Frank Saunders Jr ๅๆๆญฃ – Philosopher, Author, Educator
I decided to try my hand at visualizing the PGR's data about the rankings and specialties of top philosophy programs in the English-speaking world. It was a lot of fun, and hopefully might be useful to somebody. Below is a sample screenshot of the bubble chart showing distributions of potential areas of specialization across the... Continue Reading →
I am pleased to announce that my paper, "Truth and Chinese Philosophy: A Plea for Pluralism" has been accepted for publication in Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy. My first ever published paper was on this very topic back in 2014, also in Dao, and so I'm very excited to be revisiting it in Dao... Continue Reading →
As of March 2021, I have started my new position as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yonsei University's Underwood International College in Songdo, South Korea. I am extremely grateful to be here, to be teaching both enthusiastic and talented students, and to be surrounded by enthusiastic, wonderful colleagues. My faculty profile page can be... Continue Reading →
I've decided to try and re-vamp my website for wildlife photos. I ignored it for a while because 1) I wasn't sure how to expand its reach and 2) Intsagram seemed sufficient. What's more is that I just didn't do as much birding as I would have liked this past year because of the Hong... Continue Reading →
My introductory paper on Zhuangist primitivism (creatively) titled, "Primitivism in the Zhuangzi: an Introduction", has been accepted for publication in Philosophy Compass and should appear in the coming months. An author's preprint can be downloaded here. 28-8-2020 Update: The final published version can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12700
Here is a preprint of myย book review of Lin Ma and Jaap Van Brakel's Beyond the Troubled Waters of Shifei at Philosophy East and West. Review of Ma and Van Brakel Edit 13 July, 2020: the officially published version can be found here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/759295
The following essay is forthcoming in International Philosophical Quarterly (June, 2020) entitled "Ethics in the Zhuangzi: Diversity and Sagacity". Its content is largely based on the penultimate chapter of my PhD dissertation, and has benefited greatly from feedback at various international venues over the past few years. An author's preprint of the essay can be... Continue Reading →
I'll be migrating my wildlife photos---and perhaps all photos---to another wordpress site, http://www.frankswildlife.photos. Come check it out if you like my photos!
I've updated my information to reflect that I have received my PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 2019. I've also added some photos to "Hiking" and "Random."
I have updated my CV on my About page. I have updated the author's preprint of my review of Theories of Truth in Chinese Philosophy on my Publications page, which will appear in Philosophy East and West January, 2018.
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