Confucian Philosophy of Gongfu lecture series will systematically introduce the profound implications of interpreting Confucian classics from Song-Ming Neo-Confucians’ gongfu perspective. Meanwhile, it will help students understand the constructive functions of Confucian philosophy in the context of contemporary world philosophy.
Time: Every Thursday, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., from Mar.16 2017
Location: Room 103, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies (IAHS) Bldg.4, Lee Shau-kee Humanities, Peking University
Presenter: Professor NI Peimin
Professor Ni is the Executive Vice-Director of IAHS, Researcher at WEIB, a Tenured Professor at Grand Valley State University (U.S.A.), Member of the Expert Committee and Senior Advisor of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOCRI). He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the ACPA book series on Chinese and Comparative Philosophy (published through Global Scholarly Publications in New York). Professor Ni earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Connecticut in 1991, and holds an M.A. of Philosophy (1982) and a B.A. of Modern Western Philosophy (1985) from Fudan University. He has taught in Trinity College, Montana State University and Grand Valley State University (GVSU). He was also a founding member and director of East Asia Studies Programme at GVSU, a visiting professor at the University of Hawaii and the University of Hong Kong, a founder and former president (1997-1999) of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in America (ACPA), former President of the Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP), former President of West Michigan Association of Chinese-Americans and Principal of its Chinese Language School.（For more information on http://iahs.en.pku.edu.cn/organization/research/byyjry/）
Topics and Arrangements of the Lectures:
2 hours every week, 16 lectures of this semester.
Time | Topics | |
Lecture 1 | Mar.16 | Introducing Gongfu to Philosophy |
Lecture 2 | Mar. 23 | Gongfu Interpretation and Confucianism |
Lecture 3 | Mar. 30 | (I) 'Interact with Things' and Science: Taking Traditional Chinese Medicine as an Example |
(II) 'Interact with Things' and Ways of Conduct: Taking Consepts of Causation as an Example | ||
Lecture 4 | Apr. 6 | Gongfu and Ontology: Comparing Rorty's and Mencius' Theories of Human Nature |
Lecture 5 | Apr. 13 | Does Confucianism need Metaphysics? |
Lecture 6 | Apr. 20 | 'Interact with Things' and Spirituality: The Theory of As-if-ism |
Lecture 7 | Apr. 27 | Plantinga and Confucianism Spirituality |
Lecture 8 | May. 4 | Confucian Self-cultivation and Personal Health |
Lecture 9 | May. 11 | Interpreting The Zhongyong from the Gongfu Perspective |
Lecture10 | May. 18 | Human Desires and Gongfu |
Lecture11 | May. 25 | (I) Confucian Approach to Freedom |
(II) Confucian Approach to Human Dignity | ||
Lecture12 | Jun. 1 | The Way of Family and the Gongfu of Regulating the Family |
Lecture13 | Jun. 8 | (I) Confucianism and Democracy |
(II)Rule of Ritual and Rule of Law | ||
Lecture14 | Jun. 15 | (I) Harmony in Diversity and Dialogue of Civilizations |
(II) The Languages for Dialogue and the Confucian Rectification of Names | ||
Lecture15 | Jun. 29 | Artistic Life: The Goal of Confucianism |
Lecture16 | Jul. 6 | World Philosophy under the Gongfu Perspective |
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