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[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Aristotle on the Connection Between Virtue and Happiness

Published November 2, 2016

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

Main Speaker: Sukaina Hirji (Virginia Tech)
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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)

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[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Nishida on Well-Being: Reflections from Medieval Buddhist Philosophy

Published October 7, 2016

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

Main Speaker: Takushi Odagiri (M.D. Tokyo, Ph.D. Stanford).
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He is a postdoctoral research fellow for the Global Asia Initiative at Duke University and a visiting faculty member for the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies department.
Commentator: Bobby Bingle (Ph.D. Student, the Department of Philosophy, Duke University)

** 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.

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[CCP & GAI Joint Workshop] Non-Dualistic Logic in Nishida Kitarō’s “Logic and Life”

Published September 15, 2016

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

Main Speaker: Takushi Odagiri (M.D. Tokyo, Ph.D. Stanford).
He is a postdoctoral research fellow for the Global Asia Initiative at Duke University and a visiting faculty member for the Asian & Middle Eastern Studies department.

** 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.

 

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Our project “Environment and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study” wins the GAI seed grant!

Published July 21, 2016
Great news! Our project “Environment and Well-Being: A Cross-Cultural Study”  wins the Global Asia Initiative seed grant! Congratulations for Owen, Jeff, and Wenqing for the great work.

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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Sungwoo Um’s Talk (Commentator: Wenqing Zhao)

Published April 20, 2016

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.

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