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2The Case of the Upright Man in the AnalectsPhilosophy East and West 73 (4): 980-1003. 2023.In the Analects (13.18) we find a case that a son reported his sheep-stealing father to the authorities, and Confucius and the Duke of She disagreed whether the son was upright or not. This case reflects a conflict of strong and deep intuitions, and it continues to ignite heated debates. This essay first tries to clarify the nature of this conflict and Confucius' position, as it has many different interpretations. Next, a variety of arguments in support of Confucius' position are examined and ar…Read more
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14The Case of the Upright Man in the AnalectsPhilosophy East and West. forthcoming.In the Analects (13.18) we find a case that a son reported his sheep-stealing father to the authority, and Confucius and the Duke of She disagreed whether the son was upright or not. This case reflects a conflict of strong and deep intuitions, and it continues to ignite heated debates. In this paper I first try to clarify the nature of this conflict and Confucius’s position, as it has many different interpretations. Next, I examine and articulate a variety of arguments in support of Confucius’s …Read more
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19Li, Maozeng 李茂增, The Beauty Beyond Words: A Critical Biography of Z hu Guangqian 無言之美: 朱光潛評傳Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 16 (3): 451-455. 2017.
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5The human cationic antimicrobial protein LL-37 is a multifunctional host defense peptide with a wide range of immunomodulatory activities. Previous work has shown that LL-37 exerts both pro- and anti-inflammatory effects. The role of mitochondria in the skin inflammatory effects of LL-37 has not been well studied. Therefore, our aim was to investigate the immunomodulatory effect of LL-37 in HaCaT cells and to delineate the underlying mechanisms related to mitochondrial function. Immunohistochemi…Read more
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Book Review (review)Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 6 (4): 433-436. 2007.Wang, Shuren 王樹人, Back to the Original and Creative Thinking—Chinese Wisdom Viewed from “Image Thinking” 回歸原創之思—“象思維”視野下的中國智慧 Nanjing 南京: Jiangsu Renmin Chubanshe 江蘇人民出版社, 2005, 7–15–36–396 pages
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113Chinese Logic and the Absence of Theoretical Sciences in Ancient ChinaDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 8 (4): 403-423. 2009.In this essay, I examine the nature of Chinese logic and Chinese sciences in the history of China. I conclude that Chinese logic is essentially analogical, and that the Chinese did not have theoretical sciences. I then connect these together and explain why the Chinese failed to develop theoretical sciences, even though they enjoyed an advanced civilization and great scientific and technological innovations. This is because a deductive system of logic is necessary for the development of theoreti…Read more
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34Cai, Zhenfeng 蔡振豐, ed., Interpretations and Development of ZhuXi Studies in East Asia 東亞朱子學的詮釋與發展: Taipei 臺北: National Taiwan University Press 臺灣大學出版中心, 287 pagesDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 12 (2): 247-251. 2013.
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Interpretations of ProbabilityDissertation, The University of Connecticut. 2003.In this dissertation I aim to clarify the concept of probability. There are three kinds of interpretation of probability: the objective interpretation, the logical interpretation, and the subjective interpretation. The objective interpretation understands probability as a natural property that exists independently of our minds. I will clarify and defend one version of objective probability---the propensity interpretation of probability. I reject the logical interpretation of probability that tre…Read more
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29Tang, Wenming 唐文明, Worries Nearby: Cultural Politics and the Future of China 近憂:文化政治與中國的未來: Shanghai 上海: Huadong Shifan Daxue Chubanshe 華東師範大學出版社, 2010, 233 pagesDao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 13 (1): 141-145. 2014.
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34Wang, shuren 王樹人, back to the original and creative thinking—chinese wisdom viewed from “image thinking” 回歸原創之思—“象思維”視野下的中國智慧Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 6 (4): 433-436. 2007.
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Philosophy of Probability |
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