John L. Trowbridge 喬中哲

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.	University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa	Philosophy
	“All But Dissertation” Certificate, May 2001 Dissertation in progress
	Dissertation title: “Skepticism and Pluralism: Ways of Living a Life of Awareness as Recommended by the Zhuangzi 莊子” Dissertation Advisor: Roger T. Ames GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale
M.A.	The Ohio State University, June 1996	Philosophy
M.A.	The Ohio State University, June 1996	East Asian Languages and Literatures (Chinese)
	Thesis title: “The Relationship Between Skepticism and Epistemological Relativism in the ‘Qi Wu Lun’ Chapter of the Zhuang Zi” GPA: 3.91 on a 4.0 scale
A.B.	Washington University in St. Louis, May 1993	Philosophy
A.B.	Washington University in St. Louis, May 1993	Asian Studies
	GPA: 3.76 on a 4.0 scale
	Mandarin Training Center 國語教學中心, National Taiwan Normal University 國立臺灣師範大學, 1996-1997
	The Chinese School 中文學校, Middlebury College, Summer 1991
	The University of Vermont, 1989-1990
Multi-disciplinary Graduate Certificate in Leadership Studies	East-West Center, August 2002

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION AND COMPETENCE:

Epistemology (skepticism, pluralism, epistemological relativism/perspectivalism/contextualism)

Classical Chinese Philosophy (Laozi 老子, Zhuangzi 莊子, Confucius 孔子, Zisi 子思, Mencius孟子, Yijing 易經 [The Classic of Changes], Gongsun Long 公孫龍, Mozi 墨子)

Ancient Greek Philosophy (Early Greek Philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, Sextus Empiricus, Hellenistic Epistemology)

History of Western Philosophy

Asian and Comparative Philosophy (West, China, India, Japan)

Asian Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintō 神道)

Religious Studies and Methodology of Comparative Religion

FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMPETENCE:

Classical Chinese, Modern Mandarin Chinese, Ancient Greek, Spanish, Japanese (reading knowledge)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Research:

Graduate Assistant and Editor, Shuhai Wenyuan 書海文源 Classical Chinese Digital Database and Interactive Internet Worktable (Project of the National Science Foundation’s Digital Libraries Initiative, in cooperation with

the National Endowment for the Humanities), Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2000-2003

Assistant, “Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum” Summer Institute, Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center/University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, July-August 1999

Assistant, “Infusing India into the Undergraduate Curriculum” Summer Institute, Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center/University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, June 1999

Graduate Research Associate to Professor Thomas P. Kasulis, The Ohio State University, Winter-Spring 1995

Teaching:

Lecturer, Philosophy 102: “Introduction to Philosophy: Asian Traditions,” University of Hawai‘i: Kapi‘olani Community College, 2002-2003

Adjunct Lecturer, Humanities 1000: “Introduction to the Humanities,” Hawai‘i Pacific University, Spring 2003

Graduate Teaching Associate, East Asian Languages and Literatures 131: “East Asian Humanities,” The Ohio State University, 1997-1998, Autumn 1995, Autumn 1994

Graduate Teaching Associate, Chinese 231: “Traditional Chinese Culture,” The Ohio State University, Spring 1998

Graduate Teaching Associate, Chinese 232: “Modern Chinese Culture,” The Ohio State University, Autumn 1997

Tutor, Philosophy 110: “Introduction to Logic” (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa), Philosophy 101: “Introduction to Philosophy,” Philosophy 130: “Introduction to Ethics,” Chinese 101: “First Year Chinese I,” and EALL 131:

“East Asian Humanities” (The Ohio State University), Summer 2001, Winter 1996, Autumn 1994-Winter 1995

Academic Service:

Graduate Student Organization Representative, Department of Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 1998-1999

Council of Graduate Students Representative, Department of Philosophy, The Ohio State University, 1995-1996

PUBLICATIONS:

“The Classic of Changes (Yijing 易經)” (translation of some selections, with Hai-ming Wen 溫海明) in Robin R. Wang, ed., Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings on Women from the Pre-Qin through

the Song Dynasty. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2003

“Lun Mengzi de ‘Xin’: Ji Shi Shengwu Xing Ye Shi Shehui Xing 论孟子的《心》：既是生物性也是社会性” [“The Concept of Xin 心 (Heart-Mind/Feeling-Thought) as Both Biologically Given and Socially Achieved in the Mencius”] in Ruxue Nianjian 儒学年鉴 (Year Book of Chinese Confucianism). Forthcoming.

“Book Reviews: Asian Values and Human Rights: A Confucian Communitarian Perspective. By Wm. Theodore de Bary. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. Pp. 196. Hardcover $27.95.” in Philosophy East and

West, 50.3 (July 2000) 465-468

“The Potential of Establishing Democracy in a Chinese Cultural Context” in Proceedings of the Eighth East-West Center Participants’ Conference, East-West Center, 1999

Teh-ming Yeh 葉德明, ed. Zhongguo Yu Fayin Xupian 中國語發音續篇 [A Sequel to Mandarin Pronunciation] (English translation of the second of two volumes on Chinese phonology). Taibei 臺北: Guoli Bianyi Guan 國

立編譯館] [National Editorial and Translation Bureau], 1997

HONORS:

East-West Center, Graduate Degree Fellowship, 1998-2002

Republic of China on Taiwan, Ministry of Education, Chinese Language Scholarship for American College Students, 1996-1997

The Ohio State University, East Asian Studies Center, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship, 1995-1997

Graduated with College Honors, Washington University in St. Louis

Dean’s List, Washington University in St. Louis

Dean’s List, The University of Vermont

Phi Kappa Phi ΦΚΦ (National Honor Society)

Phi Eta Sigma ΦΗΣ (National Freshman Honor Society)

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

“The Misattribution of Dogmatic Skepticism to the Zhuangzi 莊子” under consideration for presentation at the “Cross Currents: New Intersections in Comparative Philosophy” Graduate Student Conference, Department of

Philosophy, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, March 2003

“The Similarities and Differences Between the Thought of Three of the ‘Quasi-Daoists’ (Peng Meng, Tian Pian, and Shen Dao) and Lao-Zhuang Daoism” in the “Chinese Philosophy: Thinking Through and Applying the

Tradition” panel at the 2000 Asian Studies Development Program National Conference, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, July 2000

“The ‘Turning the Tables Argument’ in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Plato on Protagoreanism and Heracliteanism in the Theaetetus, The Skeptic’s Use of Isostheneia Against his Dogmatic Opponents, and Dogmatic Criticisms

of Genuine Skepticism” in the “Philosophy” panel at the Tenth Annual East-West Participants’ Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2001

“The Concept of Xin (Heart-Mind/Feeling-Thought) as Both Biologically Given and Socially Achieved in the Mencius” in the “Eastern Philosophy” panel at the Ninth Annual East-West Center Participants’ Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2000

“Correlative Thinking and Analytic Thinking as Methods for Comparative Philosophy” in the “Eastern Philosophy” panel at the Ninth Annual East-West Center Participants’ Conference, Honolulu, HI, February 2000

“The Potential of Establishing Democracy in a Chinese Cultural Context” in Panel 1: “The East and the West: Cultural and Philosophical Context” at the Eighth Annual East-West Center Participants’ Conference, Honolulu,

HI, February 1999 (Published in Proceedings of the Eighth East-West Center Participants’ Conference)

“Despair and Dukkha as Problems of Existence: A Comparison and Contrast of the Views of Soren Aabye Kierkegaard’s Either/Or and Buddhism,” The Second Annual Quad Cities Undergraduate Philosophy Conference,

Rock Island, IL, March 1993

PRESENTATIONS IN GRADUATE SEMINARS:

“The Similarities and Differences Between the Thought of the ‘Quasi-Daoists’ (Peng Meng, Tian Pian, Shen Dao, Yang Zhu, and Hui Shi) and Lao-Zhuang Daoism,” Chung-ying Cheng’s Philosophy 672: “Taoism” seminar,

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, April 1999

“Gu Zhi Zhen Ren (The Authentic Person of Old): Is the Account of the Zhen Ren (Authentic Person) Given in the ‘Da Zong Shi’ (‘The Great Ancestral Teacher’) Chapter of the Zhuang Zi Intended to Represent Four Stages

of Zhen Ren or a Single Zhen Ren?,” Chung-ying Cheng’s Philosophy 672: “Taoism” seminar, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, April 1999

“In Lao Zi’s Dao De Jing, What is Dao?,” Chung-ying Cheng’s Philosophy 672: “Taoism” seminar, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, February 1999

“The Heuristic of Intimacy and Integrity (A Philosophical Theory of Intra- and Inter-Cultural Relationships) in Both Modern and Traditional Chinese Culture,” Thomas P. Kasulis’ Comparative Studies 792D/Japanese 792:

“Interdepartmental Studies in the Humanities: Cultural Philosophies of Relationship” seminar, The Ohio State University, June 1998

“Chad Hansen’s Mass Noun Hypothesis and its Critics,” Marjorie K.M. Chan’s Chinese 681: “History of the Chinese Language” class, The Ohio State University, May 1995

“The Missionary, the Convert, and the Opponent: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Presence in China,” Thomas P. Kasulis’ Comparative Studies 651: “Topics in Comparative Studies: Christianities in Cultures” class, The Ohio

State University, February 1995 (Published in A Collection of Papers from Comparative/Religious Studies 651: “Topics in Comparative/Religious Studies: Christianities in Cultures”)

“Thomas Nagel and Richard T. Garner on the Question of Objective Values” (modified and expanded into “Objectivity and Circularity: Thomas Nagel’s Attempt to Sidestep the Argument from Queerness and Establish the

Objectivity of Values”), Richard T. Garner’s Philosophy 830: “Seminar in Value Theory: Varieties of Moral Anti-Realism” class, The Ohio State University, November 1994

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy

Association of Chinese Philosophers in America

American Philosophical Association

Association for Asian Studies