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Distinguished Professor and Dean of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Chienkuo Mi

Education : PhD in Philosophy, University of Iowa

Expertise :

Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Logic

 

Education
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Logic, Fundamental Problems of Logic, Epistemology
Ext. 6239
Research Room D0801
Email cmi@scu.edu.tw
Academic Publish / Research

(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, Beijing, China, Special Issue, 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, Beijing, China, Special Issue, 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, Apr. 2011
  15. “The Virtue Turn: Virtue Theory and Chinese Philosophy” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (AHCI), 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 (AHCI), 453, pp.23-46, Feb. 2012
  17. “Book Review: Duncan Pritchard’s Knowledge” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (AHCI), 453, pp.137-145, Feb. 2012
  18. “The Semantic Switching Theory of Truth” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (AHCI), 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 (AHCI), 478, pp.1-5, Mar. 2014
  22. “The Problems of Virtue Epistemology: Reflective Knowledge” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (AHCI), 478, pp.67-95, Mar. 2014
  23. “Book Review: Ernest Sosa’s Knowing Full Well” (in Chinese), Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture (AHCI), 478, pp.143-152, Mar. 2014
  24. "Two Kinds of Virtue Epistemology: The Nature of Knowledge, the Value of Knoeledge, 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 (AHCI), Volume 14, Issue No. 3, pp.355-367, September, 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. "Skilful Reflection as a Master Virtue" (with Shane Ryan), Synthese (AHCI), Online first, Aug. 2016.
  28. "Book Review: Vanishing into Things by Barry Allen" (with Shane Ryan), Philosophy East and West (AHCI), forthcoming.
  29. "Reflective Knowledge: Knowledge Extended" (with Shane Ryan), collected in Extended Epistemology, co-edited by Adam Carter, Andy Clark, Jesper Kallestrup, Orestis Palermos and Duncan Pritchard, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
  30. "The Contribution of Confucius to Virtue Epistemology", (with Shane Ryan), Epistemology for the Rest of the World, co-edited by Eric McCready, Masaharu Mizumoto, Jason Stanley, Stephen Stich, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
  31. "Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy", Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology, Heather Battaly (ed.), Routledge, forthcoming.
  32. "The Value Problem of Knowledge" (in Chinese), forthcoming in Mainland China.
  33. "The Value Problem of Reflective Knowledge" (in Chinese), FuJian Tribune, 2017, No.2, pp.139-145, 2017.
  34. "Reflective Knowledge: Confucius and Virtue Epistemology", Comparative Philosophy, Volume 8, No.2, pp. 25-40 (Open Access/ ISSN 2151-6014), 2017.
  35. "Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgment", (trans. in Chinese), Philosophical Analysis, No. 3, pp.10-16, 2017.
  36. "Reflective Epistemology: Virtue Epistemology and Epistemological Disjunctivism" (in Chinese), forthcoming.

(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 (Selective):

  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
  8. “Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View”, National Academia Senica, 2002 New Pragmatism Conference, Dec. 2002
  9. “A Possible-World Interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus”, Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Colloquium, Jun. 2003
  10. “Logic and Critical Thinking”, Taiwanese Ministry of Education, Logic, Information, and Knowledge Workshop, Sep. 2003
  11. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View”, 2004 APA Central Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Chicago, U.S.A., Apr. 2004, (NSC Travel Grant, NSC 92-2411-H-031-010)
  12. “Naturalized Epistemology”, Soochow University, 2004 Soochow International Conference on Contemporary Issues of Knowledge, Jun. 2004
  13. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology”, Australasian Association of Philosophy 2004 AAP Annual Conference, South Molle Island, Jul. 2004
  14. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology and A Priori Knowledge”, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, the Canadian Society for Epistemology, Oct. 2004 (NSC Travel Grant, NSC:93-2914-I-031-012-AI)
  15. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?” (Chinese Version), National Taiwan University, Department of Philosophy, 1st Conference on Experience and Truth, Mar. 2005
  16. “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
  17. “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
  18. “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact”, Fifth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy (ECAP5), University of Lisbon, Portugal, August 27-31, 2005
  19. “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
  20. “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
  21. “Davidson’s Slingshot Argument”, 3rd Conference on Experience and Truth, National Chun-Chen University and Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Nov. 24-25, 2006
  22. “Predication and the Slingshot”, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Apr. 27-28, 2007
  23. “The Problem of Predication and Quine’s Solution”, 2007 Soochow Conference on Analytic Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei, June 19-23, 2007
  24. “Predication and the Slingshot”, 13th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Aug. 9-16, 2007
  25. “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
  26. “Semantics without Metaphysics”, the XXII World Congress of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, July 30-Aug. 8, 2008
  27. “Climbing Ladder or Following Rule”, International Wittgenstein Conference in Taiwan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Nov. 7-8, 2008
  28. “A Semantic Conception of Truth”, 2009 Early Analytic Philosophy Conference, Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne University, Indiana, U.S.A., Apr.16-18, 2009
  29. “Toward A Semantic Theory of Truth”, 4th Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Hong Kong, June 24-25, 2009
  30. “Quine and Carnap on Truth”, 2010 Early Analytic Philosophy Conference, Soochow University, Taipei, December 16-17, 2010
  31. “Reflection and the Value Problem”, International Conference on Virtue and Luck: Virtue theory and Chinese Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 2-4, 2011
  32. “Truth as a Semantic Switch”, 14th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Nancy University, Nancy, France, July 19-26, 2011
  33. “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.
  34. “Virtue and Skills: Virtue Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy”, 2012 APA Pacific Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Seattle, U.S.A., Apr. 2-8, 2012.
  35. "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.
  36. "Some Reflections on Reflective Knowledge", 2013 Soochow Workshop on Virtues: Epistemic and Moral, Soochow University, Taipei, March 27, 2013
  37. "Value in Virtue: Some Problems", An International Workshop at Wesleyan University: "Virtues: Intellectual and Moral", Wesleyan University, U.S.A. April 3, 2013.
  38. "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.
  39. "Value and Norm" (Invited Session), the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athen, Greece, August 4-10, 2013.
  40. "The Virtue Turn: Constructive Engagement between East and West" (Round Table), the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece, August 4-10, 2013.
  41. “Reflection as a Virtue” (invited), 2013 APA Eastern Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Baltimore, U.S.A. December 27-30, 2013.
  42. "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.
  43. "What Is Knowledge?" (invited), Extended Knowledge: Virtue, East Meets West Workshop, University of Edinburgh, U.K., June 2, 2014.
  44. "Reflection as a Virtue: Intellectual and Moral" (invited), 2nd Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Kyoto, Japan, Aug. 29-30, 2014.
  45. "Reflection: Knowledge Extended" (invited), 1st International Conference of "Extended Knowledge, University of Edinburgh, U.K., April 23-24, 2015.
  46. "Skilful Reflection as an Epistemic Virtue" (invited), Satellite Workshop dedicated to the Epistemology of Education, University of Edinburgh, U.K., April 25, 2015.
  47. "Reflective Knowledge: Extended Knowledge" (with Shane Ryan), International Workshop: Knowledge, Action, and Virtue, Tokyo, Japan, May.31, 2015.
  48. "What Is Knowledge?", Kyoto-Soochow Joint Workshop: Virtue Epistemology: East & West, Kyoto, Japan, June 3, 2015.
  49. "Skillful Reflection and Learning" (with Shane Ryan), East-West Philosophy Forum: Knowledge, Action, and Virtue, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, June 24-25, 2015.
  50. "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.
  51. “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.
  52. “Group Knowledge and Reflective Consensus” (with Shane Ryan), International Conference on Ethno-Episteology: Culture, Language, and Methodology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Kanazawa, Japan, June 2-5, 2016.
  53. “Extended Knowledge and Extended Cognition” (with Shane Ryan), Taipei-Tokyo Intercity Workshop in Philosophy, Rissho University, Shinagawa Campus, Tokyo, Japan, June 6, 2016.
  54. "The Value Problem of Knowledge" (keynote speaker), International Workshop on "The Value of Knowledge", Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Nov.11-12, 2016.
  55. "Group Knowledge: Reflection and Consensus", International Workshop on "Knowledge and Action", Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 25-26, 2016.
  56. "The Value Problem of Knowledge", the Third Annual East-West Philosophy Forum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Mar. 31 - Apr. 1, 2017.
  57. "Knowledge as Action and Knowledge in Action", 2017 APA Pacific Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Seattle, U.S.A., Apr. 12-15, 2017.
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