ISCWP Panel Session  at the APA Pacific Division 2003 Meeting

Place: The Westin St. Francis Hotel, Yorkshire Conference Room; San Francisco, USA

Panel Topic: 

Comparative Approaches to Classic Asian Texts

Rationale for Panel: This panel explores the implications of approaching classic texts from the Confucian and Buddhist traditions through a variety of comparative methodologies. Each panelist will demonstrate the rich philosophical rewards that come from viewing one or more texts central to the tradition they study in such perspective.

Chair: Son Lee (Mission College, USA)

Speaker 1: Christian Jochim (San Jose State University)

"The Original Analects: Implications for Philosophy of Text-Critical Analysis"

Commentator: Esther Su (Foundation for Studies of Chinese Philosophy and Culture, USA)

Speaker 2: Derong Chen (University of Toronto, Canada)

"Faith and Behavior: A Comparative Analysis of Rules of Speech, Action, and Mind in the Lotus Sutra and the New Testment"

Commentator: Tao Jiang (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA)

Speaker 3: Youzheng Li (Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

"A Hermeneutico-Semiotic Approach to the Analects"

Commentator: Bo Mou (San Jose State University, USA)