田凱文博士

Degree(s):

Peking University, Chinese Philosophy, Ph.D.

Peking University, Chinese Philosophy, M.Phil.

University of California, Berkeley, Asian Studies, B.A.

Taught previously at:

Huaqiao University, College of Philosophy and Social Development

Courses Taught currently

GTSU2016 Human Rights in a Multicultural World

Teaching area(s):

Research area(s):

Chinese Philosophy, Daoist Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy

Current project(s):

Daoism on the Human Condition

Causal Ambiguity in Daoist Philosophy

Rethinking Mencius on the Mind

Selected output(s):

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.