SACP Sessions at the Central Division, American Philosophical Association
February 20-23, 2019
The Westin Downtown Denver
1672 Lawrence Street
Denver, Colorado 80202 USA
Ronnie Littlejohn, SACP Program Chair for APA Central
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Title: Experience, Awareness and Ethics in Himalayan Philosophy
Chair: Constance Kassor (Lawrence University)
Speakers:
Renee Ford (Rice University)
“It’s Not Just Not-Doing: The Relationship between Tantra and Dzogchen in Subject Formation”
Catherine Prueitt (George Mason University)
“Why Care about Freedom and Agency?”
Constance Kassor (Lawrence University)
“Automatic Ethical Action in Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy”
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Time: 8:30am – 11:30am
Title: Chinese Philosophy in Comparative Perspectives
Chair: Chenyang Li (Nanyang Technological University)
Speakers:
Yuanfang Dai (Michigan State University)
“China’s Gender Trouble and Chinese Feminist Philosophy”
Wang Kun (Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai)
“Naming as Speech Act: Spanning the Chasm between Realism and Conventionalism– Zhengming in Confucius and Xunzi”
Chenyang Li (Nanyang Technological University)
“The ‘Modern’ Turn of Xunzi’s Pre-modern Philosophy”
Hao Hong (University of Maine)
“A Metametaphysical Reading of Zhuangzi’s Qiwulun”
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Time: 7:10pm – 10:10pm
Title: East Asian Approaches to Moral Cultivation in Self and Society
Chair: Kevin Taylor (The University of Memphis)
Speakers:
Johnathan Flowers (Worcester State University)
“Mono no Aware as the Ground for Humane Social Action in the Thought of Motoori Norinaga”
Kevin Taylor (The University of Memphis)
“Moral Cultivation in Hakuin’s Syncretic Buddhist Pedagogy”
Carl Helsing (High Point University)
“Zhuangzi’s Moral Psychology and Humor: The Playful Liberation of Self, Others, and Society”
