CURRICULUM VITAE (Abridged Version) EWING Y. CHINN

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE (Abridged Version) EWING Y. CHINN Address: Department of Philosophy and Classics, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas TX (home) 7323 Rocky Cedar, San Antonio, Tx Phone: (210) Fax: (210) Birthplace: Guangzhou, China EDUCATION: Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Southern California, (Graduate work at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, ) BA, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, cum laude, (First three semesters at the University of California, Berkeley) FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS: Summer Faculty Research Grants, Trinity University. 1993, 1995, 1999, Grant from Asian Studies Development Program, the East-West Center and the Freeman Foundation to participate in summer 1997 China Field Study: Along the Silk Road. NEH Institute on Southeast Asian Culture and Civilization, University of Hawaii and East-West Center for Asian Studies, Summer NEH Institute for Comparative Philosophy, University of Hawaii, summer NEH grant for Curriculum Development: Central Themes in the History of Philosophy, , (My specific responsibility was "Rationalism" for this two year grant awarded to five members of the philosophy department) NEH Fellowship for College Teachers, Brown University with Roderick Chisholm, Council for Philosophical Studies Institute in the Philosophy of Science, Stanford University, summer National Defense Act Fellowship (3 years) University of Southern California, Pi Epsilon Theta, International Honorary Philosophical Fraternity ACADEMIC POSITIONS Senior Lecturer, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2006 to present Professor Emeritus, Trinity University, 2005 to present 1

2 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Trinity University, Chair of the Philosophy Department, Trinity U , Acting Chair of the Philosophy Department, Trinity U., fall 1994 and summer 1998 Director of the Center for Undergraduate Philosophical Research, Trinity U., Instructor and Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, Instructor, Oregon State University, Lecturer, University of Southern California, SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Books: Metaphilosophy And Chinese Thought: Interpreting David Hall, Co-edited with Henry Rosemont, Jr. The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America Series in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy, Global Scholarly Publications, Encounter: An Introduction to Philosophy, Co-edited with Ramona Cormier and Richard Lineback, Glenview, New Jersey: Scott, Foresman, and Co., Articles: David Hall and Richard Rorty on What is Philosophy Good For? in East- West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, vol. 8, no, 1, 2009 Education as Growth: Dewey s Philosophy of Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, forthcoming. Henry Rosemont on Human Rights, in Polishing the Chinese Mirror: Essays in Honor of Henry Rosemont, Jr. The Association of Chinese Philosophers in America Series in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy, Global Scholarly Publications, The Relativist Challenge to Comparative Philosophy, International Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 47, no. 4, December John Dewey and the Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle Way, Asian Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 2, July 2006, pp Democracy, Dewey, and Confucius, in Metaphilosophy and Chinese Thought: Interpreting David Hall, Global Scholarly Publications The Good is Prior to the Right: Rosemont on Human Rights, East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2004 Dewey and the Possibility of a Confucian Model of Democracy, East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2002 Nagarjuna s Fundamental Doctrine of Pratityasamutpada, Philosophy East and West, vol. 51, no. 1, (Jan. 2001) 2

3 Listen With the Qi: On Zhuangzi and Spontaneity, Journal of the Southwestern Conference on Asian Studies, vol. 1 (1999) "The Natural Equality of All Things, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, December 1998 Zhuangzi and Relativistic Skepticism, Asian Philosophy, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1997 "The Anti-abstractionism of Dignaga and Berkeley," Philosophy East and West, vol. 44, no. 1 (Jan. 1994) Gerwirth s Dialectical Argument, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, vol. XXXI, no. 1 (1993) "Leibniz on Freedom, Contingency, and Possible Worlds," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, vol. XXVI, no. 1 (1988) "A Journal Around the Cartesian Circle," Philosophical Research Archives, vol. IX (1984) "On Chisholm's 'Parts as Essential to Their Wholes,'" The Pacific Journal of Philosophy, vol. 60, no. 1 (January, 1979) "Intentional Actions and Their Side Effects," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, vol. XV, no. 2 (1977) ADDRESSES TO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS The Good is Prior to the Right-Revisited, Special Panel on the publication of Polishing the Chinese Mirror, Annual Meeting of the Asian Studies Network, Trinity University, San Antonio Texas, March 13-16, 2008 Richard Rorty and David Hall on What is Philosophy Good For, National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, March 8-10, 2007, Central Washington University, Seattle, Washington. Henry Rosemont and the Relativist Menace, National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, March 16-19, 2006, Belmont University, Nashville, Tennesee. Education as Growth and Realizing : Dewey and Confucius, Ninth East- West Philosophers Conference, May 29-June 10, 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii. Dewey and Buddhist Philosophy, The Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. A special session arranged by the APA Committee on the Status of Asian and Asian-American Philosophers and Philosophies, Dec , 2004, Boston, Mass. John Dewey and the Buddhist Philosophy of the Middle Way, National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, April 15-17, 2004, Johnson County Community College, Kansas City, Missouri. Democracy, Dewey, and Confucius, The David Hall Memorial Conference, May 23-25, 2003, Trinity University The Good is Prior to the Right: Rosemont on Human Rights, National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, March 6-8, 2003, Paradise Valley Community College, Scottsdale, Arizona. Confucianism and Democracy, Annual Meeting of the Association for 3

4 Asian Studies, Mid-Atlantic Region, Community College of Baltimore County-Essex, October 25-27, 2002 Zhuangzi: Mystic or Skeptic? and Confucian Ethics and the Idea of Democracy, Cullum 2002 Lecture Series, Augusta State University, April 16, 2002 Did Zhuangzi dream that he was a butterfly? National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, March 14-16, 2002, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Georgia. Dewey and the Possibility of a Confucian Model of Democracy, National Conference of the Asian Studies Development Program, March 21-22, 2001, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. On the Existence of Universal Human Rights, EWC/EWCA 2000 International Conference, July 4-8, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii Listen with the Qi, The Joint Regional Conference of the Western and Southwestern Divisions of the Association for Asian Studies, El Paso, Texas, Oct , 1998 Nagarjuna s Fundamental Principle of Pratityasamutpada, Third International Research Conference in Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Jan. 5-9, 1998, East-West Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii "Protest Chinese Style: The Tiananmen Square Demonstrations," Great Plains Popular Culture/American Culture Association, Montana State University, Billings Montana. Oct. 2-5, 1996 "The Natural Equality of All Things," Annual Meeting of the Association For Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 11-14, "Leibniz on Freedom, Contingency, and Possible Worlds," Philosophy Colloquy, Trinity U "The Conceivability Argument for Cartesian Dualism," Philosophy Colloquy, Trinity U "Leibniz's Struggle with Contingency," Philosophy Colloquy, Trinity U "The Problem of Circularity in Descartes' Argument," Philosophy Colloquy, Trinity U "The Case for Active Euthanasia," NSF Chautauqua Seminar, U.C. at Berkeley, "Inquiries Into the Problems of a Scientific Explanation," Faculty Seminar, Bowling Green State U "Value Theory and the Moral Ought," Philosophy Club, Bowling Green State U "An Analysis of the Problems of Quantification in Modal Logic," Ohio Philosophical Association, POPULAR ADDRESSES "Is Cultural Diversity a Good Thing?" Keynote Speaker, Asian 4

5 Pacific Forum, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, "The Asian-American Experience," Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), Patrick AFB, Florida, "The 'Model Minority,'" The American Symposium, DEOMI, Patrick AFB, Florida, "The Silent Minority," The Asian American Symposium, DEOMI, Patrick AFB, Florida, 1986 "The Myth of a Value-free Science," Town and Gown Lecture Series, Bowling Green, Ohio, SELECTED COMMITTEES AND OFFICES Academic Integrity Committee, Steiren Lectures Committee, DeCoursey Distinguished Lectures Committee, Mitchell Visiting Professor Committee, University Institutional Review Board, Committee to Evaluate the Dean of Arts and Humanities, Chair, University Institutional Review Board, Chair, General Education Committee of the University Curriculum Council (UCC), Search Committee for the Dean of Arts and Humanities, University Curriculum Council (UCC), University Senate, Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation, Chair, University Investigating Committee, Chair, University Lecturers Committee, Chair, Faculty Research and Development Council, Secretary, University Senate,