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CHIENKUO  MI （米建國）

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Distinguished Professor and Dean of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Soochow University (2022-2025)

Distinguished Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy, Soochow University (2018- 2023)

Nankai Chair Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin Thousand Talents (August, 2017-August, 2020)

Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Fall, 2017)

Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy, Soochow University (2014-2017)

President of Taiwan Philosophical Association (2014-2015)

Visiting Research Scholar of Philosophy, Rutgers University (2012-2013)

Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy, Soochow University (2008-2011)

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Soochow University (2005-2014)

Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa (2007-2008)

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Soochow University (2001-2005)

Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Iowa, U.S.A. (1989-1998)

 

Mailing Address: Soochow University, 70 Lin-Hsi Rd., Wai-Suang-Hsi, Shihlin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 11102

cmi@scu.edu.tw

 

Honors and Awards

  1. Research and Teaching Awards:

1998       National Science Council Research Excellence Award

2001        Hua-Fan University Teaching Excellence Award

2002        Soochow University Research Publication Award

2003        Soochow University Research Publication Award

2006        Soochow University Publication Awards for Journals and Books

2006        Soochow University Outstanding Research Award

2007        Friends of Soochow, Edward L. Rada Award for Excellent Young Scholars

2008        Soochow University Outstanding Research Award

2008        Visiting Associate Professorship awarded by National Science Council

2009        Soochow University Research Award

2010        Soochow University Research Award

2011       Soochow University Research Award

2012       Soochow University Research Award

2012        Visiting Scholarship awarded by National Science Council

2013       Soochow University Research Award

2014        Outstanding Research Award by Ministry of Science and                                         Technology/Soochow University

2014        Soochow University Outstanding Research Award

2015        Outstanding Research Award by Ministry of Science and                                         Technology/Soochow University

2015        Soochow University Outstanding Research Award

2016        Outstanding Research Award by Ministry of Science and                                         Technology/Soochow University

2017        Nankai Chair Professorship, Tianjin Thousand Talents Project (2017-2020)

2017        Outstanding Research Award by Ministry of Science and                                         Technology/Soochow University

2018        Distinguished Professorship, Soochow University (2018-2023)

2018        Honorary Professorship, Department of Philosophy, Shanghai University

2020        Soochow University Research Award

2021        Soochow University Research Award

2022        Visiting Scholarship awarded by National Science Council

2022        Fulbright Senior Scholar

2023        Distinguished Professorship, Soochow University (2023-2028)

 

  1. National Science Council (Ministry of Science and Technology) and Foundations Research Grants:

2003       National Science Council: “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View” (NSC 92-2411-H-031-010), total funding: NTD 494,700.

2004       National Science Council: “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact” (NSC: 93-2411-H-031-009), total funding: NTD 369,600.

2004        National Science Council: Research Travel Grant for attending “A Priori Knowledge in Contemporary Epistemology” Conference at Sherbrooke University, Canada (NSC 93-2914-I-031-012-A1), total travel funding: NTD 78,000.

2005       National Science Council: “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology and A Priori Knowledge” (NSC 94-2411-H-031-020), total funding: NTD 328,000.

2006       National Science Council: “Quine’s Philosophy of Logic” (NSC 95-2411-H-031-020), total funding: NTD 520,000.

2006-2009      National Science Council: Integrated Research Project: “Realism vs. Anti-Realism: Essence and Universal” – “Truth and the Problem of Predication” (NSC 95-2745-H-031-003-HPU), total funding: NTD 2,061,000.

2007   National Science Council: Visiting Research Professorship to University of Iowa (from Aug. 2007 to Jul. 2008): “Truth Without Representation”,

(NSC 96-2918-I-031-002), total funding: NTD 460,000.

2007-2011       National Science Council: Supporting Library Books Collections, Special Topic: "Epistemology" (NSC 96-2420-H-031-003), total funding: NTD 9,000,000.

2008        National Science Council: International Philosophy Summer School in Taiwan, (NSC 97-2420-H-031-057), total funding: NTD 2,600,000.

2009-2013       Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation: “Knowledge, Virtue, and Intuition: Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy” (RG003-D-08), International Collaborative Research Project cooperated with Ernest Sosa at Rutgers University, total funding: NTD 2,800,000.

2009        National Science Council: “Skepticism, Transcendental Argument, and Virtue Epistemology” (NSC 98-2410-H-031-038), total funding: NTD 557,000.

2010        National Science Council: “Skepticism, Transcendental Argument, and Virtue Epistemology (II)” (NSC 99-2410-H-031-010), total funding: NTD 492,000.

2011        National Science Council: “The Value Problem in Epistemology:

The Swamping Problem (I)” (NSC 100-2410-H-031-041), total funding: NTD 300,000.

2012     National Science Council: Visiting Research Scholarship to Rutgers University (from Aug. 2012 to Jul. 2013): “Virtue Epistemology: The Nature Problem and Value Problem of Knowledge”,

(NSC 101-2918-I-031-001), total funding: NTD 354,000.

2012-2015      National Science Council: Integrated Research Project: “Virtues: Intellectual and Moral” (NSC 101-2632-H-031-001-MY3), total funding: NTD 5,644,000 + NTD 1,500,000 (from Soochow University).

2012-2016       Ministry of Science and Technology: International Cooperation Projects: "Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy" and "The Virtue Turn", total funding: NTD 500,000 + NTD 720,000.

2015-2018      Ministry of Science and Technology: Integrated Research Project: “Knowledge and Action” (MOST 104-2632-H-031-001-MY3), total funding: NTD 5,240,000 + NTD 1,500,000 (from Soochow University).

2018-2021      Ministry of Science and Technology: “Memory and Forgetting: An Epistemological Inquiry” (MOST 107-2410-H-031-064-MY3), 3 years project, total funding: NTD 1,391,000.

2021-2024      Ministry of Science and Technology: “Testimony and Knowledge” (MOST 110-2410-H-031-058-MY3), 3 years project, total funding: NTD 1,944,000.

 

2001-2023 Academic Vitae

 

(A) Articles (Published or at Press):

  1. “Meaning and Holism: A Comparison between Quine's and Davidson's Points of View”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 6, April, 2001.
  2. “The Nature of Human Action”, Formosan Education and Society, No. 3, February, 2002.
  3. “Davidson’s Holistic Theory of Meaning”, NCCU Philosophical Journal, No. 8, June, 2002.
  4. “Quine and the Problems of Holism”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 7, December, 2002.
  5. “Wittgenstein on What Can and Cannot Be Said” (in Chinese), Satyabhisamaya A Buddhist Studies Quarterly, No. 27, December, 2003.
  6. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 14, August, 2006.
  7. “Quine and the Problems of Modality: Quantification In, Slingshot Argument, and Essentialism”, Philosophical Researches, Special Issue, Beijing, China, pp. 65-75, 2007.
  8. “What Is Naturalized Epistemology: The Quinean Project”, collected in Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, co-edited by Chienkuo Mi & Ruey-lin Chen, Rodopi: Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2007.
  9. “The Problem of Predication and Quine’s Solution”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 16, 2007.
  10. “Book Review: Richard Fumerton’s Epistemology” (in Chinese), Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 17, 2008.
  11. “Quine’s Two Conceptions of Truth: Immanent and Transcendent”, Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 35 No. 8, Special Issue: Quine Centennial Symposium in Taiwan, 2008.
  12. “Toward A Semantic Theory of Truth”, Philosophical Researches, Special Issue, Beijing, China, pp. 47-55, 2009.
  13. “Semantics without Metaphysics”, Analytic Philosophy in China 2009, Zhejiang University Press, China, pp. 227-280, June, 2010.
  14. “Predication and the Slingshot”, collected in Proceedings of 13th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, ISBN: 978-1-904987-45-1, King's College Publications, pp. 29-37, April, 2011.
  15. “The Virtue Turn: Virtue Theory and Chinese Philosophy” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 453, pp. 1-5, Feb., 2012.
  16. “What Is Virtue Epistemology? The Nature Problem and Value Problem of Knowledge” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 453, pp. 23-46, Feb., 2012.
  17. “Book Review: Duncan Pritchard’s Knowledge” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 453, pp. 137-145, Feb., 2012.
  18. “The Semantic Switching Theory of Truth” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 472, pp. 149-167, Sep., 2013.
  19. "Why Do We Want to Be a Sage?" (in Chinese), Newsletter of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 17-28, Sep., 2013.
  20. "Virtue Epistemology and Skepticism: On Epistemology by Linda Zagzebski" (in Chinese), Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies (THCI Core), No. 29, pp.95-123, Feb., 2014.
  21. “A Dialogue between Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 478, pp. 1-5, Mar., 2014.
  22. “The Problems of Virtue Epistemology: Reflective Knowledge” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 478, pp. 67-95, Mar., 2014.
  23. “Book Review: Ernest Sosa’s Knowing Full Well” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (A&HCI), 478, pp. 143-152, Mar., 2014.
  24. "Two Kinds of Virtue Epistemology: The Nature of Knowledge, the Value of Knowledge, and Skepticism" (in Chinese), World Philosophy (CSSCI), pp. 21-32, 2014, Vol. 5, Oct., 2014.
  25. "What Is Knowledge: When Confucius Meets Ernest Sosa", Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy (A&HCI), Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 355-367, Sep., 2015.
  26. "Skilful Reflection as an Epistemic Virtue" (with Shane Ryan), collected in Moral and Intellectual Virtues in Western and Chinese Philosophy: The Turn toward Virtue, pp. 34-48, co-edited by Chienkuo Mi, Michael Slote and Ernest Sosa, Routledge, 2016.
  27. "The Value Problem of Reflective Knowledge" (in Chinese), FuJian Tribune (CSSCI), 2017, No. 2, pp.139-145, 2017.
  28. "Reflective Knowledge: Confucius and Virtue Epistemology", Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 25-40 (Open Access/ ISSN 2151-6014), 2017.
  29. "Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgment", (trans. in Chinese), Philosophical Analysis (CSSCI), Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 10-16, 2017.
  30. "Review of Vanishing into Things: Knowledge in Chinese Tradition" (with Shane Ryan), Philosophy East and West (A&HCI), Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 1299-1305, Oct., 2017.
  31. "The Value Problem of Knowledge" (in Chinese), Journal of Dialectics of Nature (CSSCI), Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 11-18, Feb., 2018.
  32. "Reflective Knowledge: Knowledge Extended" (with Shane Ryan), collected in Extended Epistemology, pp. 162-176, co-edited by Adam Carter, Andy Clark, Jesper Kallestrup, Orestis Palermos and Duncan Pritchard, Oxford University Press, May, 2018.
  33. "The Contribution of Confucius to Virtue Epistemology", (with Shane Ryan), Epistemology for the Rest of the World, pp.65-76, co-edited by Eric McCready, Masaharu Mizumoto, Jason Stanley, Stephen Stich, Oxford University Press, Aug., 2018.
  34. "Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy", (with Shane Ryan), Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology, pp.462-469, edited by Heather Battaly, Routledge, January, 2019.
  35. "Reflective Epistemology: Virtue Epistemology and Epistemological Disjunctivism" (in Chinese), forthcoming.
  36. “Virtue Epistemology” (in Chinese), On-line Chinese Philosophy Encyclopaedia, April, 2019.
  37. “Intellectual Virtue and Moral Virtue: Contemporary Development of Virtue Epistemology” (in Chinese), Academia Ethica, No.7, pp.312-325, Dec., 2019.
  38. “Introduction to Special Issue: Knowledge, Virtue, and Action—Eastern and Western Perspectives” (with Adam Carter, Orestis Palermos, and Duncan Pritchard), Synthese (A&HCI), 197, pp.2291-2294, 2020.
  39. "Skilful Reflection as a Master Virtue" (with Shane Ryan), Synthese (A&HCI), 197, pp.2295-2308, 2020.
  40. “Memory and Forgetting: An Epistemological Inquiry” (in Chinese), Philosophical Analysis (CSSCI), Vol.11, No.3, pp.7-20, 2020.
  41. “Testimony, Credit, and Blame: A Cross-Culture Study of the Chicago Visitor Case” (with Shane Ryan and Masaharu Mizumoto), Ethno-Epistemology, pp.94-113, Routledge, July, 2020.
  42. “Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgment” (with Shane Ryan), Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Philosophy and Law, pp. 73-78, edited by Baosheng Zhang, Shijun Tong, Jing Cao, and Chuanming Fan, Springer Singapore, 2021.
  43. “Memory and Reflection”, TRANS-FORM-ACAO: Revista de Filosofia (A&HCI), Volume 44, Issue 1, pp. 151-168, June, 2021.
  44. “The Problem of Forgetting” (with Man-To Tang), Knowers and Knowledge in East-West Philosophy: Epistemology Extended, pp. 91-110, edited by Karyn Lai, Palgrave Macmillan, Feb., 2022.
  45. “An Epistemological Disjunctivist Account of Memory Knowledge” (corresponding author, with Chung Him Kwok, Shane Ryan), Episteme (A&HCI), Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 584-597, September, 2023.

 

(B) Book Publications:

  1. Mi, Chienkuo. Meaning, Truth, and Belief: Essays on the Philosophy of Language, (in Chinese) ISBN: 986-7840-62-3, Hsue-Fu Press: Taipei-Taiwan, December, 2005.
  2. Mi, Chienkuo. Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, ISBN: 978-90-420-2198-3, co-edited with Rueylin Chen, Rodopi: Amsterdam-New York, printed in The Netherlands, 2007.
  3. Mi, Chienkuo. Moral and Intellectual Virtues in Western and Chinese Philosophy: The Turn toward Virtue, ISBN: 978-1-13-892516-8, co-edited with Michael Slote and Ernest Sosa, Routledge, 2016.

 

(C) Conference Papers (Internationally Selected):

  1. “Putnam on Mind”, Hua-Fan University 5th Conference on Confucianism and         Buddhism, Apr., 2001.
  2. “Quine's Meaning Holism”, National Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, 14th MLI Workshop, Dec., 2001.
  3. “Quine and the Problems of Holism”, National Chen-Chih University, Department of Philosophy, Conference on the Recent Development of Analytic Philosophy, Mar., 2002.
  4. “Early Wittgenstein on What Can and Cannot Be Said”, Hua-Fan University 6th conference on Confucianism and Buddhism, May, 2002.
  5. “What Is A Possible World?”, National Taiwan University and Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, 1st Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Jun., 2002.
  6. “Davidson on Truth”, National Chin-Hua University, Conference on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson, Sep., 2002.
  7. “Philosophy as Showing What Cannot Be Said”, London University, U.K., Philosophy as . . . : A Conference Exploring the Nature and State of

Philosophy, Nov., 2002.

  1. “Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View”, National Academia Senica, 2002 New Pragmatism Conference, Dec., 2002.
  2. “A Possible-World Interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus”, Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Colloquium, Jun., 2003.
  3. “Logic and Critical Thinking”, Taiwanese Ministry of Education, Logic,

Information, and Knowledge Workshop, Sep. 2003

  1. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of

View” (NSC Travel Grant, NSC 92-2411-H-031-010), 2004 APA Central Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Chicago, U.S.A., Apr., 2004.

  1. “Naturalized Epistemology”, Soochow University, 2004 Soochow International Conference on Contemporary Issues of Knowledge, Jun., 2004.
  2. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology”, Australasian Association of Philosophy 2004 AAP Annual Conference, South Molle Island, Jul., 2004.
  3. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology and A Priori Knowledge” (NSC Travel Grant, NSC:93-2914-I-031-012-AI), University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, the Canadian Society for Epistemology, Oct., 2004.
  4. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?” (Chinese Version), National Taiwan University, Department of Philosophy, 1st Conference on Experience and Truth, Mar., 2005.
  5. “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact”, The 4th International Conference on Logic and Cognition, Institute of Logic and Cognition (ILC), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Jun. 13-17, 2005.
  6. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?”, 2nd Conference on Experience and Truth, National Taiwan University and Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, Jun. 24-25, 2005.
  7. “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact”, Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy (ECAP5), University of Lisbon, Portugal, August 27-31, 2005.
  8. “What Is Naturalized Epistemology: Subject Matters and Methodology”, Soochow University, 2006 Soochow International Conference and Workshop on Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, May 31 — Jun. 3, 2006.
  9. “Quine and the Problems of Modality: Quantification In, Slingshot Argument, and Essentialism”, 2nd Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Nanking University, Mainland China, Oct. 27-30, 2006.
  10. “Davidson’s Slingshot Argument”, 3rd Conference on Experience and Truth, National Chun-Chen University and Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Nov. 24-25, 2006.
  11. “Predication and the Slingshot”, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Apr. 27-28, 2007.
  12. “The Problem of Predication and Quine’s Solution”, 2007 Soochow Conference on Analytic Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei, June 19-23, 2007.
  13. “Predication and the Slingshot”, 13th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Aug. 9-16, 2007.
  14. “On Quine’s Two Concepts of Truth: Immanent and Transcendent”, 2008 Early Analytic Philosophy Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa, U.S.A. , Apr. 4-5, 2008.
  15. “Semantics without Metaphysics”, the XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 30 — Aug. 8, 2008.
  16. “Climbing Ladder or Following Rule”, International Wittgenstein Conference in Taiwan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Nov. 7-8, 2008.
  17. “A Semantic Conception of Truth”, 2009 Early Analytic Philosophy Conference, Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne University, Indiana, U.S.A., Apr. 16-18, 2009.
  18. “Toward A Semantic Theory of Truth”, 4th Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Hong Kong, June 24-25, 2009.
  19. “Quine and Carnap on Truth”, 2010 Early Analytic Philosophy Conference, Soochow University, Taipei, December 16-17, 2010.
  20. “Reflection and the Value Problem”, International Conference on Virtue and Luck: Virtue theory and Chinese Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2-4, 2011.
  21. “Truth as a Semantic Switch”, 14th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Nancy University, Nancy, France, July 19-26, 2011.
  22. “Performance-Based Normativity and the Value Problem”, 2011 APA Eastern Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Washington D. C., U.S.A., Dec. 26-30, 2011.
  23. “Virtue and Skills: Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy”, 2012 APA Pacific Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Seattle, U.S.A., Apr. 2-8, 2012.
  24. "The Value Problem of Reflective Knowledge”, 2012 Soochow University International Conference: Philosophical Dialogues of Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology and Workshops on Virtue, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 28-30, 2012.
  25. "Some Reflections on Reflective Knowledge", 2013 Soochow Workshop on Virtues: Epistemic and Moral, Soochow University, Taipei, March 27, 2013
  26. "Value in Virtue: Some Problems", An International Workshop at Wesleyan University: "Virtues: Intellectual and Moral", Wesleyan University, U.S.A. April 3, 2013.
  27. "What Is Knowledge? When Confucius Meets Ernest Sosa", The Inaugural Rutgers Workshop on Chinese Philosophy (RWCP)：An International Conference on Nature and Value in Chinese and Western Philosophies, Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A. April 4-5, 2013.
  28. "Value and Norm" (Invited Session), the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athen, Greece, August 4-10, 2013.
  29. "The Virtue Turn: Constructive Engagement between East and West" (Round Table), the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece, August 4-10, 2013.
  30. “Reflection as a Virtue” (invited), 2013 APA Eastern Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Baltimore, U.S.A. December 27-30, 2013.
  31. "Skilful Reflection as an Epistemic Virtue", 2014 Soochow International Conference on "The Virtue Turn: Virtue Epistemology, Virtue Ethics, and Chinese Philosophy", Taipei, Taiwan, May 14-17, 2014.
  32. "What Is Knowledge?" (invited), Extended Knowledge: Virtue, East Meets West Workshop, University of Edinburgh, U.K., June 2, 2014.
  33. "Reflection as a Virtue: Intellectual and Moral" (invited), 2nd Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 29-30, 2014.
  34. "Reflection: Knowledge Extended" (invited), 1st International Conference of "Extended Knowledge, University of Edinburgh, U.K., April 23-24, 2015.
  35. "Skilful Reflection as an Epistemic Virtue" (invited), Satellite Workshop dedicated to the Epistemology of Education, University of Edinburgh, U.K., April 25, 2015.
  36. "Reflective Knowledge: Extended Knowledge" (with Shane Ryan), International Workshop: Knowledge, Action, and Virtue, Tokyo, Japan, May.31, 2015.
  37. "What Is Knowledge?", Kyoto-Soochow Joint Workshop: Virtue Epistemology: East & West, Kyoto, Japan, June 3, 2015.
  38. "Skilful Reflection and Learning" (with Shane Ryan), East-West Philosophy Forum: Knowledge, Action, and Virtue, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 24-25, 2015.
  39. "Reflection: Knowledge Extended", 19th International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy (ISCP), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, July 21-24, 2015.
  40. “Group Knowledge and Virtuous Consensus” (with Shane Ryan), 2nd East-West

        Philosophy Forum: Humility, Faith, and Science in the Eastern and Western Traditions, University of Edinburgh, U.K., May 19-20, 2016.

  1. “Group Knowledge and Reflective Consensus” (with Shane Ryan), International Conference on Ethno-Epistemology: Culture, Language, and Methodology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Kanazawa, Japan, June 2-5, 2016.
  2. “Extended Knowledge and Extended Cognition” (with Shane Ryan), Taipei-Tokyo Intercity Workshop in Philosophy, Rissho University, Shinagawa Campus, Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2016.
  3. "The Value Problem of Knowledge" (keynote speaker), International Workshop on "The Value of Knowledge", Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Nov. 11-12, 2016.
  4. "Group Knowledge: Reflection and Consensus", International Workshop on "Knowledge and Action", Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 25-26, 2016.
  5. "The Value Problem of Knowledge", the Third Annual East-West Philosophy Forum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2017.
  6. "Knowledge as Action and Knowledge in Action", 2017 APA Pacific Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Seattle, U.S.A., Apr. 12-15, 2017.
  7. “Reflection and Memory”, International Conference of Issues in Philosophy of Memory, University of Cologne, Germany, July 10-13, 2017.
  8. “Learning to Be a Person", the 4th Annual East-West Philosophy Forum, Vrije University Amsterdam, May 30-31, 2018.
  9. “The Problem of Forgetting” (co-author with Mentos Tang), the 5th Annual East-West Philosophy Forum, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, May 15-17, 2019.
  10. “Learning to Be a (Good) Person”, the 3rd Tokyo-Taipei Intercity Workshop in Philosophy, University of Tokyo, Japan, July 5-6, 2019.
  11. “The Problem of Forgetting”, Inter-City Philosophical Dialogue: CUHK at Taipei Soochow University, Taipei, Jan. 3-4, 2020.
  12. “Comments on Sosa’s Epistemic Explanations”, Philosopher Meets Critics #14 with Ernest Sosa, CONCEPT — Cologne Centre for Contemporary Epistemology and the Kantian Tradition, Germany, Mar. 25, 2022.
  13. “A Bi-Level Account of Knowledge and Wisdom: Inspired by Ernest Sosa’s Virtue Epistemology”, Epistemic Explanations: Investigations into the Epistemology of Ernest Sosa, University of Miami, Miami, U. S. A., Nov. 10-13, 2022.
  14. “Testimony and Knowledge: A Bi-Level Account of Testimonial Knowledge”, the 6th Annual East-West Philosophy Forum, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Jan. 12-13, 2023.
  15. ”Testimony and Knowledge: S Tells H that P”, 2023 Soochow International Mini Workshop, Soochow University, Taipei, Apr. 27-28, 2023.

 

(D) Ph.D. Dissertation

Quine and Davidson on Meaning and Holism. University of Iowa, June, 1998. Supervised by Gregory Landini, examination committee include Richard Fumerton, Evan Fales, and David Stern.

 

(E) Invited Lectures (Internationally Selected)

  1. “Truth and the Slingshot”, Sievert Lecture, U. of Iowa, U.S.A. Aug., 2006.
  2. “Truth without Correspondence”, Philosophy Lecture, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, May, 2007.
  3. “The Concept of Truth and the Theory of Truth”, Philosophy Lecture, Wu-Ham University, Mainland China, Apr., 2009.
  4. “Saving Quine's Truth in His Semantic Ascent”, Philosophy Colloquium, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. Feb., 2010.
  5. “The Semantic Switching Theory of Truth”, Philosophy Seminar, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nov., 2010.
  6. “The Value Problem in Epistemology: The Swamping Problem”, Philosophy Lecture, Beijing Normal University, Mainland China, June, 2011.
  7. "The Value Problems of Knowledge: Moral and Epistemic", Philosophy Colloquium at University of Miami, U.S.A. Feb., 2013.
  8. "New Value Problems in Epistemology”, Philosophy Colloquium at Kutztown University, U.S.A., April 23, 2013.
  9. "Two Kinds of Virtue Epistemology", Philosophy Lecture at Xiamen University, Mainland China, May, 2014.
  10. "Two Kinds of Virtue Epistemology: Knowledge as Action and Knowledge in Action", Philosophy Lecture, Rissho University, Tokyo, December 9, 2014.
  11. "The Value Problem: Traditional and Reflective", The International Meeting of Hongo Metaphysics Club organised by Department of Philosophy, the University of Tokyo, December 10, 2014.
  12. "What Is Knowledge? Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy", the 51st meeting of Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy, the University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, December, 12, 2014.
  13. "The Virtue Turn", The Philosophy Lecture Series, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, July 6-17, 2015.
  14. “Reflective Consensus and Extended Knowledge: Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy", Philosophy Lecture at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 16, 2015.
  15. “Reflection, Consensus, and Group Knowledge”, Philosophy Lecture at the Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Kanazawa, Japan, December, 4, 2015.
  16. “Reflection and Extended Knowledge", Philosophy Lecture at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, February, 1, 2016.
  17. “Virtue Ethics, Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy", Summer Philosophy Courses, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, July 10-17, 2016.
  18. “The Nature Problem, the Value Problem, and the Skeptical Problem of Knowledge", Philosophy Lectures, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China, Oct. 25-28, 2016.
  19. “Reflection, Consensus, and Extended Knowledge", Philosophy Seminar, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Jan. 27, 2017.
  20. “Agency, Knowledge, and Action", Philosophy Lecture at Soochow University, Suzhou, China, March 14, 2017.
  21. “Learning to Be a Person: Epistemological Way of Great Learning", Philosophy Lecture at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, October, 16, 2017.
  22. “Learning to Be a Person: Epistemological Way of Great Learning", Philosophy Talk at Yale/NUS College, Singapore, Feb. 15, 2018.
  23. “The Advanced Seminars on East-West Philosophy”, A Series of East-West Philosophy Seminars, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, July 15-26, 2019.
  24. “From Performance-Based Normativity to Action-Based Normativity”, Soochow Philosophy Lecture Series, Soochow University, Suzhou, China, Oct. 14, 2019.
  25. “Bi-Level Virtue Epistemology”, FAH/PHIL Lecture, University of Macau, Macau, Nov. 22, 2019.
  26. 1st Annual KTS Center Global Epistemology Lecture: Chienkuo Mi (Soochow University), UCI (Irvine), U. S. A.. Lecture title: “Bi-Level Virtue Epistemology: Ernest Sosa and Confucianism”, May 14, 2021.

 

(F) Academic Service

  1. President of Taiwan Philosophical Association, Jan. 2014 ~ Jan. 2016.
  2. Committee member of International Cooperation, American Philosophical Association (Chaired by Sven Bernecker), July, 2011 ~ June, 2017.
  3. National Committee Member of R. O. C., the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 2011 ~ 2015.
  4. Chief Editor, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2003 ~ 2007, 2017 ~ Now
  5. Editor Board Member of International Journal of Philosophy, 2021 ~ Now
  6. General Editor, Special Issue on “Virtue Theory: East and West”, Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, 453 (A&HCI), Feb., 2012.
  7. General Editor, Special Issue on “A Dialogue between Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology”, Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, 478 (A&HCI), Mar., 2014.
  8. Co-Editor (with Duncan Pritchard, Adam Carter, and Orestis Palermos), Special Issue on "Knowledge, Virtue, and Action: Eastern and Western Perspectives," Synthese (A&HCI), 2016.
  9. 9. General Editor, the Series of Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy, published by Princeton University Press in U.S.A.:
  10. General Series Editor (with Michael Slote), the Series of Palgrave Studies in Comparative East-West Philosophy, published by Macmillan Press, since 2019.
  11. Peer Reviewer for Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Social Epistemology, The Philosophical Forum, The Journal of Moral Education, Educational Research and Reviews, Philosophia, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, EurAmerica.
  12. External Examiner for the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (2016).
  13. Invited Endorsement Review for Robert Audi's The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition, 2015.

 

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