CHIENKUO MI
Ph.D. in Philosophy (1998), University of Iowa, U.S.A.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Soochow University
70 Lin-Hsi Rd. Wai-Suang-Hsi, Shihlin,
Taipei, Taiwan 111
Visiting Associate Professor at University of Iowa (2007-2008)
258 EPB, University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA52242, U.S.A.
cmi@scu.edu.tw
chienkuo-mi@uiowa.edu
Honors and Awards
1. Research Awards:
1998 National Science Council Research Excellence Award
2001 Hua-Fan University Teaching Excellence Award
2002 Soochow University Publication Award
2003 Soochow University Publication Award
2006 Soochow University Publication Awards for Journals and Books
2006 Soochow University Outstanding Research Award
2007 Friends of Soochow, Edward L. Rada Award for Young Scholars
2. National Science Council Research Grants:
2003 “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View” (NSC 92-2411-H-031-010)
2004 “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact” (NSC 93-2411-H-031-009)
2004 Research Travel Grant for attending “A Priori Knowledge in Contemporary Epistemology” Conference at Sherbrooke University, Canada (NSC 93-2914-I-031-012-A1)
2005 “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology and A Priori Knowledge”
(NSC 94-2411-H-031-020)
2006 “Quine’s Philosophy of Logic” (NSC 95-2411-H-031-020)
2006-2009 Integrated Research Project: “Realism vs. Anti-Realism: Essence and Universal” – “Truth and the Problem of Predication” (NSC 95-2745-H-031-003-HPU)
2007 National Science Council Visiting Research Professorship to University of Iowa (from Aug. 2007 to Jul. 2008): “Truth without Representation”,
(NSC 96-2918-I-031-002)
2001-2007 Academic Vitae
(A) Articles (Published or at Press):
1. “Meaning and Holism: A Comparison between Quine's and Davidson's Points of View”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No.6, April, 2001.
2. “The Nature of Human Action”, Formosan Education and Society, No.3, Feb. 2002.
3. “Davidson’s Holistic Theory of Meaning”, NCCU Philosophical Journal, No.8, June 2002.
4. “Quine and the Problems of Holism”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No.7, Dec. 2002.
5. “Wittgenstein on What Can and Cannot Be Said”, Satyabhisamaya A Buddhist Studies Quarterly, No.27, Dec. 2003.
6. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No.14, Aug. 2006.
7. “Quine and the Problems of Modality: Quantification In, Slingshot Argument, and Essentialism”, Philosophical Researches, Beijing, China, Special Issue, Mar. 2007.
8. “The Problem of Predication and Quine’s Solution”, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No.16, Aug. 2007.
(B) Conference Papers:
1. “Putnam on Mind”, Hua-Fan University 5th Conference on Confucianism and Buddhism, Apr. 2001.
2. “Quine's Meaning Holism”, National Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, 14th MLI Workshop, Dec. 2001.
3. “Quine and the Problems of Holism”, National Chen-Chih University, Department of Philosophy, Conference on the Recent Development of Analytic Philosophy, Mar. 2002.
4. “Early Wittgenstein on What Can and Cannot Be Said”, Hua-Fan University 6th conference on Confucianism and Buddhism, May 2002.
5. “What Is A Possible World?”, National Taiwan University and Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, 1st Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Jun. 2002.
6. “Davidson on Truth”, National Chin-Hua University, Conference on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson, Sep. 2002.
7. “Philosophy as Showing What Cannot Be Said”, London University, U.K., Philosophy as . . . : A Conference Exploring the Nature and State of
Philosophy, Nov. 2002.
8. “Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View”, National Academia Sinica, 2002 New Pragmatism Conference, Dec. 2002.
9. “A Possible-World Interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus”, Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Faculty Colloquium, Jun. 2003.
10. “Logic and Critical Thinking”, Taiwanese Ministry of Education, Logic,
Information, and Knowledge Workshop, Sep. 2003.
11. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth? From a Davidsonian Point of View”, 2004 APA Central Division Annual Meeting and Conference, Chicago, U.S.A., Apr. 2004 (NSC Travel Grant, NSC 92-2411-H-031-010).
12. “Naturalized Epistemology”, Soochow University, 2004 Soochow International Conference on Contemporary Issues of Knowledge, Jun. 2004.
13. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology”, Australasian Association of Philosophy 2004 AAP Annual Conference, South Molle Island, Jul. 2004.
14. “Quine’s Naturalized Epistemology and A Priori Knowledge”, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, the Canadian Society for Epistemology, Oct. 2004 (NSC Travel Grant, NSC 93-2914-I-031-012-AI).
15. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?” (Chinese Version), National Taiwan University, Department of Philosophy, 1st Conference on Experience and Truth, Mar. 2005.
16. “The Slingshot Argument: Truth and Fact”, The 4th International Conference on Logic and Cognition, Institute of Logic and Cognition (ILC), Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Jun. 13-17, 2005.
17. “Why Do We Need a Theory of Truth?”, 2nd Conference on Experience and Truth, National Taiwan University and Chun-Chen University, Department of Philosophy, Jun. 24-25, 2005.
18. “What Is Naturalized Epistemology: Subject Matters and Methodology”, Soochow University, 2006 Soochow International Conference and Workshop on Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, May 31-June 3, 2006.
19. “Quine and the Problems of Modality: Quantification In, Slingshot Argument, and Essentialism”, 2nd Conference on Logic Teaching between Taiwan and Mainland China, Nanking University, Mainland China, Oct. 27-30 2006.
20. “Davidson’s Slingshot Argument”, 3rd Conference on Experience and Truth, National Chun-Chen University and Soochow University, Department of Philosophy, Nov. 24-25, 2006.
21. “Predication and the Slingshot”, Conference on Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Apr. 27-28, 2007.
22. “The Problem of Predication and Quine’s Solution”, 2007 Soochow Conference on Analytic Philosophy, Soochow University, Taipei, June 20-23, 2007.
23. “Predication and the Slingshot”, 13th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Aug. 9-16, 2007.
(C) Book Publications:
1. Meaning, Truth, and Belief: Essays on the Philosophy of Language, (ISBN: 986-7840-62-3) Hsue-Fu Press: Taipei-Taiwan, December 2004.
2. Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, (ISBN: 978-90-420-2193-3) co-edited with Ruey-lin Chen,Rodopi: Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2007.
3. “What Is Naturalized Epistemology: The Quinean Project”, collected in Naturalized Epistemology and Philosophy of Science Chienkuo Mi & Ruey-lin Chen, eds. 2007.
4. Special Issue of Conference on Analytic Philosophy, edited by Chienkuo Mi, Soochow Journal of Philosophical Studies, No. 16, Aug. 2007.
(D) Ph.D. Dissertation
Quine and Davidson on Meaning and Holism. University of Iowa, June 1998.
