Philosophy 2023 Colloquium cohosted by the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies Suffolk University
Event Details
Date & Time:
- March 31, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
- Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Room 5055, Boston, MA, 02108
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Contact Information:
- Mary Wilson
- +1 (617) 3051917
- [email protected]
Event Description
Chi-Keung Chan (National Taiwan University) will give a talk on "Zhuangzi and the Philosophy of Disability".
Zhuangzi populates his writings with characters who both feature as sages and exemplars while, at the same time, suffering from extreme disabilities. The talk will tease out the philosophical significance of this literary choice. It will focus on the issue of Zhuangzi's view of a good life—and how he may deny that many of the conditions conventionally considered to be disabilities are in fact life-inhibiting conditions.