Current/Upcoming Courses
Spring 2024: Ethics
This course explores the fundamental questions about what it means to be human and how we should live our human lives. Readings include seminal ethical texts authored by philosophers from different traditions and eras. Through discussing these works, students will hone skills in close reading, analysis, and critical thinking, while also gaining insights into leading a morally good human life.
Winter 2024: Comparative Philosophy
This comparative philosophy course explores ancient Greek and Chinese philosophies, aiming beyond mere comparison. We will apply theories from both traditions to address fundamental philosophical problems and to guide life, covering topics like fundamental reality, knowledge, morality, politics, and life. In the ancient Greek tradition, we will focus on Plato and Aristotle; in the ancient Chinese tradition, we will study Laozi, Zhuangzi, Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Mozi, and Han Feizi. Supplementary readings cover recent works on comparative philosophy by Stephen Angle, Bryan Van Norden, Ben-Ami Scharfstein, and Peter Park, as well as works by Kit Fine, James Pryor, Rosalind Hursthouse, Henry Sidgwick, John Rawls, and John Sellars, addressing similar questions from ancient texts.
This course explores the fundamental questions about what it means to be human and how we should live our human lives. Readings include seminal ethical texts authored by philosophers from different traditions and eras. Through discussing these works, students will hone skills in close reading, analysis, and critical thinking, while also gaining insights into leading a morally good human life.
Winter 2024: Comparative Philosophy
This comparative philosophy course explores ancient Greek and Chinese philosophies, aiming beyond mere comparison. We will apply theories from both traditions to address fundamental philosophical problems and to guide life, covering topics like fundamental reality, knowledge, morality, politics, and life. In the ancient Greek tradition, we will focus on Plato and Aristotle; in the ancient Chinese tradition, we will study Laozi, Zhuangzi, Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Mozi, and Han Feizi. Supplementary readings cover recent works on comparative philosophy by Stephen Angle, Bryan Van Norden, Ben-Ami Scharfstein, and Peter Park, as well as works by Kit Fine, James Pryor, Rosalind Hursthouse, Henry Sidgwick, John Rawls, and John Sellars, addressing similar questions from ancient texts.
Past Courses
Summer 2022: Intro Philosophy
Winter 2021: Intro Philosophy
Fall 2020: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Winter 2020: Contemporary Moral Problems
Fall 2019: Minds and Machines
Spring 2018: Human Nature
Fall 2017: Knowledge & Reality
Spring 2017: Intro Philosophy
Fall 2016: Intro Philosophy
Winter 2015: Intro Logic
Fall 2014: Intro Logic
In 2022, I received the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Teaching Certificate, University of Michigan.
Winter 2021: Intro Philosophy
Fall 2020: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Winter 2020: Contemporary Moral Problems
Fall 2019: Minds and Machines
Spring 2018: Human Nature
Fall 2017: Knowledge & Reality
Spring 2017: Intro Philosophy
Fall 2016: Intro Philosophy
Winter 2015: Intro Logic
Fall 2014: Intro Logic
In 2022, I received the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Teaching Certificate, University of Michigan.