Villaver, Ranie B.
Villaver, Ranie B.
Full Professor
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.