CURRICULUM VITA Xunwu Chen, Ph.D Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy and Classics University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 78249 Tel: 210-458-7881 E-mail: xun.chen@utsa.edu Areas of Specialization Asian and Comparative Philosophies; Contemporary Continental Philosophies; Social- Political Philosophies. Areas of Competence World Religions; Ethics; Global Ethics; Ancient Greek Philosophy; Philosophy in Literature; Philosophy of Religion; metaphysics; epistemology.. I. Education Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard University, 1994 1996. Ph.D. in Philosophy. Fordham University, 1994. MA in Philosophy. The International Academy of Philosophy, Liechtenstein- Switzerland, 1990. BA in Philosophy, ZhongShan University, P. R. of China, 1982. II. Recent Publications A. Book(s) in English 1. Another Phenomenology of Humanity, Lexington Books, 2015. 2. Justice, Humanity and Social Toleration, Lexington Books, 2008. 3. Being and Authenticity, Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2004. 4. Religions in the World, Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing, first edition 2010; second edition, 2013. B. Book(s) in Chinese Language: 5. A theory of Modernity and the spirit of Our Time; Beijing: China s Social Science Academy Press. Forthcoming, 2018. 6. Habermas: The Philosophical Master and The Leader of Contemporary Thoughts, Beijing: Jiu Zhou Publishing House, 2014. 7. On the Life and Thought of Habermas. Guanzhou: ZhongShan University Press, 2008.
2 XUNWU CHEN II-II-A. Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters in English include: 1. Beyond Kant s Political cosmopolitanism: Thinking a World Constitution Without a World State, Philosophy Today, 63:3, summer (2019), forthcoming. 2. I have an appointment with the spring: The contractualist dimension of Confucianism, Asian Philosophy, 28:1, March (2018): 20-34. 3. Knowledge and the human mind: Phenomenology and others, Journal of East- West thought, 8:2, June (2018):21-44 4. Mind and space: A Confucian perspective, Asian Philosophy, 27:1, March (2017):1-15. 5. Global justice and duty to humanity, Journal of East-West thought, 7:2, June (2017):21-36. 6. The problem of mind in Confucianism, Asian Philosophy, 26:2, May (2016):166-181. 7. Positive law and natural law: Han FeiZi, Hobbes, and Habermas, Journal of East-West thought, 5:1, March (2016):11-32. 8. The philosophical discourse of being: Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism in A Dream of Red Mansions. Confucius Academy, 3:3, September (2016): 5-45 ;**The Chinese version of the paper also appears in the same volume, 3:3, September (2016): 5-45. 9. The fate of a nation-state lies in the character and spirit of her people, Journal of East-West thought, 5:3, September (2015):75-97. 10. The value of authenticity: Another dimension of Confucianism, Asian Philosophy, 25:2, May (2015):172-187. 11. Toleration as an obligation, value, and virtue, Journal of East-West thought, 4:4, December (2014):53 70. ***The essay is also indexed in Philosophers Indexs in 2017. 12. The ethics of self: Another version of Confucian ethics, Asian Philosophy, February (2014):67 81. 13. Confucianism and the spirit of our time, Journal of East-West thought, 4:3, December (2014):101-120. ***The essay is also indexed in Philosophers Indexs in 2017. 14. Human rights and global humanity, Journal of East-West thought, 3:4, December (2013):35 50 15. "Happiness and Authenticity: Confucianism and Heidegger," Journal of Philosophical Research, Vol.38, (2013): 261 274. 16. The law of humanity and crimes against humanity, Journal of East-West thought, 3:2, June (2013):25 43.
Curriculum Vita 3 17. Law, Humanity and Reason: The Chinese Debate, the Habermasian Approach, and a Kantian Outcome, Asian Philosophy, 23:1, February (2013):100 114. 18. The trinity of cosmopolitanism, Journal of East-West thought, 2:4, December (2012):33 50. 19. The boundary of our nation can be measured only by the sun: cosmopolitanism and humanity, Journal of East-West thought, 2:4, December (2012):1 8 20. Happiness, Fate, and the Law of Non-Self-Subversion, Journal of East-West Thought, 2:2, June (2012):51 64. 21. Multiculturalism and its Challenge, Journal of East-West Thought, 2:1, (March (2012):1 6. 22. Cultivating Oneself after the Images of Sages: Another Version of Ethical Personalism. Asian Philosophy, 22:1, February (2012): 51 62. 23. Religious Other and Toleration: Why There Should Be No Religious Legal Other of a Modern Democratic State? Journal of East-West Thought, 2:1, March (2012):69 82. 24. Crisis and Possibility: The Ethical Implication of Contingency, Asian Philosophy, 21:3, August (2011):259 270. 25. The Confucian Ethical Vision in The Great Learning and Beyond, in Cheikh Gueye (ed.) Rethinking Ethical Personalism in Theory and Practice (Frankfurt, Germany: Ontos Verlag, 2011):83 96. 26. Building of Global Justice and A Cosmopolitan Order, Journal of East-West Thought, 1:1, December (2011):23 40. 27. God and Toleration, Forum Philosophicum International Journal 15:2, October (2010): 233 253. 28. Fate and humanity, Asian Philosophy, 20:1, March (2010):67 77. 29. Justice: The neglected argument and the pregnant vision, Asian Philosophy, 19:2, July (2009): 189 198. 30. Introduction: The long road to global justice, humanity and peace, Journal of Chinese Philosophy (Blackwell publisher), 34:3, (September 2007): 323 330. 31. The human voice of justice, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 34:3, (September 2007): 379 394. 32. Culture and understanding: The Cartesian suspicion, the Gadamerian response, and the Confucian outcome, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 31:3, (September 2004): 389 403. 33. Moral reason and feeling: Confucianism and Contractualism, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 29:2, (June 2002): 269 283; reprinted in The Examined Life, ed. Xinyan Jiang, (New York: Global Publications, 2002): 101 118. 34. Rationalism and egalitarianism: The yin-yang dialectics of China s struggle for democracy, Asian Thought and Society, 25:75, (Sept.-Dec.2000): 222 237.
4 XUNWU CHEN 35. A hermeneutical reading of Confucianism, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 27:1 (March 2000): 101 115. 36. A Confucian reflection on experimenting with human subjects, in Confucian Bioethics, ed. Ruiping Fan, (London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999): 211-232. 37. A rethinking of Confucian rationality, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 25:4, (1998): 483 504. 38. Conflict and constellation, Journal of Value Inquiry, 31:1(1997): 97 108. 39. Justice as a constellation of fairness, harmony and righteousness, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 24:4, (1997): 497 519. 40. Democracy, justice, and critique of reason: The Chinese experience, Asian Thought and Society, 20:58/59, (Spring Summer, 1995): 129 141. II-II-B: Journal Articles and book chapters in Chinese language include 41. Diversity, Dialogue and toleration: Accompanying Habermas, Diversity, forthcoming 2018. 42. Nation-states, peoples, and democracy, The Journal of East-West Studies, 6:1, (2017): 15-23. 43. The Basic concept of cosmopolitanism, Journal of Beijing Science and Technology University, 32:5, October (2016): 52-60. 44. The boundaries of our country can be measured only by the sun, The Journal of East-West Studies, 5:1, (2016): 18-33. 45. The six-epoch making ideas of our time, in The Scholarly Contributions of Chinese Scholars in the New Century, Chen Yaping, Liu YueDi &Song Shiyong (ed) (NingXia: Yellow River Publishing House, 2015):319 334; the original version, The six epoch-making ideas, The Journal of East-West Studies, 2:1, June (2013):31 43. 46. The spirit of law, The Journal of East-West Studies, 4:1, June (2015): 69 86. 47. Crimes against humanity, The Journal of East-West Studies, 3:1, June (2014): 17 27. 48. Global Justice and the Spirit of the Time, The Journal of East-West Studies, 1:2, June (2012): 46 59. 49. On Culture, Academic Research, 1(1996): 38 41. 50. Justice, Humanity, and propriety, Cultural China, 3:1, (March 1996): 17 19. 51. China s reform belongs to the category of social amelioration, not revolution, The Science of Finance and Economy, June (1984). 52. X.W.Chen & Gu Su, Does Justice presuppose truth? Contemporary Philosophical Trend, 1(1996): 16 20.
Curriculum Vita 5 II-II-C: Book review and miscellaneous writings in English and Chinese language include: 1. Jürgen Habermas, Inclusion of the Other: Studies in Political Theory (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought), Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 34:3, September (2007): 447 450, (In English). 2. A nation without free dialogue of thoughts is hopeless, www.cssn.cn. 2015-11-5. China s Social Science Academy (in Chinese language). III. Conference Presentations and invited lectures include 1. Cosmopolitanism and constellation of cultures, The Six International Conference of East-West Studies, September 8-11, 2017, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China. 2. The core tenets of cosmopolitanism, (public lecture), September 9, 2017, Lanzhou University. 3. Hermeneutics and Cultural Reason, Philosophy Symposium, September 7, 2017, China s Social Science Academy, Beijing, China. 4. Global justice: A phenomenological perspective, The International Conference on Phenomenological realism, Sept.18-22, 2015, Granada, Spain. 5. The spirit of law, One of the keynote addresses, The International Conference of East-West Studies, The Annual Meeting of the International Association of East-West Studies, Tianjin City, China, June 19-21, 2015. 6. Cosmopolitanism: the boundary of our nation can be measured only by the sun, invited lectures, June 17-18, 2015, Tianjin Foreign Languages University, Tianjin, China. 7. Crimes against humanity, The International Conference of East-West Studies, The Annual Meeting of the International Association of East-West Studies, Beijing, China, June 11-15, 2013. 8. Six epoch-making ideas and three subverting doctrines in our time, One of the keynote addresses, The International Conference of East-West Studies, The Annual Meeting of the International Association of East-West Studies, Nantong City, China, August 10-14, 2012. 9. The three worlds and the existential consciousness, presented at Oxford Roundtable Symposium, July 26 July 31, 2009, Oxford University. 10. The Karma of life and the Karmic life in The Dream of Red Chamber, presented at APA Pacific Division Annual Conference, April 2007. 11. Justice and Humanity, presented in APA Pacific Division Annual Conference, March 2006.
6 XUNWU CHEN 12. The Chinese concept of justice: Metaphysical as well as pragmatic, presented at the APA Eastern Division Annual Conference, December 2004. 13. The cognitive function of cultural metaphors, presented at The International Conference on Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, P.R. of China, June 23 26, 2004. 14. Wu ji bi fan and ontological justice, presented at the APA Eastern Division Annual Conference, December 2003. 15. Truth and beauty, presented at the APA Eastern Division Annual Conference, December 2001. 16. Truth and art, presented at the International Conference on Philosophy, Shanghai, P.R. of China, June 24 27, 2001. 17. Tradition and understanding: The Cartesian anxiety, a Gadamerean response and a Confucian outcome, presented in the APA Eastern Division Annual Conference, December 2000. 18. Confucianism and Human Rights, presented at the 28 th International Conference on Value Inquiry, Lamar University, April 2000. 19. Role and trust, presented at the APA Pacific Division Annual Conference, April 1999. IV. Academic Appointments and Teaching Experiences include 1. Professor (2011-present); Visiting assistant professor, assistant professor & associate professor (1998 2010), Department of Philosophy & Classics, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Courses taught: (a) Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Ancient Philosophy; Moral Issues; seminar on global ethics; World Religions; Studies: Individual Philosophers; 20th Century Continental Philosophy; Asian Philosophy; Philosophy in Literature; Basic Philosophical Problem; Philosophy of Religion; etc; (b) Graduate courses: Seminar: Global Ethics; Continental Philosophy; Asian Philosophy; Studies: individual Philosophers. 2. Visiting Scholar, East Asian Institute, Columbia University, Fall1996-Fall 1997; Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, New York University, Fall-1996-Fall 1997. 3. Adjunct Assistant Professor (graduate faculty member), Department of Religion, Temple University, Fall 1996 and Spring 1997. Courses taught: Foundation of Confucianism (graduate course); Proseminar on Chinese Philosophies (graduate course). 4. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, September 1994 August 1996.
Curriculum Vita 7 5. Adjunct Lecturer, General Studies, New York University, fall 1992-fall 1993. Courses taught: Individual and Society I (Ancient Grecian Social-Political Philosophies); Individual and Society II (Medieval Social-Political Philosophies). V. UTSA Committees Recently Served include 1. College Faculty Review Advisory Committee, chair, 2017-2018; member, 2011-2015, 2008 2009. 2. Department Comprehensive Periodic Evaluation, 2014-2015, chair. 3. Department Faculty Review Advisory Committee, Chair, 2008 2012; member, 2013-present; 4. Philosophy Hiring Committee, 2013-2014, member; 5. Department of Anthropology Faculty Review Advisory Committee (for promotion from associate professor to full professor), member, 2011 2012. 6. Department Periodical Performance Evaluation Committee, chair, 2009 2012. 7. Department Merit Advisory Committee, member, 2009 2012. 8. Philosophy Hiring Committee, member, 2011 2012. 9. Department Periodical Performance Evaluation Committee, member, 2008-2009. 10. Department Humanity Review Committee, chair, 2008 2009. 11. Department Honor & Scholarship Committee, member, 2008 2009. VI. Elected Offices in Scholarly or Professional Associations 1. The Association of Chinese Philosophers in (North) America, President, December 2001 December 2003. 2. The Committee on the Status of Asian Philosophy and Asian Philosophers in America, the American Philosophical Association (APA), member, July 2004 July 2007; 3. The International Association of East-West Studies; Executive director, 2011 2016; vice-president, 2016-present;