Yujian Zheng is a philosopher studying ethics and comparative Chinese

Chinese philosophy

Chinese philosophy is philosophy written in the Chinese tradition of thought. The majority of traditional Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, during a period known as the "Hundred Schools of Thought", which was characterized by significant intellectual and...

 and Western

Western philosophy

Western philosophy is the philosophical thought and work of the Western or Occidental world, as distinct from Eastern or Oriental philosophies and the varieties of indigenous philosophies....

 philosophy, with interests in rationality and rational choice theory

Rational choice theory

Rational choice theory, also known as choice theory or rational action theory, is a framework for understanding and often formally modeling social and economic behavior. It is the main theoretical paradigm in the currently-dominant school of microeconomics...

, philosophy of mind

Philosophy of mind

Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental events, mental functions, mental properties, consciousness and their relationship to the physical body, particularly the brain. The mind-body problem, i.e...

, moral epistemology and psychology, social science

Philosophy of social science

The philosophy of social science is the study of the logic and method of the social sciences, such as sociology, anthropology and political science...

 and political philosophy

Political philosophy

Political philosophy is the study of such topics as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority: what they are, why they are needed, what, if anything, makes a government legitimate, what rights and freedoms it should protect and why, what form it...

. He is an associate professor at Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

The Lingnan University is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It was granted full university status on 30 July 1999.The Lingnan University administration believes that it provides students with a quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts tradition from both East and West...

 and writes in both English and Chinese. He also served as a hostel warden in Lingnan University (2007-2008).

Career

Zheng earned a BS in engineering mechanics from Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University or SJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University , is a top public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China...

 (Shanghai

Shanghai

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, 1984), and then completed an MA in philosophy at Renmin University of China

Renmin University of China

Renmin University of China; RUC, also known as People's University of China , colloquially Renda , is a major research university in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Its campus neighbors those of Peking University and Tsinghua University....

 (Beijing

Beijing

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, 1987) and a PhD in philosophy (Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, 1995) with a dissertation entitled Motivation, Deliberation, and Rationality for Dynamic Choice.

After receiving his MA he was an assistant research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...

 serving as chief English interpreter for its Institute of Policy and Management Science (1987–1989). While pursuing his PhD he held a teaching fellowship at Bowling Green State University (191-1993). Joining Lingnan University's philosophy department, he served as assistant professor for seven years before becoming associate professor in 2002. In April 2003 Dr. Zheng was one of six faculty who was honoured with Lingnan University

Lingnan University (Hong Kong)

The Lingnan University is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It was granted full university status on 30 July 1999.The Lingnan University administration believes that it provides students with a quality education distinguished by the best liberal arts tradition from both East and West...

's Research Excellence Award.

English

• (2001) "Akrasia, Picoeconomics, and a Rational Reconstruction of Judgment Formation in Dynamic Choice", Philosophical Studies 104, pp. 227–251.
• (2003) "A Tacit Form of Comparative Philosophy: Reflection on a Case Study in Analytical Philosophy", Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Vol. II, No. 2, pp. 291–309.
• (2006) "Davisonian Approach to Normativity & Limits of Cross-cultural Interpretation", Philosophical Engagement: Davidson and Chinese Philosophy, Bo Mou (ed.), pp. 189–203, Brill Academic Publishers, Netherlands.
• (2006) "Ex Ante vs. Ex Post Rationalization of Action", Proceedings of The Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy, Ioanna Kucuradi (ed.), pp. 137–142, Philosophical Society of Turkey.
• (2007) "Normative Connection and Re-enchantment of Nature", International Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 3–23, Jan. 2007.
• (2008) "Unconscious Intentionality and the Status of Normativity in Searle's Philosophy—with Comparative Reference to Traditional Chinese Thought", Searle's Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy: Constructive Engagement, Bo Mou (ed.), Brill Academic Publishers, Netherlands.
• (2008) "Memes, Mind, and Normativity", Culture, Nature, Memes: Dynamic Cognitive Theories, Thorsten Botz-Bornstein (ed.), pp. 191–201, Cambridge Scholars Press.

Chinese

• (2004) "道德气与规范性" (Moral Luck and Normativity), 世界哲谏 (World Philosophy), Vol. 2004, Issue 6, pp. 66–72, 哲谏研究杂志社, Nov. 2004.
• (2005) "世界由去魅到複魅" (From Disenchantment to Re-enchantment of the World—a Self-redemptive Path for Empiricism), 年度谏术 2005 (Theoria 2005), 赵汀尣 (ed.), pp. 20–38, 中僐人民大谏出版社, July 2005.
• (2006), "消极自由与理性的局限 (Negative Liberty and Limits of Reason)", 哲学门 (Beida Journal of Philosophy), Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 50–62, Peking University, Beijing, Winter 2006.
• (2006) "意向性、規範性與社會科學" (Intentionality, Normativity, & Social Sciences), 《社會科學研究：方法評論》(第一輯), 雷少波 (ed.), 重庆大学出版社.
• (2008) "戴維森、規範性與跨文化理解的陷阱" (Davidson, Normativity, and Pitfalls in Cross-cultural Understanding), 外国哲学 (Foreign Philosophy), Vol. 19, pp. 95–107, 北京大学出版社.