I was in Taiwan a few weeks ago and picked up a newish (2011) book: 《漢語哲學新視域》or New Horizons of Chinese Philosophy. The term for “Chinese philosophy” here is hanyu zhexue: the standard word for “philosophy” coupled with a term that means “Chinese language.” The collection of essays (edited by 汪文聖 Wang Wensheng) is divided into four section:

• Viewing Earlier Chinese Philosophy from the Perspective of Today’s Problematiques
• Viewing Western Philosophy from the Perspective of the Problematiques of Chinese Philosophy (zhongguo zhexue 中國哲學)
• Viewing Chinese philosophy (zhongguo zhexue 中國哲學) from the Perspective of Western philosophy’s Problematiques
• Viewing Western Philosophy from the Perspective of Universal Problematiques

One of the most interesting papers in this collection, which also nicely showcases the idea of “Chinese [-language] philosophy,” is Fabien Heubel (何乏筆)’s “漢語哲學在台灣：當代儒學與跨文化修養論的前景 Taiwan and the Potential of Contemporary Philosophy in Chinese [i.e., hanyu zhexue — SA] — On the Prospects of a Transcultural Theory of Cultivation.” Here is his abstract:

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I’m posting this on behalf of John Makeham at the Australian National University. — Karyn Lai

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Call For Manuscripts — Modern Chinese Philosophy (Brill, Leiden and Boston), Edited by John Makeham, Australian National University    ISSN 1875-9386

Unlike classical, medieval, Buddhist or post-Tang Confucian philosophy, Modern Chinese philosophy has been largely ignored in Western studies of Chinese philosophy. This series aims to redress this imbalance by publishing authoritative, innovative and informative studies in Chinese philosophy from the late Qing period to contemporary times. It aims to become the series of choice for prospective authors of studies on Modern Chinese philosophy writing on topics in New Confucian philosophy, modern Buddhist philosophy, Chinese Marxist philosophy, modern Daoist philosophy, as well as works of a … read more comparative nature. It will be “catholic” in its judgment of what constitutes Chinese philosophy, adopting the norms favoured by Chinese scholars and intellectuals, as well as those adopted in the Western academy.

Brill welcomes submissions of book proposals and manuscripts for consideration for inclusion in the series. Submissions need to be in English and can be sent to the attention of the Publishing Editor, Qin Higley at higley@brill.com.

Books published in this Series include:

Late Works of Mou Zongsan: Selected Essays on Chinese Philosophy by Jason T. Clower (forthcoming, 2014)

Jin Yuelin’s Ontology: Perspectives on the Problem of Induction, by Yvonne Schulz Zinda (2012)

The Discovery of Chinese Logic, by Joachim Kurtz (2011)

Thinking Through Confucian Modernity: A Study of Mou Zongsan’s Moral Metaphysics, Sébastien Billioud (2011)

The Thought of Mou Zongsan, by N. Serina Chan (2011)

The Religious Philosophy of Liang Shuming: The Hidden Buddhist, by Thierry Meynard (2010)

The Unlikely Buddhologist: Tiantai Buddhism in Mou Zongsan’s New Confucianism, by Jason T. Clower (2010)

For more information please visit www.brill.com/map

Can Confucianism Save the World? Reflections by Three Contemporary Political Thinkers

Speakers:

• Prof Daniel A. Bell, Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy; Director of the Center for International and Comparative Political Philosophy, Tsinghua University
• Prof Joseph Chan, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong
• Prof Tongdong Bai, Dongfang Chair Professor of Philosophy, Fudan University

Date:                     Thursday, 15 May 2014

Time:                     5:15pm-6:30pm

Venue:                 Lobby, Oei Tiong Ham Building, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore