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Chung-ying Cheng
Chung-Ying Cheng (Chinese: 成中英; November 8, 1935 – July 2, 2024)[citation needed] was a Taiwanese-American philosopher specializing in Chinese philosophy. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is considered one of the pioneers who formalized the field of Chinese philosophy in the United States in the 1960s.
Cheng received his B.A. from National Taiwan University in 1956, his M.A. from University of Washington in 1958, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1963. He joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1963. He had lectured at institutions such as Yale University and Oxford University. He also served as Chair of Department of Philosophy and Director of the Graduate Institute of Philosophy at National Taiwan University. Recently,[when?] he was Visiting Chair Professor in Chinese Philosophy at King's College London, visiting professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University, Distinguished Chair Professor at Renmin University, and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University.[citation needed]
Cheng's research interests were in the areas of Chinese logic, the I Ching and the origins of Chinese philosophy, Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy, the onto-hermeneutics of Eastern and Western philosophy, and Chan (Zen) philosophy. Recently, he had specifically worked on the philosophy of c-management and Confucian Bio-Ethics as they relate to the Chinese tradition, and on how Chinese culture relates to world culture. He founded the Journal of Chinese Philosophy published by Blackwell Publishers in 1973 and served as its editor-in-chief until his death.
On July 2, 2024, he died in Honolulu at the age of 88.
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Chung-ying Cheng
Chung-Ying Cheng (Chinese: 成中英; November 8, 1935 – July 2, 2024)[citation needed] was a Taiwanese-American philosopher specializing in Chinese philosophy. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is considered one of the pioneers who formalized the field of Chinese philosophy in the United States in the 1960s.
Cheng received his B.A. from National Taiwan University in 1956, his M.A. from University of Washington in 1958, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1963. He joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1963. He had lectured at institutions such as Yale University and Oxford University. He also served as Chair of Department of Philosophy and Director of the Graduate Institute of Philosophy at National Taiwan University. Recently,[when?] he was Visiting Chair Professor in Chinese Philosophy at King's College London, visiting professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University, Distinguished Chair Professor at Renmin University, and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities at Shanghai Jiaotong University.[citation needed]
Cheng's research interests were in the areas of Chinese logic, the I Ching and the origins of Chinese philosophy, Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy, the onto-hermeneutics of Eastern and Western philosophy, and Chan (Zen) philosophy. Recently, he had specifically worked on the philosophy of c-management and Confucian Bio-Ethics as they relate to the Chinese tradition, and on how Chinese culture relates to world culture. He founded the Journal of Chinese Philosophy published by Blackwell Publishers in 1973 and served as its editor-in-chief until his death.
On July 2, 2024, he died in Honolulu at the age of 88.