Hao Hong: Appointments
Hao Hong: Appointments
Hao Hong: Appointments
University of Maine
Phone: 207-581-3826
Department of Philosophy
Fax: 207-581-2928
5776 The Maples
Email: hao.hong@maine.edu
Orono, ME 04469
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Maine, September 2018 - present.
CLAS-Honors Preceptor of Philosophy, Honors College, University of Maine, September 2018 - present.
Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, Butler University,
August 2017 - May 2018.
Education
Ph.D., Philosophy (Minor: History and Philosophy of Science), Indiana University Bloomington, 2018
Research Visitor, Center for Philosophy of Religion, University of Notre Dame, August 2007 - May 2008
B.A., Philosophy, B.A., Economics, Peking University, 2006
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics, Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy
Areas of Competence
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Religion
Publications
“The Metaphysics of Dao in Wang Bi’s Interpretation of Laozi,” Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy
18 (2): 219–240. 2019.
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Presentations
“Cilvilization Spotified: Connecting the Reading List with a Playlist” (with Melissa Ladenheim)
54th NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov 2019.
“A Metametaphysical Reading of Zhuangzi’s Qiwulun”
Central Division APA, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy meeting, Denver, CO, Febru-
ary 2019.
Pacific Division APA, International Society for Chinese Philosophy meeting, San Diego, CA, March
2018.
“The Problem of Many Counterparts”
Central Division APA, Main Program, Chicago, IL, February 2018.
“Grounding Truth and Making True”
Eastern Division APA, Main Program, Savannah, GA, January 2018.
Nelson Fellowship Symposium, Bloomington, IN, April 2017.
“The Metaphysics of Dao in Wang Bi’s Interpretation of Laozi”
13th Annual Midwest Conference on Chinese Thought, Bloomington, IN, April 2017.
“A Challenge to the New Metaphysics: deRosset, Priority, and Explanation” (with David Fisher and
Timothy Perrine)
44th Annual Meeting for the Society for Exact Philosophy, Coral Gables, FL, May 2016.
“Removing an Incoherence in Armstrong’s Ontology of Truthmakers”
40th Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2016.
Indiana Philosophy Association Meeting, Richmond, IN, November 2015.
“Counterparts and Propositions”
38th Annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference, Memphis, TN, February 2014.
“Are There Warranted False Beliefs?”
Science, Philosophy, and Belief International Conference, Beijing, China, June 2009.
Philosophy betwixt East and West: International Conference for Young Scholars, Hong Kong, May
2009.
Teaching Experience
University of Maine
Classical Chinese Philosophy, Fall 2019.
Metaphysics, Fall 2019.
Civilizations: Past, Present, and Future I, Fall 2019.
Butler University
Topics in Philosophy: Early Chinese Philosophy (cross-listed as Asian/Islam Faith), Spring 2018.
Service
Honors Thesis Committee: Tiffany Tanner (2019), Olivia Ruhlin (2019).
Game Announcer in Chinese, Indiana University Men’s Basketball Games, Indiana University Athlet-
ics, 2015-2016 Season