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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Work-in-progress Seminar - "Wandering Political Authority: The Emergence of Abdication Theory in Early China" by Ms. Qiao Yiwen
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/ptupr7d5 \n  \nAbstract \nNarratives of abdication\, most famously the account of Yao (堯) yielding the throne to Shun (舜)\, emerged prominently during the Warring States period (453–221 BCE) and persisted throughout imperial China\, despite their tension with the prevailing norm of hereditary succession. This paper examines abdication theory as a philosophical response to the problem of legitimate political succession by analyzing both excavated Warring States texts – most notably Tang Yu zhi dao唐虞之道 and Rong cheng shi容成氏 – and transmitted sources including Mengzi\, Guanzi\, and Hanfeizi. \nI argue that these texts articulate competing evaluations of a model of political succession in which authority is not fixed by lineage but remains conditionally transferable. This model conceptualizes political power as capable of “wandering\,” insofar as its legitimate transfer depends on contingent factors such as virtue\, tian天 (heaven)\, and shi時(timing) rather than institutionalized inheritance. The paper further contextualizes this philosophical debate through the failed abdication between King Kuai of Yan燕噲王 and his minister Zi Zhi子之\, a historical episode that exposes the practical instability of unanchored authority. Taken together\, the debate over abdication reveals an early Chinese philosophical commitment to uncertainty as an integral element of political legitimacy. Although abdication could not be stabilized as an institutional model\, it functioned as a durable philosophical critique of hereditary rule by foregrounding uncertainty in the transfer of political authority. \n  \nBio \nYiwen Qiao is currently a second-year PhD student from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.
URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-work-in-progress-seminar-wandering-political-authority-the-emergence-of-abdication-theory-in-early-china-by-ms-qiao-yiwen/
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Conference: "Methods in Chinese and Comparative Philosophy"
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URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-conference-methods-in-chinese-and-comparative-philosophy/
LOCATION:E21A-3118
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department%20of%20Philosophy%20and%20Religious%20Studies":MAILTO:maggiewong@um.edu.mo
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260311
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL: The Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay
DESCRIPTION:The Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay is awarded for excellence in philosophy. Students enrolled in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies undergraduate courses are eligible to enter an essay for the annual award. \nStudents are invited to submit an academic essay written as an assignment in one of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies’ undergraduate courses this academic year (AY2025/2026). Essays of any length are acceptable. The organisers reserve the right not to award the prize if essays are not of sufficiently high standard. \nPlease submit essays by e-mail with the subject line ‘Submission for the Mario Echano Prize’ to Maggie Wong at MaggieWong@um.edu.mo. Attach your essay to the message as a Microsoft Word document (other formats will not be accepted). Please give your name\, student number\, and the name of the course for which you wrote the essay\, on the first page of the essay. The deadline for submission is Friday\, 5th May 2026. \nWe look forward to your submissions.
URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-the-mario-echano-prize-for-the-best-undergraduate-philosophy-essay-5/
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department%20of%20Philosophy%20and%20Religious%20Studies":MAILTO:maggiewong@um.edu.mo
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260311T173000
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – "Mandarin Robes\, Jesuit Body: Accommodation and the Early Modern Origins of Comparative Philosophy" by Prof. Mateusz Janik\, Polish Academy of Sciences\, Poland
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav \n  \nAbstract \nThe first Jesuit missionaries who entered China\, landing first in Macao\, adopted Chinese attire\, learned the Chinese language\, and adapted the Christian message to Chinese culture. This is often understood as a successful hermeneutic practice that facilitated intellectual exchange between China and Europe. The Jesuit reception of Chinese thought may be viewed as one of the founding moments of comparative philosophy. It is also a fascinating case study for observing the process of intellectual transmission between two distinct cultures. By examining how ideas change and interact in different conceptual environments\, we can grasp the formation of new philosophical concepts\, discursive spaces\, and intercultural identities. In this lecture\, we will examine the philosophical assumptions and challenges inherent in the accommodationist strategy and consider its impact on the perception of Chinese philosophy in early modern Europe. \n  \nBio \nMateusz Janik (1983) is a historian of ideas\, working in the field of global history of philosophy and  comparative political studies. He is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Studies (Polish Academy of Sciences). His latest research is focused on the genealogy of Sino-Spinozism and monist interpretations of Neo-Confucian philosophy in early modern Europe.
URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-lecture-series-mandarin-robes-jesuit-body-accommodation-and-the-early-modern-origins-of-comparative-philosophy-by-prof-mateusz-janik-polish-academy-of-sciences-poland/
LOCATION:E21A-3118
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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ORGANIZER;CN="Department%20of%20Philosophy%20and%20Religious%20Studies":MAILTO:maggiewong@um.edu.mo
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Forum: Distinguished Scholars Series - 10: "手段與目的 ─ ─ 康德的哥白尼式革命再審視"，李秋零教授，中國人民大學/山東大學，中國
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URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/philosophy-forum-distinguished-scholars-series-10-%e6%89%8b%e6%ae%b5%e8%88%87%e7%9b%ae%e7%9a%84-%e2%94%80-%e2%94%80-%e5%ba%b7%e5%be%b7%e7%9a%84%e5%93%a5%e7%99%bd%e5%b0%bc%e5%bc%8f%e9%9d%a9/
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Conference: "Kant’s Philosophy and His Contemporary Legacy"
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URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-conference-kants-philosophy-and-his-contemporary-legacy/
LOCATION:E21A-3118
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Forum: Distinguished Scholars Series - 11: "THE SLAVE IN OURSELVES – Political Legitimation Under the Conditions of a Utilitarian Culture" by Prof. Walter Schweidler\, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt\, Germany
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URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/philosophy-forum-distinguished-scholars-series-11-the-slave-in-ourselves-political-legitimation-under-the-conditions-of-a-utilitarian-culture-by-prof-walter-schweidler-catholic-uni/
LOCATION:E34-G011
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – "From Populist Deconsolidation to Neo-Reactionary Rupture: Rethinking the Liberal Paradigm" by Prof. Enrico Biale\, University of Piemonte Orientale\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav \n  \nAbstract \nIf the spread of populist movements within Western political systems led many scholars to speak of a deconsolidation or crisis of the liberal paradigm\, the neo-reactionary moment currently characterizing Western liberal political systems represents an even more significant rupture\, one that may lead to a genuine overcoming of the liberal paradigm. After analysing the critiques traditionally levelled against liberalism—concerning its instability\, its inability to generate binding social ties\, and the forms of inequality and alienation it produces—and after presenting the defensive responses that the liberal model has attempted to develop\, this paper argues that these responses are unable to meet the challenges posed by the neo-reactionary moment. In my view\, this is due to the fact that the liberal paradigm has never seriously engaged with theoretical positions that criticize liberalism from explicitly anti-liberal or post-liberal perspectives. If liberalism is to be defended\, this blind spot must be overcome\, and the paradigm must develop the conceptual resources necessary to confront the neo-reactionary moment directly and effectively. \n  \nBio \nEnrico Biale is Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Research Center on Migrations\, Diversity\, and Sustainable Development at the University of Piemonte Orientale (Italy). His research focuses on democratic theory and social justice. His work has been published in Political Theory\, European Journal of Political Theory\, Contemporary Political Theory\, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy\, and Res Publica.
URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-lecture-series-from-populist-deconsolidation-to-neo-reactionary-rupture-rethinking-the-liberal-paradigm-by-prof-enrico-biale-university-of-piemonte-orientale-italy/
LOCATION:E21A-3118
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – "Recalcitrance\, Rationality\, and the Nature of Emotion" by Prof. Adam Bradley\, Lingnan University\, Hong Kong
DESCRIPTION:Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav \n  \nAbstract \nRecalcitrant emotions—emotions that persist despite beliefs that rationally conflict with them—are a testing ground for theories of emotion. Cognitivists hold that emotions are or involve beliefs\, which straightforwardly explains how they can rationally conflict with other beliefs. But it is dubious that a subject who fears a dog they know to be harmless literally holds contradictory beliefs about its danger. Perceptualists hold that emotions are perception-like states\, which avoids this problem but introduces another: perceptual states do not seem to rationally conflict with beliefs at all. Thus\, such views cannot explain why recalcitrant emotions involve genuine irrationality. There appears to be no stable middle ground: any attitude short of belief seems to generate too little rational conflict\, while belief generates too much. Motivated by this impasse\, Alex Grzankowski develops what I call a formal account of recalcitrance\, which appeals to a structural rational principle rather than any substantive theory of emotion. I argue that formal accounts\, however appealing\, fail to address what I call the Grounding Question: what is it about emotional states that makes them apt for rational conflict with beliefs in the first place? Drawing on recent work on reasons and rationality\, I argue that emotions must be reasons-responsive—the processes governing their formation must be sensitive to the subject’s reasons. I then develop an empirically grounded account of emotions as evaluative states integrating both lower-level perceptual and higher-level cognitive inputs. On this model\, the balance between these inputs varies across emotional episodes\, explaining why some emotions are more susceptible to recalcitrance than others\, and why recalcitrant emotions resist some contrary judgments but not others. \n  \nBio \nAdam Bradley is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Hong Kong Catastrophic Risk Centre at Lingnan University\, Hong Kong. He works primarily the philosophy of mind\, psychiatry\, and artificial intelligence. Topics he has written on include the nature of bodily pain\, rationality and delusional belief\, and the potential for welfare in AI systems. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California\, Berkeley in 2019.
URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-lecture-series-recalcitrance-rationality-and-the-nature-of-emotion-by-prof-adam-bradley-lingnan-university-hong-kong/
LOCATION:E21A-3118
CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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SUMMARY:FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – "Why tie your head to a tree\, when no one is looking?" by Mr. Norwegian Artist Bjørn Venø
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URL:https://fah.um.edu.mo/event/fah-dphil-lecture-series-why-tie-your-head-to-a-tree-when-no-one-is-looking-by-mr-norwegian-artist-bjorn-veno/
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CATEGORIES:Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
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