Exploring Chinese Philosophy

This one-day workshop aims to advance the study of Chinese philosophy and its relationship to other philosophical traditions and significance to contemporary debates. This is chaired by Ian Kidd.

Program:

• 9.30 welcome, tea, and coffee
• 10 H.C. Winnie Sung (UCL and Nanyang Technological University Singapore), 'Xin​ and the Importance of Attention' (abstract)
  • Chair: Ian James Kidd
• 11.30 tea, coffee, juice
• 12 ​Ian James Kidd (University of Nottingham), 'Daoism, Humanity, and the Way of Heaven'
  • ​Chair: Marcus Lee
• 1.30 lunch (catered by Yemoja)
• 2.30 David E. Cooper (Durham University), 'Misanthropy in Chinese Philosophy'
  • Chair: Philip Goodchild
• 4 tea, coffee, juice
• 4.30 Graham Parkes (East China Normal University), 'Zhuangzi and Nietzsche: Will to Power and the Field of Dé and Dào'.
  • Chair: tbc
• 6 close