Shambhala Press has published How Confucius Changed My Mind: And What He Can Teach You about the Art of Being Human by Charles B. Jones. For more details, see here.
Author Archives: Steve Angle
Van Norden Reviews, Jiang, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China
Bryan Van Norden’s review of Tao Jiang, Origins of Moral-Political Philosophy in Early China (Oxford, 2021) has been published in Mind vol. 134.
Carleo, Progressive Confucianism: Its Proponents and Prospects
Robert A. Carleo’s thorough and carefully annotated summary of a roundtable on “Progressive Confucianism” has now been published by The Philosophical Forum as “Progressive Confucianism: Its Proponents and Prospects.” See here for full-text read-only access, and below for the abstract. This is as good a compact summary of the idea of progressive Confucianism as any I have seen!
ISCP 2025 Conference Program released
The full program for the 2025 ISCP Conference is now available in the conference website here. A rich and exciting range of presentations!
Obryk Reviews Zhao, Aristotle and Xunzi on shame, moral education, and the good life
Please see the Bryn Mawr Classical Review site here for Matylda Amat Obryk’s review of Jingyi Jenny Zhao, Aristotle and Xunzi on shame, moral education, and the good life. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2024).
CFP: ISEAP Conference on Progressive East Asian Philosophy
We are pleased to inform you that the International Society of East Asian Philosophy (ISEAP) will have its fifth international conference, titled Progressive East Asian Philosophy, on August 28-29, 2025 at the National Chengchi University, Taiwan. The conference poster is here.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Heisook Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Professor Stephen C. Angle (Wesleyan University)
What does it mean to pursue progress from within East Asian philosophical traditions? And how might they offer insight into ongoing global conversations around social reform, ethical responsibility, political transformation, and justice? This year’s gathering focuses on how these traditions both classical and contemporary can contribute to our understanding of progress in practical philosophy.
Abstracts for individual papers and organized panels should be submitted by June 1, 2025 (Japan Time). Please check our website for more details: ISEAP 2025 Conference
You can also connect with us on our website and social media.
Website: https://iseap.jp/
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/iseapjp
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalSocietyofEastAsianPhilosophy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iseap
Sincerely yours,
Fion Wu
On behalf of ISEAP
Call for Applications – Social Ontology in Wuhan: A Summer School
The School of Philosophy at Wuhan University is pleased to invite applications for its 2025 Social Ontology Summer School. The Summer School will explore various topics in social ontology, including collective intentionality, metaphysics of social categories, Chinese social thought, and philosophical issues in the social sciences. It will take place June 5th through 8th, 2025. Planned speakers include Peter Finocchiaro (Wuhan University), Gina Lebkuecher (Wuhan University), Michael Longenecker (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law), Rachel Sterken (Hong Kong University), Shuchen Xiang 项舒晨 (Xidian University), and Hwa Yeong Wang (Duke Kunshan University).
The Summer School is funded by the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University and the International Social Ontology Society.
Applications are due by April 15th, and are open to undergraduate and graduate students within China. Travel and lodging expenses will be covered for accepted applicants. Please see the Wuhan University website post, linked here for more information about how to apply.
New Article: Brys, “Action-based Benevolence”
The European Journal of Philosophy has just published Waldemar Brys’s essay “Action-Based Benevolence”; see here. This provocative paper is the first essay specifically on Chinese philosophy in the EJP, which now joins the list of “mainstream” journals that have published works of Chinese or comparative philosophy.
If you publish in a journal outside of the specialist journals that we try to routinely track here at Warp, Weft, and Way, by all means let us know and we’ll share the news.
Read on for the Abstract.
2025 CSCS-ATI Summer School-Buridan and the Buddha: Nominalism and Universals from East to West
Please see here for more information about “2025 CSCS-ATI Summer School, Buridan and the Buddha: Nominalism and Universals from East to West,” which will be held at at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China. The co-leaders are Prof. Vincent Eltschinger (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris) and Dr. Boaz Schuman (KU Leuven).
SDCF 10th Summer Program in Chinese Studies
SDCF is excited to announce that we will be running the “10th Greater China Region Summer Program in Chinese Studies” for 2025! We are conducting the program both in person and with an online viewing option, with participation from both scholars and key opinion leaders.
Please refer to our webpage (https://sinological.org/) or send email to info@sinological.org for more information. Scholarships are available for those with a degree in the topics of the program, but also online viewer or self-funding options could be selected for those without background.
