Academics

Education
Tulane University Ph. D. 1997
Peking University MA, BA 1991

Courses Taught
Ancient Greek Philosophy, Topics in Japanese Thought, Environmental Ethics, North American Wildlife, Comparative Philosophy, Logic, Chinese Ethics, Classical Questions, Global Engagement with Contemporary China (philosophy), Introduction to Asian Philosophy, Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Mind

Major Publications on Issues of Justice
“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;

“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.

Major Publications on Comparative Philosophy
“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.

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.

Major Scholarly Translations

Book
Word and Object, by W. V. O. Quine, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu and G. H. Zhang, The People’s University Press, Beijing 2005;

Book Chapters
“Concept and Object” by G. Frege, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.

“How to do Things with Words: Lectures 7 & 8” by J. L. Austin, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.

“Philosophy and Psychoanalysis” by J. Wiston, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu, in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.

“Intuition of Philosophy” by Henri Bergson, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu, in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.

“Philosophical Concepts and Practical Results” by W. James, translated into Chinese by Rui Zhu, in Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy, edited by Chen Qi-wei. Beijing: Peking University Press, 1993.

Books in Progress
“City of Orchids” (Reflections on Language, Mind and Society), first draft completed in March 2006;

“Paradigms of Power and the Rule of Law,” in progress, first two chapters completed by June 2006;

“Sophrosune as a Civic Virtue,” in the early stage of drafting.

Article in Progress
“Panopticon and Voyeurism: Some Thoughts on the Difficulty to Establish the Rule of Law in China.”

Speeches Delivered
2004, “Schistosomiasis and Capital Marxism,” The First Global Conference on “Evil, Law and the State,” The Mansfield College, Oxford University.
2004, “Two Conceptions of Democracy: Weber and Rawls,” A keynote speech delivered at The Dialogue Series on Democracy and Freedom, Texas State University, San Marcos.
2001, ‘Method and Content,’ at Peking University
2001, ‘What if the father commits a crime?’ at Peking University
2001, ‘Problems in Supervenience,’at Peking University.
2001, ‘The Fallacy of property causation,’ The Annual Meeting of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Las Vegas, New Mexo.
2000, ‘To kill or to let die: a categorical imperative?,’ The Annual Meeting of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, Dallas, Texas.
1998, ‘That-clause,’ The annual meeting of the New Mexico and West Texas Philosophical Society, El Paso, Texas.
1996, “Mental causation: causal efficacy and causal relevance” in Louisiana State Philosophy Convention, Baton Rouge.