Professor of Logic
Office: NKU Office of Humanities & Social Sciences
Office Hours: Wednesday
Office Phone: 0086-22-23508967
Email: zhaijc@nankai.edu.cn
Personal Resume
Director, Center for Research in Chinese Social Sciences Management Innovation, Nankai University, 2013-
Director, Office of Humanities & Social Sciences, Nankai University, 2012-
Director, Office for Strategic Development & Research, Nankai University, 2002-2014.
Vice-Director, Office for Strategic Development & Research, Nankai University, 2000-2002.
Assistant Dean, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 1998-2000.
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 2004-
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 1998-2004.
Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 1992-1998.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 1988-1991.
Professional Societies
Chinese Logic Association
Areas of Specialization
History of Logic
Culture and Logic
Courses
History of Western Logic
Comparative Logic
Development of Contemporary Logic
Authored Books
Study on Pre-Qin Ming-Theory, Tianjin: Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House, 2004.
Edited Books
Introduction to Logic, Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2003.
Critical Thinking, Taiyuan: Shanxi People’s Publishing House, 2004.
Articles
“Studying the Pre-Qin Dialectics from the Perspective of Cultural Development”, Philosophical Trends (Supplement) 1994.
“The Cultural Significance and Value of the Modern Study on Pre-Qin Ming-Theory”, Nankai Journal (Philosophy, Literature and Social Science Edition) 05/2004.
“Several Issues on Study of the History of China Logic.” Nankai Journal (Philosophy, Literature and Social Science Edition) 04/2007.
“The New Tendency of the Research on History and Development of Logic: From A Handbook of the History of Logic – A Discussion on China’s Logic Researches.” Journal of Southeast University (Philosophy and Social Science) 04/2007.
“The New Trend of Philosophy of Logic and Its Inspiration on the Study of Chinese Logic”, Nankai Journal (Philosophy,Literature and Social Science Edition) 05/2009.
“Literal Meaning of ‘Mozi Jian-Gu”, Journal of Chongqing Institute of Technology (Social Science) 02/2009.
“Characteristics and Trends of Studies in History of Chinese Logic During the Last 10 Years”, Philosophical Trends 10/2010.
“The Introduction and Development of Western Logic During the Period of Ming and Qing Dynasties”, Forward Position 02/2010.
“A New Interpretation of Reasoning Patterns in Mohist Logic”, Studies in Logic 03/2011.
“The Importance and Research Methodology of Chinese Logic”, Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Congress (Vol. 2), London: King’s College Publications, 2011.
“On Logic and Hetuvidya through the Comparison between the First Western Learning Introduced in China and the Indian Pancavidya System”, in Hetuvidya 5, Lanzhou: Gansu Ethnic Publishing House, 2012.
“A Summary of the Modern Studies on ‘Type’ Category in Mohism”, Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 03/2012.
History of Logic in China: 5 Questions, Automatic Press, 2015, pp. 71-78.
Research Projects
Ministry of Education, MOE Major Project of Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Universities: Studies in Chinese Logic (08JJD720044).
Key Project Supported by Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences: Studies in the Development of Chinese Logic Thought Against the Background of the Introduction of Western Logic in Late Qing Dynasty (14AZX015).
Major Project Supported by Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences: History of Chinese Logic in Eight Volumes (14ZDB013).
Awards
2007: Monograph Study on Pre-Qin Ming-Theory (Traditional Chinese Edition) won the 3rd Prize of Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award by People’s Government of Tianjin City.
Academic Activities
2007: Conference Organizer of the 11th National Symposium of History of Chinese Logic (Nankai University, Tianjin).
2010: Invited Speaker of the 1st International Symposium of History of Chinese Logic (Amsterdam University, Netherlands).
2013: Conference Organizer of the 2nd International Symposium of History of Chinese Logic (Nankai University, Tianjin).
2014: Conference Organizer of the 3rd International Symposium of History of Chinese Logic (Nankai University, Tianjin).