Research Profile

History of Western philosophy, especially early modern philosophy, including Descartes, Bacon, Locke, Hume, etc.

Since 2003, research about the Enlightenment and philosophy in Western Europe; American philosophy , especially classical pragmatism

Comparative studies between Western and Chinese philosophy

Translating Western philosophical writings from Western languages into Chinese

Teaching Profile

Lectures: An Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy; An Introduction to Contemporary Western Philosophy; The Enlightenment and Western Philosophy; Readings in Western Philosophy

Seminars: Descartes’ Meditations; Rousseau’s Political Philosophy, Kant’s Philosophy; American Pragmatism; Readings in Contemporary Western Philosophy; Readings in Modern Western Philosophy

Selected Publications

Return to Self: Western Humanism and Anti-Humanism in the 20th Century. Beijing: Hua Xia Press, 2008.

American Secularized Religion and the Radical Empiricism of William James. Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Publishing House, 2002.

Rethinking Bergson’s Philosophy. Beijing: Peking University Press, 2000.

Descartes. Shijiazhuang: Hebei Renmin Publishing House, 1997.

The Moral Spirit and the Modernization of Chinese Society. Beijing: Beijing Publishing House. (collaboration)

Piaget’s Challenge. Beijing: Renmin Publishing House, 1988. (collaboration)

Contact

Department of Philosophy
Peking University,
Beijing 100871, China
Phone: (+86) 10-62751949
Email: shangxj@phil.pku.edu.cn
Homepage: http://www.phil.pku.edu.cn/fac.php?op=profile&tid=53370