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Professor
Prof. Palmquist, Stephen R.
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Email
: stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk
Website
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www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp
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| I.
Education |
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D.Phil., in Philosophical Theology from Oxford University (St. Peter's College), completed Aug. 1987; primary supervisors Prof. John Macquarrie and Prof. W.H. Walsh.
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B.A., in Religious Studies (Music minor) from Westmont College (Santa Barbara, California), completed May 1979; graduated with honours (Magna Cum Laude [3.7 gpa]).
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| II.
Academic Experience |
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1. Subjects Taught:
Seven different
Religious Studies Major classes:
- Hermeneutics
- Special Topics/Readings in
Religion
- Mysticism and
Religious Experience
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Experience and Reality
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Myth, Ritual, and Religious Symbolism
- Approaches to the Study of Religion
- Philosophy of Religion
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Fourteen different
Complementary Studies classes:
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The Story of
Western Philosophy
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Introduction to
Philosophy
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Psychology and Christianity
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Religion, Psychology & Personal Growth
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Philosophy of the Christian Religion
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Philosophical Issues in Religion
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Major Biblical Themes
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Philosophy of Love
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Introduction to Christianity
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Natural Science and Christianity
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Science, Technology and Society
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Philosophy of Religion
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Major Streams in Western Philosophy
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Special Topics in Philosophy: God and Man in Kant's Religious Philosophy
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One Humanities class:
2. Research Interests:
Areas of Expertise (*), Special Interest (+), and Competence:
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Kant-Studies (all aspects)*
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Logic of Symbolism*
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Philosophy of Religion*
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Theology of Politics+
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Depth Psychology+
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Philosophy of Love+
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History of Western Philosophy
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Philosophical Anthropology
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Philosophy of Science
3. Appointments:
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Sept. 1987 to present: Department of
Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Professor since Feb. 2007; Associate Professor, July 1993 to
Jan. 2007.
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June 1993 to present: Visiting Lecturer
in Philosophy at the Grace Institute for Religious Learning,
Berkeley, California.
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July 2006 to July 2007: Invited by Prof.
Allen Wood to be a Visiting Scholar in the Department of
Philosophy at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
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Oct. 2002 to Oct. 2004: Academic Board
Chairman for the Learning Community College, Causeway Bay,
Hong Kong.
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Sept. to Dec. 2001: Invited by Prof.
George Lakoff to be a Visiting Scholar in the Department of
Linguistics at University of California, Berkeley.
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Mar. 1989 to Mar. 1992: Part-time
lecturer for University of Hong Kong Department of
Extra-Mural Studies, teaching evening classes on ¡¥Philosophy
of Kant¡¦ and ¡¥Modern Philosophy¡¦.
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4. Professional
Memberships:
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1999 to present: Hong Kong Philosophy
Cafe (founder).
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1996 to present: Philopsychy Society
(founder).
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1987 to present: North American Kant
Society.
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1986 to present: American Philosophical
Association.
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1988 to 1998: Hong Kong Philosophy
Society.
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1988 to 1995: Society of Christian
Philosophers.
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5. Honours and Awards:
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- Apr. 2007 to present: Selected for listing in Contemporary
Authors (2007).
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- Mar. 2006 to present: Selected as International Advisory
Board member for the Fortlaufender Kommentar zur Kritik der
reinen Vernunft project (2006-2012).
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- Sept. 2003 to present: Selected for listing in Who¡¦s Who for
Professionals (2004).
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- June 1996 to Nov. 2003: Personal web site (with home page at
www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/) was selected as ¡¥Web site of the month¡¦
by Point of Life (11/03), offered the reputable ¡¥StudyWeb
Excellence Award¡¦ (6/99), given a ¡¥Special Mention Award¡¦ by the
Churches.com organization (7/98), placed on a list of web sites
specially recommended by the Britannica Internet Guide (5/98),
won Majon Web Select¡¦s prestigious ¡¥seal of excellence award¡¦
(6/97), and selected as ¡¥Top 1% of the Web¡¦ by 21st Century
Renaissance (6/96).
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- Jan to Feb. 2001: Nominated for a ¡¥21st Century Award for
Achievement¡¦ and selected as an ¡¥International Personality of
the Year¡¦ for 2000 by the International Biographical Centre in
Cambridge, England.
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- May 2000: ¡¥Seagull¡¦s Song¡¦ selected as best poem submitted
by a guest poet in April 2000 to The Poet¡¦s Porch, located at
poetsporch.homestead.com/mainpage.html.
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- June 1994: Given ¡¥Best Insight¡¦ Award by the graduating
Religious Studies Major students.
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- Dec. 1989: Voted by the year 2 students in Religious Studies
at Hong Kong Baptist College as the Best Lecturer for 1989-90.
(This award was discontinued in 1990.)
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| III.
Scholarship/Publications |
1. Refereed Journal Articles (33):
- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Moral Panentheism¡¦, Philosophia 36:1 (2008).
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- ¡¥Echoes of God¡¦s Presence¡¦ (a poem), Journal of
Interdisciplinary Studies XIX 1/2 (July 2007), p.180.
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- ¡¥Kantian Redemption: A Critical Challenge to Christian Views of
Faith and Works¡¦, Philosophia Christi 9.1 (Spring 2007), pp.29-38.
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- ¡¥Emergence, Evolution, and the Geometry of Logic: Causal Leaps
and the Myth of Historical Development¡¦, Foundations of Science 12.1
(March 2007), pp.9-37.
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- ¡¥Silence as the Ultimate Fulfillment of the Philosophical
Quest¡¦, Journal Hekmat Va Falsafeh, (Journal of Wisdom and
Philosophy), Issue 6 (August 2006), pp.67-76.
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- ¡¥Kant, Buddhism, and the Moral Metaphysics of Medicine¡¦
(co-authored with Adriano Palomo), Journal of Indian Philosophy and
Religion 7 (October 2002), pp.79-97.
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- ¡¥Philosophers¡¦ Views on the Use of Non-Essay Assessment Methods:
Discussion of an E-Mail Survey¡¦, Teaching Philosophy 21.4 (1998),
pp.373-391.
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- ¡¥Report on ¡§An E-Mail Survey Concerning the Use of Non-Essay
Assessment Methods in Introductory Philosophy Classes¡¨¡¦, American
Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy 97.2
(Spring 1998), pp.144-145.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Critical Hermeneutic of Prayer¡¦, The Journal of Religion
77:4 (October 1997), pp.584-604.
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- ¡¥How ¡§Chinese¡¨ Was Kant?¡¦ (abridged version), The Philosopher
84:1 (Spring 1996), pp.3-9. Translated into Bosnian by Nevad
Kahteran as ¡¥Koliko Je ¡§Kineski¡¨ Bio Kant?¡¦, in Dialogue 1-2 (April
2005), pp.190-207.
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- ¡§The Kingdom of God is at Hand!¡¨ (Did Kant really say that?)¡¦,
History of Philosophy Quarterly 11:4 (October 1994), pp.421-437.
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- ¡¥Triangulating God: A Kantian Rejoinder to Perovich¡¦, Faith and
Philosophy 11:2 (April 1994), pp.302-310.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Theocentric Metaphysics¡¦, Analele Universitatii Din
Timisoara 4 (1992), pp.55-70.
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- ¡¥Does Kant Reduce Religion to Morality?¡¦, Kant-Studien 83:2
(1992), pp.129-148.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s ¡§Appropriation¡¨ of Lampe¡¦s God¡¦, Harvard Theological
Review 85:1 (January 1992), pp.85-108.
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- ¡¥Analysis and Synthesis in the Geometry of Logic¡¦, Indian
Philosophical Quarterly 19:1 (January 1992), pp.1-14.
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- ¡¥Four Perspectives on Moral Judgement: The Rational Principles
of Jesus and Kant¡¦, The Heythrop Journal 32:2 (April 1991),
pp.216-232.
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- ¡¥Kant on Euclid: Geometry in Perspective¡¦, Philosophia
Mathematica II 5:1/2 (1990), pp.88-113.
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- ¡¥Personal Knowledge in Perspective: A Reply to R.T. Allen¡¦s
Questions¡¦, Tradition and Discovery XVI.2 (Spring 1988-89),
pp.22-27.
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- ¡¥The Syntheticity of Time: Comments on Fang¡¦s Critique of Divine
Computers¡¦, Philosophia Mathematica II 4:2 (1989), pp.233-235.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Critique of Mysticism: (2) Critical Mysticism¡¦,
Philosophy & Theology 4:1 (Fall 1989), pp.67-94.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Critique of Mysticism: (1) The Critical Dreams¡¦,
Philosophy & Theology 3:4 (Summer 1989), pp.355-383.
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- ¡¥Immanuel Kant: A Christian Philosopher?¡¦, Faith and Philosophy
6:1 (January 1989), pp.65-75.
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- ¡¥A Priori Knowledge in Perspective: (II) Naming, Necessity and
the Analytic A Posteriori¡¦, The Review of Metaphysics 41:2 (December
1987), pp.255-282.
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- ¡¥A Priori Knowledge in Perspective: (I) Mathematics, Method and
Pure Intuition¡¦, The Review of Metaphysics 41:1 (September 1987),
pp.3-22.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Cosmogony Re-Evaluated¡¦, Studies in History and
Philosophy of Science 18:3 (September 1987), pp.255-269.
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- ¡¥Knowledge and Experience¡ÐAn Examination of the Four Reflective
¡§Perspectives¡¨ in Kant¡¦s Critical Philosophy¡¦, Kant-Studien 78:2
(1987), pp.170-200.
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- ¡¥A Kantian Critique of Polanyi¡¦s ¡§Post-Critical Philosophy¡¨¡¦,
Convivium 24 (March 1987), pp.1-11.
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- ¡¥Is Duty Kant¡¦s ¡§Motive¡¨ for Moral Action?¡¦, Ratio 28:2
(December 1986), pp.168-174. Also translated into German by Joachim
Schulte as ¡¥Ist die Pflicht Kants ¡§Triebfeder¡¨ des sittlichen
Handelns?¡¦, Ratio 28:2 (December 1986), pp.152-158.
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- ¡¥The Architectonic Form of Kant¡¦s Copernican Logic¡¦,
Metaphilosophy 17:4 (October 1986), pp.266-288.
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- ¡¥Six Perspectives on the Object in Kant¡¦s Theory of Knowledge¡¦,
Dialectica 40:2 (1986), pp.121-151.
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- ¡¥The Radical Unknowability of Kant¡¦s ¡§Thing in Itself¡¨¡¦, Cogito
3:2 (March 1985), pp.101-115.
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- ¡¥Faith as Kant¡¦s Key to the Justification of Transcendental
Reflection¡¦, The Heythrop Journal 25:4 (October 1984), pp.442-455.
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2. Refereed/Invited Book Chapters/Conference Proceedings (14):
- ¡¥Kant, Sexism and the Ethics of Polygamy¡¦, in Immanuel Kant:
Perspectivas Internacionais (Immanuel Kant: International
Perspectives), edited and translated into Portuguese by Amos
Nascimento (Piracicaba, Brazil: UNIMEP University Press, 2008).
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- ¡¥Seagull¡¦s Song¡¦ (a poem), in Howard Ely (ed.), Timeless
Voices (Owings Mills, MD: The International Library of Poetry,
2006), p.1.
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- ¡¥The Philosopher as a ¡§Secret Agent¡¨ for Peace: Taking
Seriously Kant¡¦s Revival of the ¡§Old Question¡¨¡¦, in Valerio Rohden,
Ricardo R. Terra and Guido A. de Almeida (eds.), Recht und Frieden
in der Philosophie Kants, vol. 4 of Akten des X. Internationalen
Kant-Kongresses (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2006).
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- ¡¥Kant y hermeneutica critica de la oracion¡¦, in Oswaldo Plata
Pineda (tr. and ed.), Cultura y Politica (Popayan, Columbia:
Universidad del Cauca, 2006). Spanish translation of ¡¥Kant¡¦s
Critical Hermeneutic of Prayer¡¦.
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- ¡¥Philosophers in the Public Square: A Religious Resolution of
Kant¡¦s Conflict of the Faculties¡¦, in Stephen R. Palmquist and
Chris L. Firestone (eds.), Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion
(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, January 2006), pp.230-254.
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- ¡¥Editors¡¦ Introduction¡¦ (second half), in Stephen R. Palmquist
and Chris L. Firestone (eds.), Kant and the New Philosophy of
Religion (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, January 2006),
pp.15-30,35-39.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Ideal of the University as a Model for World Peace¡¦,
in Papers of International Conference on Two Hundred Years after
Kant (Tehran, Iran: Allame Tabataba¡¦i University Press, April
2005), pp.207-222.
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Criticism of Swedenborg: Parapsychology and the Origin
of the Copernican Hypothesis¡¦, in Fiona Steinkamp (ed.),
Parapsychology, Philosophy and the Mind: Essays Honoring John
Beloff (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., September 2002),
pp.146-178.
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- ¡¥Philosophy of Religion after Kant and Kierkegaard¡¦, in D.Z.
Phillips and Timothy Tessin (eds.), Kant and Kierkegaard on
Religion (London: Macmillan, 2000), pp.245-262.
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- ¡¥What is ¡§Tantalizing¡¨ about the ¡§Gap¡¨ in Kant¡¦s Philosophical
System?¡¦, in Stanley Tweyman and David A. Freeman (eds.), Studies
in Early Modern Philosophy IV (Delmar, N.Y.: Caravan Books, 1997),
pp.171-195.
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- ¡¥The Syntheticity of Time: Comments on Fang¡¦s Critique of
Divine Computers¡¦, in J. Fang, Kant and Mathematics Today: Between
epistemology and exact sciences (Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen
Press, 1997), pp.333-336. (Reprint from Philosophia Mathematica II
4:2 [1989].)
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- ¡¥Kant-Studies in the Hong Kong Philosophical Context¡¦, in Hoke
Robinson (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighth International Kant
Congress, vol. I.3 (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1995),
pp.1257-1271.
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- ¡¥Knowledge and Experience: An Examination of the Four
Reflective ¡§Perspectives¡¨ in Kant¡¦s Critical Philosophy¡¦, in R.F.
Chadwick and C. Cazeaux (eds.), Immanuel Kant: Critical
Assessments (London and New York: Routledge, 1992), vol. II
(¡¥Kant¡¦s Critique of Pure Reason¡¦), pp.45-78. (Reprint from Kant-Studien
78:2 [1987].)
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- ¡¥Kant¡¦s Theistic Solution to the Problem of Transcendental
Theology¡¦, in Rodica Croitoru (ed.), Kant and the Transcendental
Problem (Bucharest: University of Bucharest Faculty of Philosophy,
1991), pp.148-178.
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3. Refereed Books (6):
- Kant and the New Philosophy of Religion, co-edited with
Chris L. Firestone (Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
January 2006). 270+xxvi pp.
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- Zhe Xue Zhi Shu (Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press,
May 2005). Chinese translation by Zhai Pengxiao of The Tree of
Philosophy: A course of introductory lectures for beginning
students of philosophy, fourth edition (Hong Kong: Philopsychy
Press, 2000). 408+xiv pp.
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- Fondasi Psikologi Perkembangan-Menyelami mimpi, mencapai
kematangan diri (Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2005). Indonesian
translation by Muhammad Shodiq of Dreams of Wholeness: A course
of introductory lectures on religion, psychology and personal
growth (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 1997).
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- Pohon Filsafat: Teks Kuliah Pengantar Filsafat (Yogyakarta:
Pustaka Pelajar, 2002). Indonesian translation by Muhammad
Shodiq of The Tree of Philosophy: A course of introductory
lectures for beginning students of philosophy, fourth edition
(Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 2000). 558+xxiv pp.
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- Kant¡¦s Critical Religion: Volume Two of Kant¡¦s System of
Perspectives (London: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2000). 560+xvi
pp. 52 diagrams and tables. Glossary. Index.
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- Kant¡¦s System of Perspectives: An architectonic
interpretation of the Critical philosophy (Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, 1993). 478+xii pp. 30 diagrams. 14
tables. Glossary of Technical Terms. Index.
4. Non-Refereed Teaching Books (5):
- The Waters of Love: A course of introductory lectures on
love, sexuality, marriage, and friendship (Hong Kong:
Philopsychy Press, 2003). 292+x pp. 33 diagrams. Glossary.
Index.
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- The Tree of Philosophy: A course of introductory lectures
for beginning students of philosophy, enlarged fourth edition
with Glossary and eight new lectures (Hong Kong: Philopsychy
Press, 2000). 304+xii pp. 83 diagrams and tables. Glossary.
Index. (First edition published 1992; reprinted with revisions
1993 and 1995.)
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- Dreams of Wholeness: A course of introductory lectures on
religion, psychology and personal growth (Hong Kong:
Philopsychy Press, 1997). 292+x pp. 43 diagrams. Glossary.
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- Four Neglected Essays by Immanuel Kant (Hong Kong:
Philopsychy Press, 1994). 121+ii pp. Includes revised
translations of four Kant essays, an Introduction, original
translations of two letters, and an ¡¥Exhaustive Bibliography
of English Translations of Kant¡¦.
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- Biblical Theocracy: A vision of the biblical foundations
for a Christian political philosophy (Hong Kong: Philopsychy
Press, 1993). 193+vii pp. 4 diagrams. 2 tables. Index of
Scripture References and General Index.
5. Computerized Works for Scholarly Reference (5):
- Kant98 CD (Hong Kong: Philopsychy Press, 1998). A
collection of electronic texts and other resources for Kant
scholars.
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- Immanuel Kant¡¦s Religion within the Limits of Reason
Alone, tr. T.H. Greene and H.H. Hudson. Electronic text
compiled and available on the internet from 1996.
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- A Complete Index to Kemp Smith¡¦s Translation of Kant¡¦s
Critique of Pure Reason, (HKBC Printing Press [distributed
privately], 1987). 445pp. (Also published on 5.25 inch
floppy diskettes as ¡¥Kant-Index for Kemp Smith¡¦, Philosophy
& Theology Disk Supplement, Number 3 [1989].)
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- A Complete Concordance to Kemp Smith¡¦s Translation of
Kant¡¦s Critique of Pure Reason (Oxford University Computing
Service [distributed privately], 1987). Nine sheets of
microfiche.
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- Immanuel Kant¡¦s Critique of Pure Reason, tr. Norman Kemp
Smith. Electronic text compiled and stored in the Oxford
Text Archive from 1983.
6. Non-Refereed Articles (19):
- ¡¥The Ring of Fantasy¡¦, The Twentieth Religion and
Philosophy Society Academic Week Journal (January 2008),
pp.2-6.
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- ¡¥Seven Sides of Silence¡¦, Friends Bulletin (January
2008), pp.15-16.
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- ¡¥Articles of Interest¡¦, co-authored with Richard Conn
Henry, Journal of Scientific Exploration 21.3 (Fall 2007),
pp.649-650.
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- ¡¥Glossary of Kant¡¦s Technical Terms¡¦ (and two other,
related glossaries), www.TranslationDirectory.com (Sept.
2006).
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- ¡¥A Quaker Study on Spiritual Gifts¡¦, FWCC Newsletter,
No. 65 (Dec. 2004), pp.7-11.
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- ¡¥Silence as the Fulfilment of the Philosophical
Quest¡¦, Philosophy Journal XXIII (2003-04), pp.67-80.
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- ¡¥If bigamy is a symptom, legal polygamy may be a
cure¡¦, South China Morning Post (25 June 2002), p.14.
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- ¡¥Sport and religion play as team pursuits in game of
life¡¦, South China Morning Post (13 June 2002), p.14.
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- ¡¥The way to end violence is to stop playing the game¡¦,
South China Morning Post (28 May 2002), p.14.
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- ¡¥Time we quenched that thirst to find what makes us
tick¡¦, South China Morning Post (30 April 2002), p.14.
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- ¡¥Touch: Sexual Harassment or Sacred Healing?¡¦, HKBU
Religion and Philosophy Society Academic Week (October
1998), pp.14-23.
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- ¡¥Freud¡¦s Legacy: Psychoanalysis and Sex¡¦ (extract from
Chapter 3 of Dreams of Wholeness), The Philosophers¡¦
Magazine, Issue 3 (July-Sept. 1998), pp.58-59.
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- ¡¥Paul Tillich¡¦s Political Theology¡¦ (Chinese
translation of Biblical Theocracy, pp.59-65), Excellence,
Issue 9 (December 1996), pp.8-9.
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- ¡¥The Creation of Meaning: Epistemological Reflections
on Acts of Initiation¡¦, HKBU Religion and Philosophy
Society Academic Week (November 1995), pp.12-15.
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- ¡¥The New Age Vision: A Fresh Perspective on Thought
and Action?¡¦, HKBC Religion and Philosophy Society
Academic Week (November 1994), pp.14-16.
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- ¡¥The Myth of the Kingdom and the Kingdom of Myth¡¦,
HKBC Religion and Philosophy Society Academic Week
(December 1993), pp.5-11.
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- ¡¥Studying Religion¡ÐKantian Style¡¦, Opening (Journal of
the HKBC Religion and Philosophy Society), 2 (March 1993),
pp.9-12.
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- ¡¥What is Philosophy?¡¦, Chapter 1 of The Tree of
Philosophy, reprinted in Opening (Journal of the HKBC
Religion and Philosophy Society), 1 (September 1992),
pp.6-10.
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- ¡¥Reversals: Meeting the Challenges of Christian Higher
Education¡¦, Tien Leung (Hong Kong Baptist College
Christian Student Union publication), Number 2 (April
1992), pp.5-7.
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7. Book Reviews (22):
- Kant-Studien 99 (2008): George di Giovanni¡¦s Freedom
and Religion in Kant and His Immediate Successors: The
Vocation of Humankind, 1774-1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2005).
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- Kant-Studien 99 (2008): Philip J. Rossi¡¦s The Social
Authority of Reason: Kant¡¦s Critique, Radical Evil, and
the Destiny of Humankind (New York: SUNY Press, 2005).
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- Kant-Studien 96.2 (2005), pp.258-260: Edward Eugene
Kleist¡¦s Judging Appearances: A Phenomenological Study
of the Kantian sensus communis (Dordrecht: Kluwer
Academci Publishers, 2000).
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- Kant-Studien 96.2 (2005), pp.255-257: Douglas
Burnham¡¦s An Introduction to Kant¡¦s Critique of
Judgement (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000).
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- Journal of Scientific Exploration 18.3 (Fall 2004),
pp.500-509: Paul Bishop¡¦s Synchronicity and Intellectual
Intuition in Kant, Swedenborg, and Jung (Lewiston, N.Y.:
The Edwin Mellen Press, 2000).
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- Kant-Studien 94.3 (2003), pp.380-383: Alexander
Kaufman¡¦s Welfare in the Kantian State (Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1999).
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- Kant-Studien 94.2 (2003), pp.258-260: James Van
Cleve¡¦s Problems from Kant (Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1999).
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- Metapsychology 5, Issue 41 (October 2001): Manfred
Kuehn¡¦s Kant: A Biography (Cambridge: CUP, 2001). Online
version at: metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/
view_doc.php?type=de&id=722/.
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- The Philosophers' Web Magazine 14 (Summer 2001):
Diane Morgan¡¦s Kant Trouble: The obscurities of the
enlightened (London and New York: Routledge, 2000); and
Nicholas Rescher¡¦s Kant and the Reach of Reason: Studies
in Kant's theory of rational systemization (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2000). Online version at:
www.philosophers.co.uk/current/review_kant_hodgepodge.htm,
entitled ¡¥A Hodgepodge of Kant¡¦.
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- Philosophy in Review XXI.1 (February, 2001),
pp.45-47: Ronald L. Hall¡¦s The Human Embrace: The love
of philosophy and the philosophy of love (University
Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000).
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- Kant-Studien 91.3 (2000), pp.366-370: Immanuel Kant:
Religion and Rational Theology, translated and edited by
Allen W. Wood and George Di Giovanni (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1996).
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- South China Morning Post (28 October 2000),
¡¥Wagnerian view has ring of the metaphysical¡¦, in
¡¥Review¡¦ Section, p.4: Bryan Magee¡¦s Wagner and
Philosophy (London: The Penguin Press, 2000).
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- DIALOGUES (October 2000): Eugene Taylor¡¦s A
Psychology of Spiritual Healing (West Chester, Penn.:
Chrysalis Books, 1997).
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- Kant-Studien 91 (2000), pp.498-502: John Hare¡¦s The
Moral Gap: Kantian Ethics, Human Limits, and God¡¦s
Assistance (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
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- Kant-Studien 90 (1999), pp.239-243: Roy D.
Morrison¡¦s Science, Theology, and the Transcendental
Horizon: Einstein, Kant and Tillich (Atlanta: Scholars
Press, 1994).
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- Kant-Studien 89 (1998), pp.109-113: Regina
Dell¡¦Oro¡¦s From Existence to the Ideal: Continuity and
Development in Kant¡¦s Theology (New York: Peter Lang,
1994).
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- Kant-Studien 89 (1998), pp.219-223: Kant:
Theoretical Philosophy 1755-1770, translated and edited
by David Walford and Ralf Meerbote (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1992).
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- Kant-Studien 88 (1997), pp.365-370: Peter Fenves¡¦
Raising the Tone of Philosophy: Late Essays by Immanuel
Kant, Transformative Critique by Jacques Derrida
(Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University
Press, 1993).
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- Kant-Studien 87 (1996), pp.118-122: Ned Wisnefski¡¦s
Our Natural Knowledge of God: A Prospect for Natural
Theology after Kant and Barth (New York: Peter Lang,
1990).
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- Kant-Studien 87 (1996), pp.369-374: Paul Guyer¡¦s The
Cambridge Companion to Kant (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1992).
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- Kant-Studien 86 (1995), pp.236-240: Hubert C.
Schwyzer¡¦s The Unity of Understanding: A Study in
Kantian Problems (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990).
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- Kant-Studien 86 (1995), pp.240-244: Mary Gregor¡¦s
translation of Kant¡¦s The Metaphysics of Morals
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991).
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- Kant-Studien 86 (1995), pp.365-369: Terry Godlove¡¦s
Religion, Interpretation, and Diversity of Belief: The
Framework Model from Kant to Durkheim to Davidson
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989).
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- La Paz (August 1988), ¡¥Platitudes, not Answers¡¦,
p.4: Allan Bloom¡¦s The Closing of the American Mind (New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1987).
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8. Other Creative Works:
- Nov. 2004: ¡¥How to Forget¡¦, a series of twelve
poems written in Iran; published on personal website.
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- May 2000: ¡¥The Silent Death of a Friend¡¦, a poem
published on The Poet¡¦s Porch web site, located at:
poetsporch.homestead.com/mainpage.html.
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- Apr. 2000: ¡¥Seagull¡¦s Song¡¦, a poem published on
The Poet¡¦s Porch web site, located at:
poetsporch.homestead.com/mainpage.html.
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- Apr. 2000: ¡¥Rapt¡¦, a poem published on the Garden
of Haiku web site, located at:
poetsporch.homestead.com/Haiku.html.
¡@
- July to Nov. 1998: ¡¥Wisdom¡¦s Heart¡¦, a booklet
consisting of eight new poems and eight previously
written poems; published on personal website.
¡@
- July 1998: Eight photographs published as part of
an educational CD, Waters of the Earth (Przezmierowo,
Poland: IMPRESJA Wydawnictwa Elektronicze SA.).
¡@
- Dec. 1993 to Aug. 1997: Eight poems written;
published on personal website.
¡@
- June 1996 to Aug. 1997: Co-producer (with HKBU
postgraduate student, Chris L. Firestone) of a
30-minute video (in Chinese) for the ¡¥Philosophy in
Action¡¦ Teaching Development project, available on the
HKBU Arts Faculty website.
¡@
- July 1996: ¡¥Is that all there is to philosophy?¡¦,
English script for the ¡¥Philosophy in Action¡¦ video
project (see above), written together with Mr. Chris
L. Firestone.
|
| IV.
Scholarly/Research Activities |
1. Research, Conference, and Teaching Development Grants:
- July 2007 to Dec. 2008: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist University, to complete a project entitled ¡¥The Necessity of
Evil and of Divine Assistance in Kantian Religion¡¦.
¡@
- June 2006 to June 2008: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist University, to complete a project entitled Commentary on
Kant¡¦s Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason.
¡@
- June 1991 to Aug. 2007: Sixteen Staff Development Grants from
HKBU to support presentation of papers at: Societas Ethica annual
conference, on ¡¥Philosophical Approaches to Ethics¡ÐMethods and
Foundations¡¦ in Leysin, Switzerland (8/07); American Philosophical
Association Central Division Meeting, in Chicago (4/07); American
Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting in San Francisco
(4/07); Annual Conference of the American Academy of Religion in
Philadelphia (11/05); Tenth International Kant Congress at the
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (9/05); ¡¥Two Hundred Years after
Kant¡¦, an international conference organized by the Department of
Philosophy, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran (11/04); the
Beijing International Symposium on Kant¡¦s Moral Philosophy in
Contemporary Perspectives, organized by the Institute of Foreign
Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy, Peking University, and
by the Goethe Institut, Peking (5/04); the Society for Indian
Philosophy and Religion¡¦s conference on ¡¥Language, Thought and
Reality: East-West Perspectives¡¦ in Chico, California (4/01); the
Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion¡¦s conference on
¡¥Language, Thought and Reality: Science, Religion and Philosophy¡¦ in
Calcutta (8/00); the World Congress of Philosophy in Boston,
Massachusetts (8/98); Philosophy of Religion Conference at Claremont
Graduate School in Claremont, California (2/98); the Third
International Conference on Philosophical Practice in New York, New
York (7/97); Westmont College¡¦s Erasmus Society (9/95) in
conjunction with attending the ACH/ALLC Computing Conference in
Santa Barbara, California (7/95); the Eighth International Kant
Congress in Memphis, Tennessee (3/95); the Second International
Conference of the Romanian Kant Society in Bucharest, Romania
(9/91); and the Society of Christian Philosopher¡¦s conference at
Valparaiso University, Indiana (6/91).
¡@
- July 2006 to Jan. 2007: Sabbatical leave to work on Commentary
on Kant¡¦s Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason (and other
related publications) while serving as Visiting Scholar in the
Department of Philosophy at Stanford University, Palo Alto,
California (invited by Professor Allen Wood).
¡@
- Nov. 2003 to Aug. 2005: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist University, to complete the final stages of editing Kant and
the New Philosophy of Religion.
¡@
- July 2001 to Jan. 2002: Sabbatical leave to work on Kant¡¦s
Critical Science (and other related publications) while serving as
Visiting Scholar in the Department of Linguistics at University of
California, Berkeley (invited by Professor George Lakoff).
¡@
- Dec. 1995 to Nov. 2000: CERG from Hong Kong¡¦s Research Grant
Council, for Kant¡¦s Critical Science (and other related
publications).
¡@
- Jan. 1993 to Dec. 1998: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist University, for The Geometry of Logic (and other related
publications).
¡@
- Oct. 1992 to Dec. 1997: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist University, for Kant¡¦s Critical Religion (and other related
publications).
¡@
- June 1996 to Aug. 1997: Teaching Development Grant from Hong
Kong Baptist University, for Philosophy in Action, a project
involving the scripting and filming of a 30-minute teaching aid
entitled ¡¥Is That All There Is To Philosophy?¡¦.
¡@
- Sept. 1993 to Aug. 1994: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist College, for Four Neglected Essays.
¡@
- Jan. 1993 to Aug 1993: Sabbatical leave to work on Kant¡¦s System
of Perspectives (and other related publications).
¡@
- Jan. 1989 to Mar. 1991: Faculty Research Grant from Hong Kong
Baptist College, later sponsored by the United Board for Christian
Higher Education in Asia, for Kant¡¦s System of Perspectives (and
other related publications).
¡@
- April 1983: Research grant from The Oxford Society.
2. Conference Presentations, Academic Lectures, etc. :
- Jan. 2008: Conducted an all day seminar on Kant¡¦s Philosophy
of Religion, presenting a series of three papers, at the
invitation of the Philosophy Department, Sogang University, Seoul,
Korea.
¡@
- Aug. 2007: Presented a paper entitled ¡¥The Ethics of Grace:
Kant¡¦s Perspectival Solution to the Moral Problems with Divine
Assistance¡¦ at the annual conference sponsored by Societas Ethica,
on the topic ¡¥Philosophical Approaches to Ethics¡ÐMethods and
Foundations¡¦, held at the Swiss Hotel Management School, in Leysin,
Switzerland.
¡@
- Jun. 2007: Presented the keynote address on the topic ¡¥Kant¡¦s
Religious Argument for the Existence of God¡¦ at a symposium on
¡¥The Position of God in Kant's Moral System¡¦, held at Birmingham
Institute of Art and Design, in Birmingham, England.
¡@
- Apr. 2007: Gave a public lecture entitled ¡¥Love at the
Crossroads: Christ and Kant on the Great Commandment¡¦, at Trinity
International University, 19 April 2007.
¡@
- Apr. 2007: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Kant¡¦s Moral
Panentheism¡¦ as a member of the panel on panentheism at the
¡¥Models of God¡¦ mini-conference, held in conjunction with the
Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical
Association, held in San Francisco, California.
¡@
- Nov. 2005: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Kantian Redemption: A
Critical Challenge to Christian Views of Faith and Works¡¦, at the
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, held in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
¡@
- Sept. 2005: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥The Philosopher as a
¡§Secret Agent¡¨ for Peace: Taking Seriously Kant¡¦s Revival of the
¡§Old Question¡¨¡¦, at the Tenth International Kant Congress, held in
Sao Paulo, Brazil.
¡@
- June 2005: Chaired a session for the Symposium on
Environmental Ethics and Inter-Religious Dialogue, sponsored by
the HKBU Centre for Applied Ethics, held in Hong Kong.
¡@
- Nov. 2004: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Kant¡¦s Ideal of the
University as a Model for World Peace¡¦, at the international
conference, ¡§Two Hundred Years after Kant¡¨, organized by the
Department of Philosophy, Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran,
Iran.
¡@
- May 2004: Gave a lecture entitled ¡¥Is Morality Kant¡¦s
Religion?¡¦ to the Department of Philosophy, Peking University, on
22 May 2004. Also served as commentator for a lecture given by
Professor Thomas Pogge on 20 May 2004.
¡@
- May 2004: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Kant, Sexism, and the
Ethics of Polygamy¡¦, at the Beijing International Symposium on
Kant¡¦s Moral Philosophy in Contemporary Perspectives, organized by
the Institute of Foreign Philosophy and the Department of
Philosophy, Peking University, and by the Goethe Institut, Peking.
¡@
- Dec. 2003: Participated in a public debate with Prof. Keith
Yandell on the topic ¡¥Kant and Theology: Friend or Foe?¡¦, held at
Trinity International University, 5 December 2003.
¡@
- Nov. 1987 to Apr. 2002: Presented the following eight papers
at the monthly colloquia of the Religion & Philosophy Department
at HKBU: ¡¥What Is Science? Freedom and Causal Systemization¡¦
(4/02); ¡¥Philosophical Counseling¡ÐIn a Chinese Context?¡¦ (9/97);
¡¥Why Should We Pray? An examination and critique of Kant¡¦s views
on prayer¡¦ (11/95); ¡¥Kantian Quarks and Quantum Causality¡¦ (4/94);
¡¥Beware: The World is Coming to an End! (Did Kant really say
that?)¡¦ (2/93); ¡¥How Is Christian Politics Biblically Possible?¡¦
(11/89); ¡¥Does Kant Reduce Religion to Morality?¡¦ (3/89); and ¡¥The
Logic of Using Diagrams in Teaching¡¦ (11/87).
¡@
- Apr. 2001: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Kant and Einstein on
the Tao of Physics¡¦, at the Society for Indian Philosophy and
Religion¡¦s conference on ¡¥Language, Thought and Reality: East-West
Perspectives¡¦, held at University of California, Chico, 12-14
April, 2001.
¡@
- Aug. 2000: Presented a paper written in collaboration with
Adriano Palomo, entitled ¡¥Kant, Buddhism, and the Moral
Metaphysics of Medicine¡¦, at the Society for Indian Philosophy and
Religion¡¦s conference on ¡¥Language, Thought and Reality: Science,
Religion and Philosophy¡¦, held in Calcutta, India, 1-4 August,
2000.
¡@
- May 1999: Presented a paper, entitled ¡¥Philosophy for
Children? Kant as a Foundation for Liberal Arts Education¡¦, as an
invited commentator on a paper by Loo Seng Piew, at the 1999
ASAIHL Seminar on ¡¥Liberal Arts Education and Socio-Economic
Development in the Next Century¡¦, sponsored by The Association of
Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, and held at
Lingnan College, Hong Kong.
¡@
- Aug. 1998: Presented a paper with Dr. Paula Manchester,
entitled ¡¥Kant¡¦s Architectonic Turn as a Model for Philosophical
Practice: The Philosopher as Architect, Teacher, or Friend?¡¦, for
a session sponsored by the American Society for Philosophical
Counseling and Psychotherapy, held at the World Congress of
Philosophy in Boston, Massachusetts.
¡@
- May 1998: Led a series of four seminars/workshops, entitled
¡¥Wholeness: Text and Context¡¦, sponsored by the Grace Institute
for Religious Learning in Berkeley, California.
¡@
- Feb. 1998: Presented an invited paper, entitled ¡¥Philosophy of
Religion after Kant and Kierkegaard¡¦, and served as a panelist at
the annual Philosophy of Religion Conference at Claremont Graduate
School in Claremont, California.
¡@
- July 1997: Presented a paper entitled ¡¥Perspectives in
Counseling: Kant¡¦s Categories and Jung¡¦s Types as Models for
Philopsychic Insight¡¦, at the Third International Conference on
Philosophical Practice, held at City College in New York.
¡@
- Sept. 1995: Gave a lecture on ¡¥Kant¡¦s Philosophy of Prayer¡¦ as
the inaugural address for the 1995-96 Erasmus Society at Westmont
College, Santa Barbara, California.
¡@
- Mar. 1995: Presented a paper, ¡¥Kant-Studies in the Hong Kong
Philosophical Context¡¦ for the session on ¡¥Kant Reception in Asia¡¦
(and served as chair for the session), at the Eighth International
Kant Congress in Memphis, Tennessee.
¡@
- Apr. 1994: Presented a paper, ¡¥Kantian Quarks and Quantum
Causality¡¦, for the Staff Seminar of the Hong Kong University
Philosophy Department.
¡@
- Mar. 1994: Gave a lecture on ¡¥How ¡§Chinese¡¨ Was Kant?¡¦ for the
H.K. Philosophy Society.
¡@
- June 1993: Led a weekend seminar series, entitled ¡¥Learning
Philosophy¡¦, sponsored by the Grace Institute for Religious
Learning in Berkeley, California.
¡@
- Dec. 1991: Presented a paper on ¡¥Kant¡¦s Appropriation of
Lampe¡¦s God¡¦ for the Staff Seminar of the Hong Kong University
Philosophy Department.
¡@
- Sept. 1991: Presented a paper on ¡¥Kant¡¦s Theistic Solution to
the Problem of Transcendental Theology¡¦ at a conference on ¡¥Kant
and the Transcendental Problem¡¦, sponsored by the Romanian Kant
Society and held at Bucharest University in Romania, 20-22
September. While in Romania, the following invitations were also
accepted: (1) to lead a three-hour seminar with Professors Alan
and Katherine Montefiori, on our approaches to teaching
philosophy, for about 50 Baptist theological students at the
University of Oradea, in Transylvania; (2) to speak on the topic
¡¥The Church in Hong Kong¡¦ to over a thousand people at the Second
Baptist Church in Oradea; and (3) to give a lecture on ¡¥A General
Introduction to the Systematic Structure and Religious
Significance of Kant¡¦s Philosophy¡¦ for the faculty members of the
newly formed Department of Philosophy at the University of
Timişoara.
¡@
- June 1991: Presented a paper on ¡¥How is ¡§Christian Tradition¡¨
Logically Possible?¡¦ at a conference on ¡¥The Significance of
Christian Tradition for Contemporary Philosophy¡¦, sponsored by the
Society of Christian Philosophers and held at Valparaiso
University in Indiana.
¡@
- May 1990: Led two of seven seminars, speaking on ¡¥A Biblical
Philosophy of Politics¡¦, at a conference on ¡¥Releasing the
Oppressed¡¦, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Invited Talks, Interviews, and other Professional Activities:
- July 2007: Gave a talk on ¡¥What does it mean to be
religious?¡¦ for the Santa Barbara Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
¡@
- Mar. 2000 to April 2007: Gave introductory talks for
meetings of the Hong Kong Philosophy Cafe on: ¡¥The Politics of
Abuse: Can abusive relationships be avoided?¡¦ (Kowloon Branch,
4/07); ¡¥Can a Scientist Really Believe in God?¡¦ (Fringe Branch,
4/07); ¡¥Could God Be Everything? A Critical Examination of
Pantheism¡¦ (Fringe Branch, 10/06); ¡¥Can Non-Religious People
Live a Meaningful Life?¡¦ (Kowloon Branch, 7/06); ¡¥When Should
Philosophers Remain Silent?¡¦ (Fringe Branch, 12/05); ¡¥The
Philosopher¡¦s Role in Perpetuating World Peace¡¦ (Fringe Branch,
1/05); ¡¥Face Masks¡¦ (Kowloon Branch, 4/03); ¡¥How Practical Is
Kant¡¦s View of Freedom?¡¦ (Fringe Branch, 9/02), ¡¥Does It Make
Sense To Talk About Nothing?¡¦ (Kowloon Branch, 2/02), ¡¥Is Sexism
Inevitable?¡¦ (Kowloon Branch, 5/01), ¡¥Rigour vs. Insight: Two
Perspectives on Philosophising¡¦ (Kowloon Branch 3/01), ¡¥Hannah
Arendt¡¦s Philosophy of Work¡¦ (Fringe Branch, 2/01), and ¡¥Are
There Any Absolutes?¡¦ (Kowloon Branch, 3/00).
¡@
- May 2006: Participated in a panel discussion on the Da Vinci
Code, moderated by Yonden Lahtoo for the Newsline programme,
aired on ATV World, 28 May 2006.
¡@
- May 2006: Interviewed by Steve Cray for an article on the Da
Vinci Code, published as ¡¥A show of faith¡¦, South China Morning
Post May 18, 2006, p.A18.
¡@
- Jan. 2006: Gave a guest lecture on Kant for the Contemporary
Theological Currents class at HKBU.
¡@
- Mar. 2005: Interviewed by Robin Kwong for an article on
marriage in the CitySeen column of South China Morning Post, 10
March 2005.
¡@
- Sept. 2004: Invited by Vadim Vasilyev to contribute to
¡¥International Kant Interview¡¦ (comments by selected Kant
scholars on Kant¡¦s enduring legacy), published in Russian
translation as 100 этюдов о Канте (Издательство: КДУ, 2005), and
online at
www.philos.msu.ru/community/staff/valiliev/Kant_Interview/Kant_Interview.html.
¡@
- Mar. to May 2004: Led a series of three monthly discussions
on ¡¥Spiritual Gifts¡¦ for the Hong Kong Monthly Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
¡@
- Feb. 2004: Interviewed by Alex Lo for an article entitled
¡¥For patriots, loyalty is grounded in their homeland¡¦, in South
China Morning Post, 2 March 2004.
¡@
- Feb. 2004: Panel member for a discussion on ¡¥Cloning¡¦,
moderated by Hugh Chiverton and Sarah Passmore for the
¡¥Backchat¡¦ program, RTHK Radio 3.
¡@
- Dec. 2003: Guest lecturer for two sections of an
Introduction to Philosophy class at Trinity International
University, in Deerfield, Illinois.
¡@
- Oct. 2003: Interviewed by Paggie Leung Pui-kie for an
article in the ¡¥Carreer Cruising¡¦ column, entitled ¡¥I wanna be a
professor¡¦, Sunday Morning Post (2 November 2003), ¡¥SYP¡¦
Section, p.11.
¡@
- Nov. 2000 to June 2003: Gave talks to branches of the Hong
Kong Rotary Club on ¡¥Can Philosophy Be A Public Business?¡¦
(Peninsula, 6/03) ¡¥The Modern Philosopher: Elite Professional or
Public Servant?¡¦ (Hong Kong North East, 3/02), ¡¥Can Philosophy
Be A Profession?¡¦ (Hong Kong South, 6/01), ¡¥Is There A
Profession Called ¡§Philosophy¡¨?¡¦ (Kowloon North, 11/00).
¡@
- Feb. 2003: Interviewed by Cally Cheng for an article on
silence and noise in The Young Reporter (2003).
¡@
- Nov. 2002: Interviewed by Katie Lau for an article on
Naturism entitled ¡¥Enjoy taking clothes off¡¦, The Young Reporter
35.4 (January 2003), p.11.
¡@
- Oct. 2002: Interviewed by Sonia Tung for the ¡¥Teen Time¡¦
program, RTHK Radio 3, concerning philosophy and the Hong Kong
Philosophy Cafe.
¡@
- Apr. 2002: Interviewed by Melanie Homer on the ¡¥Lunchbeat¡¦
program, RTHK Radio 3, concerning philosophy and the Hong Kong
Philosophy Cafe.
¡@
- Mar. 2002: Interviewed by Winnie Yeung for an article on the
Hong Kong Philosophy Cafe entitled ¡¥A place to exercise your
mind¡¦, The Young Reporter 34.3 (June 2002), p.11.
¡@
- Oct. 2001: Gave a talk on ¡¥The Relevance of Philosophy to
Life in the 21st Century¡¦, for the Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers) in Caspar, California.
¡@
- May 2001: Interviewed by Kate Whitehead for an article
entitled ¡¥Coffee and Conversation Is the Philosophy of Fun¡¦,
South China Morning Post (26 May, 2001), Education ¡±, p.3.
¡@
- Mar. 2001: Interviewed by Hugh Chiverton on the ¡¥Hong Kong
Today¡¦ program, RTHK Radio 3, concerning the Hong Kong
Philosophy Cafe¡¦s 5 March meeting.
¡@
- Feb. 2001: Led a seminar entitled ¡¥A Short Course in
Hermeneutics¡¦, for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers),
in Hong Kong.
¡@
- Sept. 2000: Interviewed by Jace Au for the ¡¥I Love the
World¡¦ program, RTHK Radio 1, concerning the Hong Kong
Philosophy Cafe.
¡@
- July 2000: Interviewed by Hugh Chiverton on the ¡¥Hong Kong
Today¡¦ program, RTHK Radio 3, concerning the Hong Kong
Philosophy Cafe¡¦s 18 July meeting.
¡@
- Apr. 1994 to May 2000: Gave six lectures (keynote speaker
three times) for the annual Faith and Philosophy Conferences
held at Li Po Chun United World College in Shatin, Hong Kong on
the following topics: ¡¥Is God a Political Animal?¡¦ (5/00);
¡¥Plato versus Christianity: Religious and Philosophical
Reflections on Love and Friendship¡¦ (5/99); ¡¥Jesus¡¦ Philosophy
vs. Cultic Faith: Two Models of Religious Politics¡¦ (5/97);
¡¥What is Religious Truth?¡¦ (5/96); ¡¥Do Religion and Philosophy
Unite or Divide Humanity?¡¦ (2/95); and ¡¥Existentialism: What
does it mean to be?¡¦ (4/94).
¡@
- Apr. 2000: Interviewed by Dr. Peter B. Raabe for an article
written for the Philosophy News Service on the relationship
between philosophical counseling and philosophy cafes. The
article can be accessed at:
www.philosophynews.com/whip/pc/index.htm.
¡@
- Mar. 2000: Interviewed by Christine Woo for an article on
email censorship in Ming Pao Daily.
¡@
- Sept. 1999: Gave a lecture on ¡¥A Christian Philosophy of
Work¡¦ for an evening course on Christianity and Work, sponsored
by Hong Kong¡¦s Graduate Student Fellowship.
¡@
- Apr. 1999: Gave a talk, entitled ¡¥Do you really want to find
your true love?¡¦, at Po Leung Kuk Vicwood K.T. Chong Sixth Form
College, in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong.
¡@
- Dec. 1998: Interviewed by Charmaine Chan for an article
entitled ¡¥What in God¡¦s name is going on?¡¦, South China Sunday
Morning Post (3 January 1999), ¡¥Agenda¡¦ section, pp.1-2.
¡@
- June 1998: Interviewed by Alex Lo for a feature article,
entitled ¡¥The New Age sage rage¡¦, South China Sunday Morning
Post (5 July 1998), ¡¥Agenda¡¦ section, p.2.
¡@
- Apr. 1998: Gave a talk, entitled ¡¥The Mystery of Dreams: Do
you really want your dream to come true?¡¦, at Po Leung Kuk
Vicwood K.T. Chong Sixth Form College, in Tai Kok Tsui, Hong
Kong.
¡@
- Oct. 1997: Interviewed by telephone on ¡¥The Woodstock
Roundtable¡¦, a prerecorded radio program aired on Radio Station
WDST, Woodstock, New York.
¡@
- July 1997: Interviewed by telephone (live) on ¡¥To Free
America¡¦, a syndicated radio program aired on radio stations
throughout the U.S.A.
¡@
- Aug. 1996: Gave a talk on ¡¥Prospects for Hong Kong after
1997¡ÐOne expat¡¦s perspective¡¦, for the Rotary Club in Montecito,
California.
¡@
- Aug. 1996: Gave a talk on the book, Biblical Theocracy, for
members of the American Institute for Common Law in Oceanside,
California.
¡@
- July 1996: Interviewed on ¡¥Let¡¦s Talk¡¦, a program aired live
on KDNO Radio, Delano, California.
¡@
- Feb. 1996: Interviewed on the subject of dream
interpretation for an article by Sharon Y.C. Liu, published in
Sing Tao Evening Post.
¡@
- June 1994: Interviewed on the subject of the afterlife and
reincarnation for an article by Tsui Yuen Ming, published in
Hong Kong Economic Times.
¡@
- Feb. 1994: Led a seminar on ¡¥The Wisdom of Love¡¦ at Kowloon
Sam Yuk Secondary School.
¡@
- July 1993: Interviewed on the subject of the book, Biblical
Theocracy, for ¡¥Valley Opinion¡¦, a program aired live on KDNO
Radio, Delano, California.
¡@
- Mar. 1993: Guest lecturer on Kant¡¦s Philosophy of Religion
for a Western Civilization class at Chinese University of Hong
Kong.
¡@
- Mar. 1992: Guest lecturer on Kant¡¦s Critique of the
Enlightenment for a Western Civilization class at Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
¡@
- Sept. 1987 to Mar. 1991: Gave numerous informal talks on
various topics for groups at Hong Kong Baptist College; also
adjudicated for a debate, participated in a panel discussion,
and preached a sermon for the weekly Chapel meeting.
¡@
- Dec. 1988: Gave two guest lectures on ¡¥Kant¡¦s Philosophy and
its Theological Implications¡¦ for China Graduate School of
Theology, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
|
V.
Services |
|
¡@
1. Administrative Responsibilities at HKBU:
- Sept. 2003 to present: member of the Departmental Advisory
Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1994 to present: Departmental Coordinator for Colloquia.
¡@
- May 2006 to Apr. 2008: Staff-elected member of the Board of
Trustees of the 1998 Superannuation Fund.
¡@
- Apr. to Aug. 2005: Subcommittee for designing a Departmental
brochure.
¡@
- Sept. 2003 to Aug. 2005: Departmental Admissions Committee.
¡@
- Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2003: Subcommittee for designing a new
Philosophy Concentration.
¡@
- Feb. 1996 to Mar. 1998: Chairman of the HKBU Senior Staff
Quarters Residents' Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1994 to Oct. 1995: Arts Faculty Research Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1994 to Oct. 1995: University IT Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1992 to Oct. 1995: Arts Faculty IT Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1992 to Oct. 1995: Departmental IT Coordinator.
¡@
- Sept. 1990 to Jan. 1993: Convener of Subcommittee for
Introduction to Philosophy Subjects.
¡@
- Nov. 1991 to March 1992: Convener of Subcommittee for the
Philosophy Degree Proposal.
¡@
- Sept. 1988 to Sept. 1990: Arts Faculty Library Committee.
¡@
- Sept. 1988 to Sept. 1990: Departmental Library Coordinator.
¡@
¡@
2. Service to the Profession:
- Sept. 1995 to present: Architect of a web site consisting of
over 1000 ¡§pages¡¨ (files), with home page at www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp.
Note: typically ranked near the top on most search engines, out of
several million web pages mentioning Kant.
¡@
- July 1993 to present: Regular (invited) book reviewer for
Kant-Studien (a tier one philosophy journal, listed in AHCI; see
www.degruyter.de/rs/282_695_ENJ_h.htm).
¡@
- Feb. 2007: Referee for Religious Studies: An International
Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, a tier one philosophy of
religion journal (see www.cambridge.org/ journals/journal_catalogue.asp?mnemonic=RES),
listed in AHCI.
¡@
- May 2006: External Examiner for doctoral thesis on Kant¡¦s
philosophy of religion, by Alexander Phemister, submitted to The
Australian National University.
¡@
- May 2006: Referee for International Journal of Philosophical
Studies, a tier one philosophy journal (see www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/09672559.html),
listed in AHCI.
¡@
- Jan.-May 2006: Referee for The Journal of Philosophical
Research, a tier one philosophy journal (see www.dpcnet.org/jpr.html),
listed in AHCI.
¡@
- April to June 2002: Hired to contribute one or two articles
per month for the Analysis page of South China Morning Post.
¡@
- Jan. 1998: Invited to serve as International Editorial Board
member for Arob@se: A Journal of Literature & Human Sciences (see
www.liane.net/arobase).
¡@
- Sept. 1997: Referee for Symmetry: Culture and Science (an
international professional journal; see members.tripod.com/vismath/isis6.htm).
¡@
- Dec. 1986 to Sept. 1996: Abstractor for Religious and
Theological Abstracts; responsible for abstracting Journal of
Psychology and Christianity, Faith and Philosophy, Religious
Traditions and Philosophy East & West.
¡@
- 1994: Compiler of the e-text of the T.H. Greene and H.H.
Hudson translation of Kant¡¦s Religion within the Limits of Reasons
Alone, at
www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/rbbr/toc.html.
¡@
- 1984: Compiler of the e-text of Norman Kemp Smith¡¦s
translation of Kant¡¦s Critique of Pure Reason (Oxford University
Computing Service, 1985). Revised version at www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/cpr/CPR1.html
and www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/cpr/CPR2.html. Original version stored at
the Oxford Text Archive.
¡@
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3. Service to the Community:
- Sept. 1999 to present: Founder of the Hong Kong Philosophy
Cafe. Chair of the Executive Committee since its formation in July
2000. Kowloon Branch Organizer from the branch¡¦s formation in
October 2000 to July 2003, and from July 2005 to present.
¡@
- Nov. 2005: Adjudicated for a debate between the University of
Science and Technology and the Hong Kong Baptist University debate
teams, held at HKBU.
¡@
- Feb. 2005: Adjudicated for a debate sponsored by SKH Holy
Trinity Secondary School, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong.
¡@
- Feb. 2003 to Oct. 2004: Ex officio Council Member for the
Learning Community College, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
¡@
- Nov. 2003: Moderated a panel discussion (with Bishop
Metropolitan Nikitas, Father Harold Naylor, Chief Imam Muhammad
Arshad, and Rev. Eric Chung) on ¡¥What was it to be a Saint in the
European Middle Ages, and what is it to be a Saint in the XXIst
Century?¡¦, sponsored by the HKMAES European Itinerary Film Club,
held at the Alliance Francaise (Jordan Branch) in Hong Kong on 27
November 2003.
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- Jan. 2001 to July 2002: Founder/facilitator of the Center for
Insight into Philosophic Health, Education, and Renewal, a
philosophical retreat centre in Little River, California. Four
retreats held so far, on the topics ¡¥Understanding
Nietzsche¡ÐHalfway¡¦ (Jan. 2001), ¡¥Preparing for Peace in the Face
of Terror¡¦ (Dec. 2001), ¡¥Why Do We Work?¡¦ (June 2002), and
¡¥Rethinking Kant¡¦s Philosophy of Religion¡¦ (July 2002).
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- Sept. 1999: Adjudicated for a debate sponsored by the Speech
and Debate Society at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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- Sept. 1998: Adjudicated for a debate sponsored by the English
Debating Team at HKBU.
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- Sept. 1982 to Feb. 1997: Leader of church-based weekly home
groups: Shatin Anglican Church Cell Group (Feb. 1995 to Feb.
1997); Fo Tan Ambassador Fellowship House Group (Jan. to June
1992); St. Stephen¡¦s Society [a Hong Kong organization for
rehabilitating drug addicts and street sleepers] House Group (Mar.
1990 to Dec. 1991); St. Andrews Church [Oxford] Fellowship Group
(Sept. 1982 to Mar. 1985).
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- Sept. 1991 to July 1996: Guest preacher at Hong Kong churches
(approximately 20 times).
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- Jan. 1992 to Jan. 1994: Two year term as elder of Fo Tan
Ambassador Fellowship, a Protestant Church in Shatin, affiliated
with the Stewards¡¦ ministries in Hong Kong.
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- Feb. 1984 to July 1987: Facilitator for ¡¥Ungroup¡¦, a
nonsectarian forum for the discussion of religious and
philosophical issues, in Oxford, England.
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- Aug. 1981 to May 1984: Assistant Warden of the North Oxford
Overseas Centre, a hostel for overseas students (mostly Asian and
African), in Oxford.
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- June 1982 to Feb. 1984: Leader of a discussion group for young
adults at St. Andrews Church, Oxford.
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- Sept. 1979 to Feb. 1980: Coach for an AYSO (American Youth
Soccer Organization) team of 10-12 year old children, in Santa
Barbara, California.
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