SACP SESSIONS AT THE CENTRAL DIVISION, 2012
The American Philosophical Association
Spring 2012 APA Central February 15-18, 2012, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy
PANEL ONE. Issues in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy
Friday, Feb. 17, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Eric Sean Nelson, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Chair
“The Zhuangzi and You 遊: Defining an Ideal Without Contradiction”
Alan Levinovitz, University of Chicago
Transformative Potential of Conceptual Schemes in Comparative Philosophy: The Case of the Laozi
Rafal Banka, Jagiellonian University
Buren (不忍) and Ren (仁) : Mencius’s Theory of Moral Emotion
Bongrae Seok, Alvernia University
Foucault and Confucianism
James Garrison, University of Vienna
Recognition, Resentment, and Alterity in the Analects of Confucius
Eric Sean Nelson, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
PANEL TWO. East Looks West: Chinese Interpreters of Western Philosophy
Saturday, Feb. 18, 12:15 p.m. -2:15 p.m.
Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University, Chair
Chinese Receptions of Western Philosophy
Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University
Wang Guowei’s Interpretation of Kant
Jinli He, Trinity University
Evolutionism through Chinese Eyes: Yan Fu, Ma Junwu and Their Translations on Darwinian Evolutionism
Vincent Shen, University of Toronto
Zhang Shiying and Contemporary Chinese Scholars’ Appreciation of Hegel
Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University
PANEL THREE. Philosophies of Japan and India
Thursday, Feb. 16, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon
Christian Coseru, College of Charleston, Chair
Wonderful, Whatever Being: An Exploration and Synthesis of Giorgio Agamben’s Thus and Shin’ichi Hisamatsu’s Such
Michael Hagan, University of Louisville
Finger Philosophy: Moral Sentimentalism and the Mumokan
Susan M. Purviance, The University of Toledo
The Magnificent Dharmadhatu: Ultimate Reality from the Dzogchen Perspective
Kenneth Faber, Vanderbilt University
Are Reasons Causally Relevant for Action? Dharmakirti’s Karyanumana Argument and the Embodied Cognition Paradigm
Christian Coseru, College of Charleston