Sun Wei 孙伟

Sun Wei 孙伟

Ph.D., National University of Singapore

Professor Sun Wei received his Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy from National University of Singapore in 2008. He is now an associate professor at the Philosophy Institute, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. He was previously a Master’s student (2000-2003) in the Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. He has published the books Reconstructing the Confucian Way: A new investigation of Xunzi’s thoughts (People’s Press, 2010), The Way to the Confucian Ideals: Xunzi’s Responses to the Problems of Confucianism in the Late Warring States Period (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010), Dao and Happiness: The Comparisons between Xunzi and Aristotle’s Ethics (Peking University Press, 2015). He has also published more than 20 journal articles in both English and Chinese. He is a member of the Beijing Philosophy Association and the International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP).

Interests
  • Chinese Philosophy
  • Comparative Philosophy
  • Metaphysics
  • Confucianism

About Sun Wei 孙伟

Professor Sun Wei received his Ph.D. in Chinese philosophy from National University of Singapore in 2008. He is now an associate professor at the Philosophy Institute, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. He was previously a Master’s student (2000-2003) in the Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. He has published the books Reconstructing the Confucian Way: A new investigation of Xunzi’s thoughts (People’s Press, 2010), The Way to the Confucian Ideals: Xunzi’s Responses to the Problems of Confucianism in the Late Warring States Period (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010), Dao and Happiness: The Comparisons between Xunzi and Aristotle’s Ethics (Peking University Press, 2015). He has also published more than 20 journal articles in both English and Chinese. He is a member of the Beijing Philosophy Association and the International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy (ISCWP).

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