<h4>David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Durham University, England. He has been a visiting professor in several countries, including the United States, Canada, South Africa, Malta, and Sri Lanka. He has also been the chair or president of several learned societies, including The Mind Association, the Aristotelian Society, and the Friedrich Nietzsche Society of Great Britain. The most recent of his many books are The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery; A Philosophy of Gardens, Convergence with Nature: A Daoist Perspective; and Sunlight on the Sea: Reflecting on Reflections. Professor Cooper now divides his time between writing and his work as the secretary and a trustee of the charity Project Sri Lanka. He lives with his wife in Northumberland, England.</h4>

David E. Cooper

Paul J. D’Ambrosio is associate professor of Chinese philosophy at East China Normal University, where he also serves as fellow of the Institute of Modern Chinese Thought and Culture, and dean of the Center for Intercultural Research. He is co-author (with Hans-Georg Moeller) of You and Your Profile (Columbia University Press, 2021) and Genuine Pretending (Columbia University Press, 2017), author of 真假之间 (Kongxue Tang, 2020), and editor (with Michael J. Sandel) of Encountering China (Harvard University Press, 2018). Additionally, he has authored over 80 articles, chapters, and reviews, and is translator of over a dozen books on Chinese philosophy.

Paul J. D’Ambrosio

Hans-Georg Moeller is professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau. His research focuses on Social and Political Thought and on Chinese and Comparative Philosophy. He is author of Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi (with Paul D’Ambrosio), The Radical Luhmann, The Philosophy of the Daodejing, and The Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality, all published by Columbia University Press, and contributes to the YouTube podcast The Issue is Not the Issue with Dan Sarafinas.

Hans-Georg Moeller

Decoding the “Zhuangzi”: A Debate on Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio’s “Genuine Pretending”

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal

Religion

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

Philosophy &amp; Religion

Hans-Georg Moeller is professor of Philosophy at the University of Macau. His research focuses on Social and Political Thought and on Chinese and Comparative Philosophy. He is author of Genuine Pretending: On the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi (with Paul D’Ambrosio), The Radical Luhmann, The Philosophy of the Daodejing, and The Moral Fool: A Case for Amorality, all published by Columbia University Press, and contributes to the YouTube podcast The Issue is Not the Issue with Dan Sarafinas.