Villaver, Ranie B.

Villaver, Ranie B.

Full Professor

rbvillaver@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

A.B. Philosophy, University of St. La Salle,1998
M.A. Philosophy, University of San Carlos, 2006
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2012

Research Interests:

Chinese philosophy, epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, ethics

Recent Publications:

1. Villaver, R. (2023). “Zhuangzi as externalist: Reconciling two interpretations of the Happy Fish debate,” Asian Philosophy: An International Journal of the Philosophical Traditions of the East. 
2. Villaver, R., O. A. M. Mandane Jr. (2023). “The Zhuangist Primitivist attitude towards technology: further questions for thinking about technological orientation,” Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy 17(1), 77-96.
3. Villaver, R. (2022). “Reasons for Teaching Critical Thinking: A Proposal in Confucian Ethics,” Lukad: An Online Journal of Pedagogy 2(2), 29-41.
4. Villaver, R. (2020). “Li 禮 and Filipino behavioural propriety.” Int. J. Asia Pacific Stud. 16(2), 85-115.
5. Villaver, R. (2020). “The Challenge of selfish actions to the Fight against COVID-19 and Mencius’s condemnation of Yang Zhu.” Social Ethics Soc. J., 32-52.
6. Villaver, R. (2015) “Does guiji mean egoism?: Yang Zhu’s conception of self,” Asian Philosophy 25(2), 216-223.
7. Villaver, R. B. Zhuangzi and Philosophy. PHAVISMINDA Journal 8 (2009): 115-123.
8. Villaver, R. B. Wuwei in the Daodejing: Understanding Daoist Ethics. PHAVISMINDA Journal 6 (2007): 31-46.
9. Villaver, R. B. Daoist Wuwei and Filipino Gender Sensitivity. USC Graduate Journal 23 (2006): 1-20.

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