[SydPhil] CHOP Research Seminar - Loy Hui Chieh and Daryl Ooi (NUS), "Teaching Comparative Philosophy "

[Catherine Wesselinoff]

The Notre Dame Centre for the History of Philosophy warmly invites you to this Research Seminar.

DATE: Thursday, June 11

TIME: 1 - 2:30 pm AEST

IN PERSON: University of Notre Dame Australia, Broadway/Sydney Campus, Moorgate Boardroom (NDS16) 10 Grafton St, Chippendale, NSW

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SPEAKERS: Loy Hui Chieh (National University of Singapore) and Daryl Ooi (National University of Singapore)

TITLE: Teaching Comparative Philosophy

ABSTRACT: This paper explores trade-offs in designing and teaching courses on Comparative Philosophy. We will explore various philosophical and pedagogical considerations instructors make when deciding how to teach such a course – e.g., which thinker to assign, which reading to include, which topics are important, what the aims of the course are. We will introduce five choices that instructors need to make regarding what they could do in their course. While we do not claim that the five are exhaustive of such choices, they are nevertheless key considerations. We present a trade-offs framework, where the choices made are dependent on the intended learning outcomes of the course. While this claim may appear obvious, when the framework is fleshed out in greater detail, the results of the analysis have important implications for understanding how to design courses in comparative philosophy.

BIOS:

Loy Hui Chieh is an Associate Professor from the Department of Philosophy at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He is currently the Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) and Master of Residences for NUS College. His published research is mainly in early Chinese philosophy, with forays into cognate fields in collaboration with others, such as the history of science in East Asia, and contemporary notions of political legitimacy in East Asia. His other academic interests include ancient Greek philosophy, early modern and contemporary ethics and political philosophy.

Daryl Ooi is a lecturer from the Department of Philosophy at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. His current research interests include the history of philosophy (early modern and Chinese), the philosophy of emotions, the philosophy of education and the philosophy of religion.


Dr Catherine Wesselinoff
Lecturer | School of Philosophy and Theology
Lead, Strategic Programs and Partnerships | Institute for Ethics and Society (IES)
The University of Notre Dame Australia.
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Recent Publications:
"Beauty's Comeback", Debates in Aesthetics, Vol 19. No. 2, 2025, pp 35-45.
"Apophatic Beauty in the Hippias Major and the Symposium", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 82, Issue 1, 2024, pp 36-44.
The Revival of Beauty: Aesthetics, Experience, and Philosophy, Routledge, 2023.

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