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[Kenan Institute Sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshop] Uncertain of Uncertainty? Certainly (Not): Illness and Wellness in Chan Buddhism
Kenan Institute Sponsored Cross-Cultural Workshop
Uncertain of Uncertainty? Certainly (Not): Illness and Wellness in Chan Buddhism
Time: 4:15pm – 5:45pm Thursday March 2nd
Location: Perkins 217
ain Speaker: Steven Heine (Florida International University)Steven Heine is professor and founding director of Asian Studies at Florida International University. An authority on East Asian religion and culture, Heine has published thirty books dealing with Chan/Zen Buddhism in China and Japan and related topics. His most recent work is Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: Sharpening Sword at the Dragon Gate, and he is developing a new project on Dōgen’s classic, Treasury of the True Dharma-Eye (Shōbōgenzō).
[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Daoism Meets Environmental Ethics: Relational Virtue in Zhuangzi and Leopold
The Center for Comparative Philosophy & Global Asia Initiative Joint Reading Workshop
Daoism Meets Environmental Ethics: Relational Virtue in Zhuangzi and Leopold
Time: 1:30pm – 3:30 Thursday Feb 2nd
Location: West Duke 204
Marion is Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Colorado College. She is the author of Environmental Ethics: From Theory to Practice (Bloomsbury, 2015) and editor of Restoring Layered Landscapes: History, Ecology, and Culture (Oxford, 2016).
Commentator: Ewan Kingston (Ph.D. Student, the Department of Philosophy, Duke University)
Abstract: This talk explores the concept of relational virtue and its relevance to environmental ethics through discussion of two texts: the Zhuangzi (a classical Daoist text) and Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac. I argue that both texts provide insights into the possibility of conceiving environmental virtue relationally, helping to overcome the dichotomy between “virtue centered” and “value centered” environmental ethics. Leopold and Zhuangzi each emphasize engagement, receptivity, perspective-taking, and the capacity to overcome preconceptions as critical in guiding relations between humans and the broader world. However, Zhuangzi – though not explicitly concerned with the “environment” or “conservation” – pushes further than Leopold in certain respects and provides key insights for ethics in a global context and a time of rapid environmental change.
[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Aristotle on the Connection Between Virtue and Happiness
The Center for Comparative Philosophy & Global Asia Initiative Joint Reading Workshop
Aristotle on the Connection Between Virtue and Happiness
Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Thursday Nov 10th
Location: West Duke 204
Sukaina Hirji (Princeton PhD) is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Virginia Tech. Her area of research specialty is ancient philosophy, with a particular focus on Aristotle.
Commentator: Sungwoo Um (Ph.D. Student, the Department of Philosophy, Duke University)
[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Nishida on Well-Being: Reflections from Medieval Buddhist Philosophy
The Center for Comparative Philosophy & Global Asia Initiative Joint Reading Workshop
Nishida on Well-Being: Reflections from Medieval Buddhist Philosophy
Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Thursday Oct 13th
Location: West Duke 204
** The Center for Comparative Philosophy will provide a light lunch for the workshop. The room will open from 12:00 for people to serve themselves and take a seat.
[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Non-Dualistic Logic in Nishida Kitarō’s “Logic and Life”
The Center for Comparative Philosophy & Global Asia Initiative Joint Reading Workshop
Non-Dualistic Logic in Nishida Kitarō’s “Logic and Life“
Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Thursday Sept 22nd
Location: West Duke 204
** The Center for Comparative Philosophy will provide a light lunch for the workshop. The room will open from 12:00 for people to serve themselves and take a seat.
Our project “Environment and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study” wins the GAI seed grant!
Title: Environment and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study
Co-Principal Investigators:
Owen Flanagan (James B. Duke University Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Co-Director, the Center of Comparative Philosophy, Duke University)
Jeffrey Nicolaisen (Candidate for Ph.D., Graduate Program in Religion, Duke University)
Wenqing Zhao (Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Associate Director, The Center for Comparative Philosophy, Duke University)
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David Wong’s paper wins 2015 Dao Annual Best Essay Award
Our “Varieties of Well-Being” project wins St. Louis-Templeton Grant
Great news! Our CCP project “Varieties of Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study” that has just received funding from the St. Louis-Templeton Project. Congratulations on Owen and Wenqing for the great work!
Varieties of Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study
Sungwoo Um’s Talk (Commentator: Wenqing Zhao)
Friendship and Epistemic Partiality: West and East
Time: 12:00 – 14:00 Wednesday April 27th
Location: West Duke 204
Main Speaker: Sungwoo Um Ph.D. Candidate (Duke)
Commentator: Wenqing Zhao Ph.D.
** The Center for Comparative Philosophy will provide a light lunch for the workshop.
The room will open from 12:00 for people to serve themselves and take a seat.
Hsin-wen Lee’s Talk
Rethinking Criminal Deterrence—The Deep Deterrence Theory
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