Dr. TURNER, Kevin James

Position

Assistant Professor

E-mail

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Tel

3411-7293

Room

CEC908

ORCID

0000-0002-1483-3682

Recent publications:

"Reconstructing a Theory of Mind in the Mengzi." Asian Studies, 2024, 12(1), 141–164. https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2024.12.1.141-164.
"On the Human Condition in the Zhuangzi." Philosophy East and West, 2024. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/pew.2023.a917049.
"Rethinking the Mengzi's Concept of Tian 天," in Religions 2023, 14(8), 1015; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14081015
Yangsheng 養生 as ‘making a living’ in the Zhuangzi, Asian Philosophy,2023, DOI: 10.1080/09552367.2022.2155350
“On the Human in the Zhuangzi’s Concept of Qi.” Philosophy East and West, 2021. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/pew.0.0224.
“On Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Mengzi—or Realism with a Confucian Face,” in Asian Philosophy, vol. 29:4, 2019.
《<太一生水>的几个特点》，载《老子学集刊》第二辑，2018年。

Degree(s):	Peking University, Chinese Philosophy, Ph.D. Peking University, Chinese Philosophy, M.Phil. University of California, Berkeley, Asian Studies, B.A.

Courses Taught currently	GTSU2016 Human Rights in a Multicultural World
Teaching area(s):	Chinese Philosophy, Daoist Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy

Research area(s):	Chinese Philosophy, Daoist Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
Current project(s):	An Alternative Causality for Understanding Xing 性 Technology in Daoist Philosophy Causal Ambiguity in Daoist Philosophy
Selected output(s):	"Reconstructing a Theory of Mind in the Mengzi." Asian Studies, 2024, 12(1), 141–164. https://doi.org/10.4312/as.2024.12.1.141-164. "On the Human Condition in the Zhuangzi." Philosophy East and West, 2024. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/pew.2023.a917049. "Rethinking the Mengzi's Concept of Tian 天," in Religions 2023, 14(8), 1015; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14081015 Wang Zhongjiang, translated by Kevin J. Turner: Excavated Texts and a New Portrait of the Early Confucians, Switzerland: Peter Lang Publishing (978-1-4331-8303-4), 2021.
Selected Conference Presentations:	Zhuangzi Sixiang he “Jishu” 庄子思想和“技术”(Zhuangzi’s Thought and “Technology”), “13th Yellow River Culture Forum第13届黄河文化论坛,” Kaifeng (Henan), Oct. 2021. Zhuangzi Sixiang zhong de “Shenxin” Wenti yiji “Shentiguan”《庄子》思想中的“身心”问题以及“身体观”(The “Mind-Body” Problem in the Zhuangzi and its “Body Philosophy”), “Daoist Life Wisdom Conference道家生命智慧,” Luyi (Henan), Oct. 2021. On the Relationship between Qi and Humans in the Zhuangzi, 16th Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought (Online), Wright State University, April 30-May 5, 2021. On Subjectivity and Objectivity in the Mengzi—or Realism with a Confucian Face, 1st International Philosophy Students’ Symposium: “Community and Individual,” National Taiwan University (Online), Dec. 3-5, 2020. In Defense of Comparative Philosophy: the Convergence of East and West in Affective Embodiment, 2019 Uehiro Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, 口头报告；《荀子思想的初探——论“人性论”及社会观》（“Initial Investigation into Xunzi’s Thought—On “Human Nature” and Society”），2019荀子高端论坛，口头报告《庄子》的经验哲学及其身心观（“Zhuangzi’s Philosophy of Experience and Mind-Body Philosophy”），2019海外中国哲学研究； On an Implicit Theory of the “Unity of Knowing and Acting” in the Zhuangzi, 2018 Philosophical Traditions: Comparative Philosophy and Its Limits; 《<孟子>的道德之人与<庄子>的天然之人——藉由植物图像进行的互文对话》（“Mengzi’s Moral Person and Zhuangzi’s Natural Person—Intertextual Dialogue through Plant Imagery”），2018第二届国际青年儒学论坛；《道、气与身体：庄子的知识论一个探讨》（“Dao, Qi, and Body: In Investigation of Zhuangzi’s Epistemology”），2016华夏老子学研究联合会.