EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, the Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 12/1989.
Thesis: “The Constitutive and Regulative Principles: the Methodology of Kant’s Philosophy”
Supervisors: Professor Liang Zhixue
Committee:Prof. Zhang Shiying, Prof. Qi Laingji, Prof. Ye Xiushan,Prof. Wang Shuren
Result: Excellent
M.A., Philosophy, University of Xiamen, 02/1985
B.A., Philosophy, University of Xiamen, 02/1980
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Current professional position
Professor at the Department of Philosophy, College of Humanities, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2015.11-
Professor of Institute for Advanced Study of European Culture, ShanghiaJiaotong University,2015,11
Previous Positions
1994-2015, Professor, Xiamen University
19 1991-1994, Associate Professor
1989-1991, Lecturer
19 1985-1986, Assistant
All All f these positions held at the Department of Philosophy, XiamenUniversity.
RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS
1.The United States Fulbright Fellowship, at Harvard University,
2001-2002
2. China-European Higher Education Cooperation Foundation, at
Amsterdam University, 1999.
3. British Academy K.C.Wong Fellowship, at St. Andrews University,
United Kingdom. 1995-96
4. China’s National Foundation for Studying Aboard, doing research at
Marburg University, Germany, 1993
SERVES
Chief Editor of Academic Journal of Xiamen University (1998- )
Director, the Centre for the Studies of Epistemology and Cognitive
Science, Xiamen Univ. 2011-
Chair, Chinese Society of Epistemology
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION
Epistemology, ModernityResearch, Kant’s Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
(I) ARTICLES
1. “Kant’s Concept of Synthesis”, Foreign Philosophy, Vol.8 (1985), 100-118
2. “The Concept of Experience in Kant’s Transcendental Logic”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, Vol.1 (1986) 69-76
3. “Human is the Supreme End”, German Philosophy, Vol, 7 (1990).1-13
4. “The Emerge of Contemporary Philosophy of Action and its Basic Models of Explanation”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, Vol.4 (1990) 96-103
5. “Object Constituted: Kant’s Phenomenology”, Academic Journal of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Vol.3 (1990) 43-50
6. “On Contemporary Methodology of Western Philosophy”, Academic Journal of the Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Vol.2 (1989) 35-46
7. “P.Ricoeur’s Interpretative Dialectics”, Academic Journal of Sicuan, Vol. 4 (1989) 50-55
8. “Dilthey’s Hermeneutics of Human Sciences”, Theory Monthly, 4 (1989) 19-23
9. “Hegel’s Civil Society and its Relation with Nation”, Chinese Social Sciences Quarterly (Hong Kong), Vol. 3 (1993) 23-27
10. “Universal and Individual in Hegel’s Philosophy”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, Special Issue for Philosophy, 1992, 63-66
11. “A Semiotic Analysis of Kant’s Schema”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, Vol.4 (1991) 78-84
12.“Husserl’s Theory of Constitution”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, Vol.1 (1994) 100- 106.
13. “Derrida’s Deconstruction”, in From Structure to Deconstructure, Xiamen Univ. Press, 1994, 217-249
14. “Rational- Self in German Idealists”, Academic Journal of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Vol.6 (1994) 48-54
15. “’Image’ and the Thinking Way of traditional Chinese Philosophy”, Research on Chinese Culture, Xiamen University Press (1994) 53-68
16. “Anti-Scientism and the Reconstruction of Chinese Philosophy”, Academic Monthly, Vol.11 (1994)17-21
17. “The Growth of Civil Society in China and the Reconstruction of the Relationship between Society and Nation”, Marxism and Contemporary Reality, Vol.1 (1995) 79-85
18. “From Scientism to Anti-Scientism”, Fudan Academic Journal, Vol.2 (1995) 55-59
19. “The Characters of Philosophical Ideas and their Judging Form”, Philosophical Researches, Vol.4 (1994) 74-79
20.“Three Fundamental Elements in Kant’s Transcendentalism”, German Philosophy, Vol.15 (1996) 86-100
21. “Wittgenstein’s Conceptions of ‘Certainty’ and ‘Form of Life’”, Philosophical Researches, Vol.1 (1997) 63-70
22. “An Introduction to Contemporary Western Epistemology”, Philosophic Trends, Vol.6 (1997) 44-45; Vol.7, 42-45
23.“The Trend of Humanism in Contemporary Chinese Philosophy”, in Chinese Philosophy Working paper of Institute for Chinese Studies, University of Oxford, March 1997, 1-8
24.“Contemporary Neo-Confucianism: Its Doctrine of Mind and Nature”, South-East Academic Journal, Vol. 3 (1998) 33-36
25. “On Foundationalism”, Furan University Journal, Vol. 6 (1998) 44-49
26. “Externalism in Contemporary Western Epistemology”, Philosophical Trends, Vol.10 (1998) 40-45
27. “The Manners of Combination between Chinese and Western Philosophy”, Jianghai Academic Journal, Vol. 2 (1999) 100-104
28. “Gettier problem and the Conditions of Knowledge”.Philosophical Trends, 2000.12
29. “Belief and Knowledge”, Academic Journal of Xiamen University, 2002.6
30. Some Comments on the Social Epistemology, Philosophical Trends, 2003.1
31. On the Virtual Epistemology, Southeast Academic, 2003.1
32. The Issue of Justification in Contemporary Epistemology. Journal of Fudan University, 2003.2
33. The Issue of “Belief” in Epistemology, academic edition in Daily, May 20, 2003.
34. Contemporary Epistemology: Its concepts, Background and Current Situation. Philosophical Studies, 2003.5
35. Modernity and Modernization, Journal of Xiamen University, 2003.5
36. The matters of Substance in the Studies of Epistemology, Culture, History and Philosophy, 2004.2
37. Kant’s Philosophy of Modernity, academic edition in Daily, May 25, 2004.
38. Foundationalism in Kant’s philosophy. Journal of Nanjing University, 2004.3
39. On Foundationalism in Western Epistemology, Culture, History and Philosophy, 2004.4
40. Gettier Problem and the Ways for Its Solving, Southeast Academic, No. 180.
41. Views of Knowledge and Modernity: An Inquiry based on the Philosophy of Kant and Hegel. Journal of Jilin University, 2005.2
42. Scientific Explanation and Humanistic Understanding. Journal of Xiamen University, 2005.6
43.The Empirical Foundation and Justification of Knowledge, Chinese Social Sciences, 2007.1. Reprinted in Frontiers of Philosophy in China，2008，3
44.One and Many：The Modern and Postmodern Views on Knowledge. Academic edition in Daily, April 26, 2007.
45. Belief, Knowledge and Behavior, Philosophical Trends, 2007.10
46. Proper Name, Description and Gettier Problem. World Philosophy, 2008.6
47.“Retrospect and Reflection on the Studies of Modernity”, The Journal of Yunnan University,No.1(2009):67-77.
48.“A Further Discussion on the Modernity Challenge to Philosophy”, The Journal Of Nanjing University, No.3(2009): 22-28.
49.“‘Rationalization’ or ‘Humanization’, A Reflection on the Issue of China’s Modernity”. Culture, History and Philosophy, No.4 (2009): 139-143.
50.“The Philosophical Missions in the Times of Technology”, The Journal of Jiangsu Administration College, No.6 (2009):5-10
51.“On the Transcendental Argument”, Philosophical Researches, No.11 (2009): 69-75.
52.“On the Issues of Modernization of Chinese Traditional Philosophy: From the perspective of Linguistic Phenomenon”, Philosophical Trends, No.1(2010):42-46.
53.“The Phenomenon of Neo-Confucianism and the Issue of Innovation for Philosophy”, The Journal of Fudan University, No.2(2010):57-61.
54.“The Studies of Zhuxi in Western”, The Collection of National Studies in Xiamen University, No.4(2010):86-94.
55.“Kant and the Issue of Transcendental Argument”, The Journal of Xiamen University, No.4(2010):20-26.
56.“Dignity and Rights：A Research Based on Chinese Society”，Marxism and Reality, No.2 (2011):7-11.
57.“The National Studies Craze: The Phenomena, the Controversies, and Some Reflections. China Perspectives,（published by French Centre for Research on Contemporary China）, No.1 (2011):22-31.
A French version is in Perspectives Chinoises,No.1 (2011): 22-33
58.“Why The benevolent should Love People? ”Philosophical Analysis, No.3 (2011):37-44.
59.“Can Facts and Values be Divided”? Academic Monthly, No.8 (2011)：38-43.
60.“The Narrative Way and its Problem in Book of ‘On the Dao’”, Philosophical Analysis, No.5 (2011):13-18.
61.“Internalism: A New Interpretation on Confucian Doctrine of Mind/Heart”, Academic Monthly, No.5 (2012):47-53.
62.“On the Issue of Transcendental Argument, Frontiers of Philosophy in China, Vol.7, Number 2, June (2012):255-269.
63.“The Universality of Philosophy and the Development of Chinese Philosophy, Philosophical Analysis, No.4 (2012):148-154.
64.“The Pattern of Knowledge Researches and the Significance of Empirical Philosophy”, in Knowledge and Logic, ed. By Su Qinghui and Peng Mengyao, (2012): 143-156.
65. “The Phenomenon of Consciousness, Givenness and the Intuition of Essence, Some Suspicions on Husserl’s Phenomenology”, Social Sciences in China, No.11 (2012):42-56.
66. “Davison and His Scheme/Content Dualism”, Journal of Xiamen University, No.5 (2013):97-104.
67. “Can Externalism be Combined with Coherentism”? A Response to Davison’s Theory. Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy, 2013. 4
68. “The Characters and Problems in Confucian theory of Knowledge and Action”, Academic Monthly, 2013.7.
69.“Epistemology from the Perspective of Normative Functionalism”, Philosophical Trends, 2013,10
70. “Chinese Philosophy’s Idea of ‘Knowledge’ and the‘Needham Puzzle’”,South China Quarterly (Macau), 2014.3
57. “Kant’s Conceptual Realism”, Philosophical Researches, 2014.11
71. “Chinese Practical epistemology”, Academic Monthly, 2014.11
72. “The Impasse of Empiricism and the ‘Space of Reasons’”, Social Sciences in Tianjin, 2014.12
(II) BOOKS
1. The Methodology of Contemporary Western Philosophy and Social Sciences, Xiamen Univ. Press, 1992
2. Constitutive and Regulative Principles: Kant's Methodology of Philosophy,
China Social Documents Press, Beijing, 1992.
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Trends of Modern Social Thoughts (ed.), Xiamen Univ. Press, 1992.
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Modernity and Postmodernity (first writer), Renmin Publishing House, 2001.
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Knowledge and Justification: An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology. Shanghai Publishing House,2003 年。
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Reality, Mind and Belief: An Introduction to American Philosophy (editor). Renmin Publishing House, 2005.
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15 Lectures on Modernity and Postmodernity. Beijing University Publishing House, 2006.
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Lectures on the Methodology of Modern Western Philosophy. Guangxi Normal University Publishing House, 2009.
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Scientific Explanation and Humanistic Understanding (first writer), Shanghai Renmin Publishing House, 2010.
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Epistemology Researching Series (editor), 9 books have been published up to now, including
Knowledge and Context: A Studying on Skepticism;
On the Issue of Justification in Foundationalism;
On the Transcendental Arguments;
The Problems of Cognitive Disagreements in Contemporary Epistemology;
From Individual Epistemology to Social Epistemology, etc.
FUND PROJECTS(in recent 5 years)
1. A Series Researches on Contemporary Epistemology, Major program, supported by National Social Sciences Foundation, 800,000(CNY). 2014.
2. Researches on Metaphilosophy, General program, supported by National Social Sciences Foundation, 2010. 120,000 (CNY).
3. Experience and A priori Knowledge, supported by the Social Sciences Foundation of National Education Department, 2009. 70,000(CNY).
AWARDS(in recent 5 years)
1.“The Phenomenon of Neo-Confucianism and the Issue of Innovation for Philosophy”, third prize from The Sixth Session of Outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences Award of the National Universities and Colleges, held by China’s National Education Department, 2013.
2.“The Consciousness Phenomenon, Givenness and the Intuition of Essence, Some Suspicions on Husserl’s Phenomenology”, first prize from the Tenth Session of Outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences Award, held by the government of Fujian province, 2011.
3.“The Experience Foundation and the Justification of Knowledge”, first prize from the Eighth Session of Outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences Award, held by the government of Fujian province, 2009.
4.“The Experience Foundation and the Justification of Knowledge”, first prize from the Eighth Session of Outstanding Humanities and Social Sciences Award, held by the government of Xiamen City, 2013.