Faculty: Department of Philosophy
Rui Zhu
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Specialization
Plato: Eros and Justice
Mind and Language
Areas of Interest or Competence
Comparative Political Theories
Classical Greek, Greek Theater
Education
Tulane University, PhD: Philosophy of Mind
Peking University
Courses Taught
Philosophy of Mind
Plato: Eros and Sexuality
Comparative Philosophy
Publications
“Bernard Bosanquet: The Value and Destiny of the Individual, Macmillan, 1923. (Gifford Lectures, 1910–12): Translation with notations and commentaries, by Rui Zhu and Chaojie Li, Shanwu Press, Beijing, forthcoming.
“Chinese Culture on the World Stage: A Commentary” (Lun Zhong Guo Wen Hua de Shi Jie Hua), Chinese Social Sciences Today, Academia Sinica, Beijing, 2010-3-12.
“Schistosomiasis and Capital Marxism” by Rui Zhu, in Evil, Law and the State, edited by John Parry and Rob Fisher, Rodopi Books, the Netherlands, January 2006, pp. 40 - 52;
“Rechtvaardigheid en Dwang” (“Justice and Coercion”) in Ethiek en Maatschappij, by Rui Zhu, translated into Dutch by Tammy Lynn Castelein and Bram Ieven, driemaandelijks tijdschrift, 1 e trimester 2005, jaargang 8 - nr. 1, mei, pp. 27 - 44;
“W. V. O. Quine: Word and Object,” translation, by Rui Zhu and G. H. Zhang, The People’s University Press, Beijing 2005.
“Distinguishing the Public from the Private: Aristotle’s Solution to Plato’s Paradox” by Rui Zhu, in History of Political Thought, Imprint Academic, Vol. XXV, No. 2, Summer 2004, pp. 231-242.
“Equality in Worth as a Pre-condition for Justice in Greek Thought” by Rui Zhu, in History of Political Thought, Imprint Academic, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Spring 2003, pp. 1-15.
“What if the Father Commits a Crime?” by Rui Zhu, in Journal of the History of Ideas, The John Hopkins University Press, Vol. 63, No. 2, January 2002, pp. 1-17.
“Kairos: Between Cosmic Order and Human Agency” by Rui Zhu, in Journal of Religious Ethics, Blackwell Publishers, March 2006, pp. 115 - 138;
“Distinguishing Soto and Rinzai Zen: Manas and the Mental Mechanics of Meditation” by Rui Zhu, in Philosophy East and West, University of Hawaii Press, July 2005, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 426-446;
“Myth and Philosophy: From a Problem in Phaedo” by Rui Zhu, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Oxford University Press, June 2005, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 451-473.
“Wu-Wei: Lao-zi, Chuang-zi and the Aesthetic Judgment” by Rui Zhu, in Asian Philosophy, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2002, pp. 53-63.
“Ambiguity, Dissimilarity and Conjunction Failure” [feature article] by Rui Zhu, in The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, No. 121, February 2004.
“The Fallacy of Property Causation,” by Rui Zhu, in Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 24, Spring 2002, pp. 67 -73.
“To Kill or to Let Die: a Categorical Imperative?” by Rui Zhu, in Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 23, Spring 2001, pp. 70 - 78.
“Dai Wei Sun Gang Lin Yan Jiu (Davidson’s Theory of Truth and Meaning)” by Rui Zhu in Xian Dai Xi Fan Zhe Xue (Contemporary Western philosophy), ed. Qiu Ren-Zong, Press of Academia Sinica, Beijing 1994.
“Luo Su Lun Zhi Chen (Russell on Denoting)” by Rui Zhu, in Xian Dai Xi Fan Zhe Xue (Contemporary Western Philosophy), ed. Qiu Ren-Zong, Press of Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1994.
“Sandra B. Rosenthal, Classic American Pragmatism from a Contemporary Point of View” (book review) by Rui Zhu, in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Summer 1993, pp. 462-467.
“Fu Lei Ge de Yi Yi He Zhi Cheng (Frege’s Meaning and Reference)” by Rui Zhu, in Beijing DaXue XueBao (The Journal of Peking University), Peking University Press, Beijing, Spring 1989, pp. 1-14.
” G. Frege: Concept and Object”, translation, by Rui Zhu in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.
Articles Written and in Revision
“Anamnesis”, Part I (completed in 2011)
“Love in Euthyphro” (completed in 2010)
“China, Jimmie G. and Pharmakon: History and Amnesia” (completed in 2010)
“Ponos and Nosos: Two Paradigms of Pain” (completed in 2010)
“The Chinese View of the Chinese: Ethnicity, Culture and Power” (completed in 2010)
“The Structure of Eros” (completed in 2009)
“Pleasure, Pain, and Agogē,” (completed in 2009)
“Steve and Qualia,” (completed in 2008)
“Knowledge and belief” (completed in 2008)
Selected Minor Publications
“Ambiguity, Dissimilarity and Conjunction Failure” [feature article] by Rui Zhu, in The Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly, No. 121, February 2004.
“The Fallacy of Property Causation,” by Rui Zhu, in Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 24, Spring 2002, pp. 67 -73.
“To Kill or to Let Die: a Categorical Imperative?” by Rui Zhu, in Southwest Philosophical Studies, Vol. 23, Spring 2001, pp. 70 - 78.
“Dai Wei Sun Gang Lin Yan Jiu (Davidson’s Theory of Truth and Meaning)” by Rui Zhu in Xian Dai Xi Fan Zhe Xue (Contemporary Western philosophy), ed. Qiu Ren-Zong, Press of Academia Sinica, Beijing 1994.
“Luo Su Lun Zhi Chen (Russell on Denoting)” by Rui Zhu, in Xian Dai Xi Fan Zhe Xue (Contemporary Western Philosophy), ed. Qiu Ren-Zong, Press of Academia Sinica, Beijing, 1994.
“Sandra B. Rosenthal, Classic American Pragmatism from a Contemporary Point of View” (book review) by Rui Zhu, in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Summer 1993, pp. 462-467.
“Fu Lei Ge de Yi Yi He Zhi Cheng (Frege’s Meaning and Reference)” by Rui Zhu, in Beijing DaXue XueBao (The Journal of Peking University), Peking University Press, Beijing, Spring 1989, pp. 1-14.
Books in Progress
Eros, Justice, and Agogic Struggle
Speeches Delivered
2008, “Lectures on Justice,” NanKai University, Tianjin, China, December 2008.
2004, “Schistosomiasis and Capital Marxism,” The First Global Conference on “Evil, Law and the State,” The Mansfield College, Oxford University.
