•  5
    Zhang Dongsun: Pluralist Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy
    In Chung‐Ying Cheng & Nicholas Bunnin (eds.), Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, Blackwell. 2002.
    This chapter contains section titled: Pluralistic Epistemology Panstructuralism Cultural Epistemology.
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    Book Reviews (review)
    with Eric Sean Nelson, Sky Liu, Xiaomei Yang, Canpeng Zhao, Yong Huang, and Stephen J. Goldberg
    Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy 3 (1): 143-165. 2003.
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    Kang Youwei on the Subjection of Women
    Journal of Chinese Philosophy 49 (3): 227-239. 2022.
    This paper examines Kang Youwei’s view of sexual equality based on the study of his The Book of the Great Unity (Da Tong Shu 《大同書》). The paper shows that Kang’s critique of the subjection of women is the most systematic, profound, and fierce in the history of modern Chinese philosophy. Although his theory of the oppression of women and sexual equality is essentially the combination of liberalism, utilitarianism, and socialism, his work on the subject should be given a special place in modern fem…Read more
  •  75
    The Unity of Opposites
    Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy 8 95-99. 2018.
    In the universe, there are countless pairs of opposites. In Chinese philosophy, there are general names for these opposites, i.e., yin and yang. In this paper I argue that the unity of opposites is a theme common to Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic philosopher, and Laozi, the best known Daoist. More specifically, I argue that both Heraclitus and Laozi believe the following: 1) opposites produce and depend on each other, without one there can’t be another; 2) each thing in the universe consists of oppo…Read more
  •  1
    Mengzi : human nature is good
    In David Edward Jones & Ellen R. Klein (eds.), Asian Texts, Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian Philosophies and Religions, State University of New York Press. 2009.
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    The law of non‐contradiction and chinese philosophy
    History and Philosophy of Logic 13 (1): 1-14. 1992.
    This paper discusses some paradoxical propositions in Chinese tradition, especially the School of Names. It not only explains what Chinese philosophers mean by these propositions and why there are such paradoxes in Chinese philosophy, but also makes an attempt to formulate these paradoxical propositions in the language of symbolic logic. Meanwhile, the paper makes a comparison between Chinese views about contradiction and Aristotle?s law ot non?contradiction and explores the relation between the…Read more
  •  23
    The Dilemma Faced by Chinese Feminists
    Hypatia 15 (3): 140-160. 2000.
    In this essay I argue that in any country, the realization of sexual equality requires a certain level of economic development. I support this general theme by examining a particular case—a dilemma faced by Chinese feminists today. I intend to show that in a developing country such as China, where heavy physical labor is still in great demand in daily life and productive activity, full sexual equality cannot be a reality.
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    Courage and Self-Control
    The Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 1 59-64. 2007.
    An important question about the nature of courage is whether it is a form of self-control. In this paper I argue that there are different kinds of courage and therefore the question whether courage is a form of self-control cannot be given a uniform answer. Courage exhibited in all cases may be classified as either spontaneous or deliberative courage. Spontaneous courage is not a form of self-control and usually is called for in emergency situations. It results from long-term moral cultivation, …Read more
  •  36
    Why was mengzi not a vegetarianist?
    Journal of Chinese Philosophy 32 (1). 2005.
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    Reply to Jay Gallagher
    Hypatia 17 (1): 71-76. 2002.
    : In response to Jay Gallagher's criticism, I emphasize that my article "The Dilemma Faced by Chinese Feminists" (2000) is aimed at showing how both the level of economic development and sexual difference are relevant to the realization of sexual equality. It is a much more serious theoretical attempt than to argue that men have a physical advantage in a society where heavy labor is still in great demand
  •  106
    Confucianism, women, and social contexts
    Journal of Chinese Philosophy 36 (2): 228-242. 2009.
    No Abstract
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    The examined life: Chinese perspectives: essays on Chinese ethical traditions (edited book)
    Global Publications, Binghamton University. 2002.
    ... virtue (arete) with Confucius' key notion ren — which has also been interpreted as "virtue" — in order to make explicit whether and to what extent they ...
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    Moral Perception and Its Evaluative Dimension
    Proceedings of the Xxii World Congress of Philosophy 10 215-220. 2008.
    Moral Perception is the moral agent’s perception of the morally significant situation. In recent decades, the question about the role of moral perception in the moral life has drawn more and more attention in contemporary ethical theories. It has been widely acknowledged that the virtuous person perceives a given morally significant situation differently from others. But, current discussions of moral perception have been focused on the cognitive function of moral perception i.e., moral perceptio…Read more
  •  26
    Courage And The Aristotelian Unity Of Action And Passion
    Philosophical Inquiry 22 (1-2): 23-45. 2000.
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    Chinese Dialectical Thinking—the Yin Yang Model
    Philosophy Compass 8 (5): 438-446. 2013.
    The yin yang model of thinking is most essential to the Chinese cosmology, ontology and outlook on life. This paper is a systematic discussion of such a dialectical way of thinking and its significance. It starts with investigating the origin and the meaning of terms “yin” and “yang”, and explains the later developed yin yang doctrine; it then shows how greatly and profoundly the yin yang model of thinking has influenced Chinese philosophy and Chinese character. It concludes that Chinese natural…Read more
  •  25
    The Study of Chinese Philosophy in the English Speaking World
    Philosophy Compass 6 (3): 168-179. 2011.
    This paper proposes that the study of Chinese philosophy in the English speaking world has evolved in the three stages, i.e., the stage of preliminary introduction, the stage of communication, and the stage of deep study. The paper also tentatively investigates how problematic methodology in the study of Chinese philosophy and the prevalent conception of philosophy contribute to the marginalization of Chinese philosophy in the English speaking world and suggests some possible ways for the study …Read more
  •  29
    On the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese Thought (review) (review)
    Philosophy East and West 55 (3): 489-493. 2005.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:On the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese ThoughtXinyan JiangOn the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese Thought. By Jane Geaney. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002. Pp. vii + 267. Paper $20.00.On the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese Thought by Jane Geaney is a most valuable and original work on Chinese philosophical views of the senses [End Page 489] in the Warring States period (ca. f…Read more
  • Courage, Passion and Virtue
    Dissertation, University of Cincinnati. 1994.
    An important question about the nature of virtue is whether an agent's being virtuous requires the harmony in the agent between right action and right passion. This dissertation tries to answer this question by examining a particular virtue-- courage. ;The dissertation discusses different positions in both the West and the East on the relation of action and passion in the virtue of courage. These positions form a spectrum as follows: Mencius's view : courage does not involve battling with advers…Read more
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    Mencius on human nature and courage
    Journal of Chinese Philosophy 24 (3): 265-289. 1997.
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    The dilemma faced by chinese feminists
    Hypatia 15 (3): 140-160. 2000.
    : In this essay I argue that in any country, the realization of sexual equality requires a certain level of economic development. I support this general theme by examining a particular case--a dilemma faced by Chinese feminists today. I intend to show that in a developing country such as China, where heavy physical labor is still in great demand in daily life and productive activity, full sexual equality cannot be a reality
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    Mengzi and the Archimedean Point for Moral Life
    Journal of Chinese Philosophy 41 (1-2): 74-90. 2014.
    “The Archimedean point for moral life” discussed in this article refers to the starting point of one's moral reasoning and what ultimately makes moral life possible. The article intends to show that Mengzi's doctrine of the Four Beginnings may throw some light on our search for such an Archimedean point. More specifically, it argues for the following: Mengzi's doctrine of the Four Beginnings actually takes moral sentiments as the Archimedean point for moral life; Mengzi's view of the starting po…Read more
  •  72
    Courage and Self-Control
    The Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 1 59-64. 2007.
    An important question about the nature of courage is whether it is a form of self-control. In this paper I argue that there are different kinds of courage and therefore the question whether courage is a form of self-control cannot be given a uniform answer. Courage exhibited in all cases may be classified as either spontaneous or deliberative courage. Spontaneous courage is not a form of self-control and usually is called for in emergency situations. It results from long-term moral cultivation, …Read more
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    This comparative study argues that both Aristotle and the Ch'eng-Chu School deny that a weak-willed person truly and clearly knows what is best at the time of action, but their analyses of a weak-willed person's knowledge are rather different. It is shown that both Aristotle and the Ch'eng-Chu School believe that practical knowledge presupposes repeatedly acting on it and thus that the defect of the weak-willed person's knowledge cannot be overcome by purely cognitive training
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    Review of Zhang Dainian, Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy (review)
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2003 (1). 2003.