Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
California State University,
Fullerton
I. EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy, The University of Rochester, 1993.
M.A.,
Philosophy, The University of Rochester, 1987.
M.A., Philosophy, National Taiwan University, 1984.
B.A., Philosophy, National Taiwan University, 1980.
Areas of Specialization:
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language
Chinese Philosophy
Areas of Competence:
Epistemology
Meta-ethics
Applied Ethics
Western Humanities
Doctoral Dissertation:
On Individualism as A Theory of Content
Advisor: Professor Richard Feldman
The University of Rochester
Master's Thesis:
On Wang Fuzhi's Notion of Reason in History
Advisor: Professor Zhang Yung-Jun
National Taiwan University
II. AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
Outstanding Faculty Award for Service Activities, California State University at Fullerton, 2009
Junior Faculty Research Grant, California State University at Fullerton, 2008
Summer Research Award, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, California State University at Fullerton, 2007
Outstanding Faculty Award for Scholarship and
Creative Activities, California State University at Fullerton, 2007
NEH 2006 Summer Seminar Fellowship (June – July 2006)
California State University at Fullerton Untenured Faculty Development Grants (Spring 2006)
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCKF) Research Grant for Sabbatical Leave (2002-2003)
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (SUNY, 2000)
The Presidential Summer Fellowship (SUNY Geneseo, 1999)
The Hurrell/McNaron Award for Faculty Paper Presentation (SUNY Geneseo, 1996)
NEH 1994 Summer Seminar Fellowship (June-August 1994)
Research Travel Grants, SUNY Geneseo (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
Summer Travel Grants, SUNY Geneseo (1996, 1999)
University of Rochester Fellowship (Fall 1985- Spring 1990)
Ministry of Education of the Republic of China Scholarship (Fall 1980- Spring 1983)
Book Scroll Award (National Taiwan University) (1977, 1978, 1980)
III. ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Associate Professor: CSU Fullerton (Fall 2008 - )
Assistant
Professor: CSU Fullerton (Fall 2005 - Spring 2008)
Adjunct
Professor: CSU Los Angeles (Fall
2004 - Spring 2005)
Adjunct
Professor: CSU Fullerton (Spring
2005)
Associate
Professor: SUNY Geneseo (Fall 2001 – Spring 2005) (resigned due to relocation)
Assistant
Professor: SUNY Geneseo (Fall 1994
– Spring 2001)
Adjunct
Instructor: SUNY Geneseo (Fall 1993 - Spring 1994)
Visiting Scholar: UC Berkeley (Summer 1996)
Visiting Scholar: The Graduate Center at CUNY (Summer 1994)
IV. OTHER ACADEMIC TITLES
Vice President, 2000-2002
V. TEACHING HISTORY
Courses Taught at California State University, Fullerton
Special Topic Seminar: Consciousness and the Self (Spring 2009)
Metaphysics (Fall 2006; Spring 2008)
Metaphysics and Epistemology Seminar: Truth and Reality – Realism vs. Anti-realism (Spring 2006)
Philosophical Argument and Writing: From the First-Person Point of View: The First-Person Perspective of Consciousness, Introspection, and Self-Knowledge (Spring 2008)
Philosophy of Mind (Fall 2005, Spring 2007)
Advanced Topics in Philosophy of Language (Spring 2007)
Asian Philosophy (Spring 2005 – Spring 2009)
Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2005 – Spring 2009)
Courses Taught at California State University, Los Angeles
Meanings of Life: A Multicultural Approach (Winter 2005, Spring 2005)
Philosophy of Language (Spring 2005)
Theory of Knowledge (Fall 2004)
Courses Taught at SUNY Geneseo:
Seminar: Practical Reason (Fall 2003)
Seminar: The Nature of Consciousness (Fall 1998)
Seminar: The Mind-body Problem (Spring 1996)
Critical Writing Seminar: The Seat of Consciousness: Where Science and Philosophy Meet (Fall 2000)
Critical Writing Seminar: I Ching:
A Chinese Philosophy Classic (Spring
2002)
Philosophy of Mind (Fall 1996, Fall 1999, Fall 2001, Fall 2003)
Philosophy of Language (Spring 1998, Spring 2000, Spring 2005)
Metaphysics (Fall 2000, Fall 2003)
Philosophy of the Arts (Fall 1995)
Chinese Philosophy (Spring 1999 – Spring 2004)
Ethics (Spring 1994 – Spring 2004)
Ethics and Management (Fall 1993 – Spring 1997)
Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 1993 – Spring 2002)
Western Humanities I (Fall 1994 – Spring 2004)
Western
Humanities II (Spring 1995 – Spring 2004)
Others:
Seminar: Metaphysics, Morality and Mind: An Analytic Reconstruction of Neo-Confucianism. National Cheng Chi University Summer School, Taipei, Taiwan, Summer 2009
Thesis Direction:
1. Student: Marnie Liebert
Honor Thesis: On Pictorial Representationalism (May 1996)
2. Student: Holly Kantin
Honor
Thesis: The Mystery of the Mind:
Dretske's Account of Mental Causation (May 1999)
Directed Study:
Student: Tamara Nguyen
Topic: Introspection and Self-Knowledge (Spring 2008)
Student: Zachary Feaselman
Topic: Zhang ZaiÕs Philosophy (Spring 2008)
Student: Holly Kantin
Topic: Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (Summer 1998)
VI. SCHOLARLY
ACTIVITIES
Publications:
Book:
1. An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy: From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism. [Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing]. April 2006.
[Work in Progress]
1. Liu, JeeLoo (ed.) Consciousness and the Self: New Essays . (Contracted with Cambridge University Press)
2. Liu, JeeLoo. Metaphysics, Morality and Mind: An Analytic Reconstruction of Neo-Confucianism.
Recent Published Articles:
1. Liu, JeeLoo (forthcoming). ÒWang FuzhiÕs Philosophy of Principle (Li) Inherent in Qi.Ó To appear in Dao's Companions to Chinese Philosophy, Neo-Confucian Volume. (ed.) John Makeham. Chapter 18. Springer [forthcoming]
2.Liu, JeeLoo (2009). Book Review: Liu, Liangjian 劉梁劍, Heaven, Humans, and Boundary: An Exposition of Wang ChuanshanÕs Metaphysics 天．人．際：對王船山的形上學闡明. Shanghai 上海, China: Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 上海人民出版社, 2007, 12+271 pages. Dao. Vol. 8: 1, 105-108, 2009.
3. Liu, JeeLoo (2008).ÒPhilosophy of Mind.Ó (in Chinese) In Philosophy: A Volume for the Series of Western Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences. (ed.) Jiyuan Yu. Beijing, China: Renmin University Press. May 2008, pp. 110-142.
4. Liu, JeeLoo (2008). ÒFrom Human Nature to National Prosperity: A Comparative Study on MenciusÕ and XunziÕs Views.Ó (in Chinese) Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Academic News, Vol. 36, No. 799, May 20, 2008, p. 3.
5. Liu, JeeLoo (2007). "Confucian Moral Realism." Asian Philosophy, Volume 17, Number 2. Pp. 167-184. July 2007.
6. Liu, JeeLoo (2007). ÒThe Paradox of Evil in Tiantai Buddhist Philosophy.Ó Religion Compass 1:3, 398-413. May 2007.
7. Liu, JeeLoo (2006). Book Review: Peter Carruthers, Consciousness: Essays from a Higher-Order Perspective. [New York: Oxford UP], 2005. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. April 2006.
8. Liu, JeeLoo (2006). ÒWang Fuzhi.Ó In The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (ed.) Donald Borchert, Macmillan Reference USA. 2006.
9. Liu, JeeLoo (2005). ÒThe Status of Cosmic Principle (Li) in the Neo-Confucian Metaphysics.Ó Journal of Chinese Philosophy 32:3, 391-407. September 2005.
10. Liu, JeeLoo (2003). ÒA Daoist Conception of Truth: Laozi's Metaphysical Realism vs. Zhuangzi's Internal Realism.Ó In Comparative Approaches to Chinese Philosophy, (ed.) Bo Mou, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2003.
11. Liu, JeeLoo (2003). ÒWang Fuzhi.Ó In The Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy, (ed.) Antonio S. Cua, Routledge Publishing, 2003.
12. Liu, JeeLoo (2002). ÒPhysical Externalism and Social Externalism: Are They Really Compatible?Ó Journal of Philosophical Research 27, 381-404, 2002.
13. Liu, JeeLoo (2001). ÒIs Human History Predestined in Wang Fuzhi's Cosmology?Ó Journal of Chinese Philosophy 28:3, 321-337, September 2001.
14. Liu, JeeLoo (2001). ÒA Nonreductionist's Solution to Kim's Explanatory Exclusion Problem.Ó Manuscrito, 24:1, 7-47, April 2001.
Conference
Papers:
1. ÒMaking Sense of Chinese Philosophy: from Pre-Qin Philosophy to Neo-Confucianism.Ó Invited speaker by the APA Committee on the Status of Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies. APA Eastern, New York, December 2009.
2. ÒMemory, Quasi-Memory, and Personal Identity." 12th Southern California Philosophy Conference. Pitzer College, November, 2009.
2. ÒConverting Asian Thought into the Analytic Context: The Case of Chinese Philosophy.Ó Invited speaker by the Shalem Center, Jerusalem, Israel, October 2009.
3. Keynote Address: Moral Reason, Moral Sentiments, and the Realization of Altruism. The 16th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Taipei, Taiwan. June 2009.
4. ÒMoral Sense, Moral Motivation and the Possibility of Altruism: A Comparative Study of Zhang ZaiÕs and Wang FuzhiÕs Moral Psychology.Ó Mini-conference, The American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. April 8-12, 2009.
5. ÒFrom Realizer Functionalism to Nonreductive Physicalism.Ó Philosophy of Mind Session. The XXII World Congress of Philosophy. July 30-August 5, 2008, Seoul, Korea.
6. ÒThe Moral Psychology of Zhang Zai and Wang Fuzhi.Ó Rethinking Traditional Chinese Ethics from the Contemporary Perspectives. May 15-17, 2008. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
7. ÒFrom Realizer Functionalism to Nonreductive Physicalism.Ó Philosophy of Mind Colloquium, American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, Pasadena, CA, March 2008.
8. ÒFrom Human Nature to National Prosperity: A Comparative Study on MenciusÕ and XunziÕs Views.Ó The 4th International Conference On Confucianism, December 2007, Beijing, China.
9. ÒConfucian Moral Realism.Ó The 14th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Wuhan, China. June 2007.
10. ÒThe Path from Natural Emotions to Moral Sentiments: The Moral Psychology of Wang Fuzhi (1619-92),Ó ACPA group session, American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, San Francisco, April 2007.
11. ÒConfucian Moral Realism.Ó ACPA group session, American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, Boston, December 2004.
12. ÒThe Status of Cosmic Principle (Li) in the Natural State of Being: A Comparative Study of the Neo-Confucian Metaphysics.Ó ACPA group session, American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, Pasadena, March 2004.
13. ÒThe Rational, the Irrational, and the Practical: Donald DavidsonÕs Theory of Practical Reason.Ó Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, American Philosophical Association Pacific Meeting, Seattle, March 2002.
14. ÒIs Human History Predestined in Wang Fu-chih's Cosmology?Ó Symposium Paper at the APA Pacific Division Meeting, Albuquerque, April 2000.
15. ÒIs Human History Predestined in Wang Fu-chih's Cosmology?Ó In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1999.
16. ÒA Nonreductionist's Solution to Kim's Explanatory Exclusion Problem.Ó In Proceedings of the New York State Philosophical Association [The Creighton Club], Vol. 144, March 1999.
17. ÒFrom Token Identity to Holistic Identity.Ó Tri-State Philosophical Association, October 1998.
18. ÒA Nonreductionist's Solution to Kim's Explanatory Exclusion Problem.Ó APA Pacific Division Meeting, Los Angeles, March 1998.
19. ÒThe Two Component Theory of Proper Names and Kripke's Puzzle.Ó APA Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1996.
20. ÒThe Two Component Theory of Proper Names and Kripke's Puzzle.Ó The Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, February 1996.
21. ÒPutnam's Physical Externalism and Burge's Social Externalism: Are They Really Compatible?Ó APA Central Division Meeting, Chicago, April 1995.
22. ÒA Description Theory of Proper Names and Kripke's Puzzle.Ó Tri-State Philosophical Association, April 1995.
Colloquium
Talks:
1. ÒFrom Realizer Functionalism to Nonreductive Physicalism.Ó Academica Sinica, Institute of European and American Studies, May 13, 2008.
2. ÒCausation with A Human Face.Ó California State University, Fullerton, Colloquium. Spring 2008.
3. ÒFrom Realizer Functionalism to Nonreductive Physicalism.Ó California State University, Fullerton, Colloquium. Spring 2007.
4. ÒThe Causal Relevance of Mental Properties.Ó California State University, Los Angeles, Colloquium. Spring 2006.
5. ÒConcepts of Consciousness in Contemporary Philosophy of Mind.Ó California State University, Fullerton, Colloquium. Fall 2005.
6. ÒZhou DunyiÕs Philosophy Revisited.Ó Columbia University Neo-Confucianism Seminar, December 2003.
7. ÒKim's Explanatory Exclusion Problem: A Solution.Ó SUNY Buffalo Colloquium, March 1999.
8. ÒConcepts of Consciousness in Contemporary Philosophy.Ó SUNY Geneseo Colloquium, November 1998.
9. ÒPhysical Externalism, Social Externalism and Natural Kind Terms.Ó Graduate Colloquium, Institute of Philosophy, National Qing-Hua University, Taiwan, December 1995.
10. ÒPhysical Externalism, Social Externalism and Natural Kind Terms.Ó Graduate Colloquium, Institute of Philosophy, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan, January 1996.
11. ÒA Description Theory of Proper Names and Kripke's Puzzle.Ó 1994 NEH Summer Seminar, CUNY, New York, July 1994.
12. ÒA Holistic Response to Individualism.Ó SUNY Geneseo Colloquium, October 1994.
Seminars/Workshops:
1. 2006 NEH Summer Seminar, ÒMind and Metaphysics.Ó (under John Heil), Washington University in St. Louis, Summer 2006.
2. UC Berkeley Summer Research Seminar on "Mind, Body, Brain" (under John Searle). Summer 1996
3. 1994 NEH Summer Seminar on "Reference: Language and Reality" (under Richard Mendelsohn), CUNY Graduate Center in Philosophy. Summer 1994.
Other
Conference Participation
1. Commentator for Siu-Fu TangÕs (Chinese University of Hong Kong) ÒThe Heart-MindÕs Approval (ke) and Second-Order Desires.Ó APA Pacific Convention, Pasadena, March 2008.
2. Chair, ÒNew Work by Philosophers from Hong Kong on Confucian Ethics.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Pacific Convention, Pasadena, March 2008.
3. Chair, ÒConfucianism, Women, and Care Ethics.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Pacific Convention, Pasadena, March 2008.
4. Commentator for Al MartinichÕs (UT Austin) ÒIdeal Interpretation: The Theories of Zhu X and Ronald Dworkin.Ó APA Eastern Convention, Baltimore, December 2007.
5. Chair, ÒRethinking Zhu Xi (1130-1200) – A Representative Neo-Confucian Philosopher.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], Baltimore, December 2007.
6. Chair, ÒNew Works on Chinese Philosophy from Taiwan.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], San Francisco, Spring 2007.
7. Chair, ÒThe Buddhist Philosophy of Mind Meets Contemporary Cognitive Science.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Eastern Convention, December 2006.
8. Chair, ÒChinese Philosophy: New Reflections and Comparisons.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Eastern Convention, Washington D.C., December 2005.
9. Commentator for Jonathan WeinbergÕs (Rutgers University) ÒWide Content and the Individuation of Thought.Ó The Mid-South Philosophy Conference, Memphis, February 1996.
VII. SERVICE ACTIVITIES
California State University, Fullerton (2005 - )
1. Department Personnel Committee, 2008-9.
2. H&SS Research and Grants Committee, 2007-8.
3. Assessment Committee (Philosophy Department), 2005-6; 2006-7.
4. Curriculum Committee (Philosophy Department), 2005-6; 2006-7.
5. Search Committee for New Faculty (Philosophy Department), 2005-6; 2006-7.
6. Undergraduate Students Advisor, 2005- current.
7. 2007 Philosophy Symposium Committee, 2006-7.
8. Library Representative (Philosophy Department), 2005-6; 2006-7.
9. Club Advisor for Taiwanese Student Association [TSU], 2005-current.
10. Alamshaw Essay Committee, 2006-7.
11. 2009 Philosophy Symposium Faculty Advisor, 2008-9.
12. Philosophy Club Faculty Advisor, 2008-9.
SUNY Geneseo (1994-2004)
1. Assessment Coordinator for the Philosophy Department, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 2000- Spring 2001; Fall 2003- Spring 2004.
2. Excellence Award Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 2001 – Spring 2002.
3. New York State/UUP Professional Development and Quality of Working Life Committee, SUNY Geneseo, 2000 – 2002.
4. All College Senate, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 2000 - Spring 2002.
5. College Executive Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
6. Chair, Student Affairs Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001.
7. Student Affairs Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 1999 - Spring 2002.
8. All College Senate, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 1995 - Spring 1996.
9. Faculty Affair Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 1995 - Spring 1996.
10. Philosophy Department Executive Committee, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 1996 - Spring 1998.
11. Advisor of the Philosophy Club, SUNY Geneseo, Fall 1997 - Spring 1999.
12. Ad Hoc Committee for the Asian Studies Minor Program, SUNY Geneseo, Spring 1998 - Fall 1998.
Professional Service Activities:
1. Referee for The American Philosophical Quarterly. ÒThe Paderewski Puzzle and the Principle of Substitution.Ó March 2008.
2. Referee for Philosophy East & West, ÒRectify the Heart-mind as Affirmation of Self and Humanity – A Confucian Approach to Desire.Ó February 2008.
3. Program Organizer, ÒNew Work by Philosophers from Hong Kong on Confucian Ethics.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Pacific Convention, Pasadena, March 2008.
4. Program Organizer, ÒConfucianism, Women, and Care Ethics.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Pacific Convention, Pasadena, March 2008.
5. Program Organizer, ÒRethinking Zhu Xi (1130-1200) – A Representative Neo-Confucian Philosopher.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Eastern Convention, Baltimore, December 2007.
6. Program Organizer, ÒNew Works on Chinese Philosophy from Taiwan.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Pacific Convention, San Francisco, Spring 2007.
7. Program Organizer, ÒThe Buddhist Philosophy of Mind Meets Contemporary Cognitive Science.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Eastern Convention, December 2006.
8. Program Organizer, ÒChinese Philosophy: New Reflections and Comparisons.Ó The Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America [ACPA], APA Eastern Convention, Washington D.C., December 2005.
9. Preparatory Committee for the Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy, Spring 2002.
10. Primary conference organizer for the 149th Creighton Club meeting, November 2003.
11. Primary conference organizer for the 148th Creighton Club meeting, October 2002.
12. Primary conference organizer for the 147th Creighton Club meeting, October 2001.
13. Primary conference organizer for the 146th Creighton Club meeting, November 2000.
14. Primary conference organizer for the 145th Creighton Club meeting, November 1999.
15. The Advisory Committee for the Western Ontario/New York Undergraduate Conference (in affiliation with SUNY Buffalo), 1998 – 1999.
16. Reviewer of a book proposal (The Companion to Analytic Philosophy) for Blackwell Publishing, 1998.
17. Reviewer of a book proposal (Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology) for Blackwell Publishing, 1998.
18. Outside referee for the renewal of Professor Eric Peng from National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan, 1997.