South Conversation
The conference will be held on March 13-14, 2014 in London. Funding is available to support travel and accommodation for a limited number of participants. Please send a paper title and brief abstract to conference organizers by November 30, 2013 at cpt2014@yahoo.com
New book on Meritocracy
A new book titled The East Asian Challenge for Democracy: Political Meritocracy in Comparative Perspective, coedited by Daniel Bell and Chenyang Li, has just been published by Cambridge University Press. It is an interdisciplinary work with contributions by leading historians, social scientists, and philosophers. It is the first book in decades to examine the rise (or revival) of political meritocracy and what it will mean for political developments in China and the rest of the world. It also reminds us that there are political alternatives to electoral democracy and military dictatorship. Here is the link on amazon, where you’ll see a brief endorsement from me (among other people).
Knowing to (act): Confucian situationist epistemology
The Lunyu’s conversations highlight and advocate a wide variety of the junzi’s commitments, dispositions, efficacy, responsiveness, and so on. Many of these focus on a person’s encounters with situations and, therein, one’s appropriate responses to the question, or undertaking of the task, at hand. From an epistemological point of view, how might we best capture these situationist capabilities and competencies?
There are at least three ways of making sense of the junzi’s situationist capacities/knowledge. There are probably more conceptual frameworks, including some plausible combinations of the three below:
Rituals make food taste better
Just happened to run across this today and thought it might interest people.
Confucian Religion Leaders Summit 2013
I recently received an invitation to attend — as an observer — the following event. Alas, I won’t be able to get myself to Jakarta for it, but I thought that blog readers might be interested to know that there is such an event. I will paste a little information here, and I also attach this longer document with some further details. I do not believe it is open to the public.
Workshop: The World of China from Confucius to Deng Xiaoping
The University of Central Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts, the Confucius Institute at the University of Oklahoma, and the Asian Studies Development Program affiliated with the East West Center, University of Hawaii invite teachers, scholars, and university students interested in the philosophy, history, and culture of China to attend a faculty workshop, 12-14 September 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Quail Springs, Oklahoma City.
Job in East Asian Philosophy
I am happy to be able to share the following job advertisement, from Colorado State University.
POSITION: Assistant Professor of Philosophy
QUALIFICATIONS: AOS: East Asian Philosophy. AOC: Open. PhD in hand by August 16, 2014, publications or evidence of strong research and scholarly promise, relevant language competence in AOS, and evidence of excellence in teaching required.
