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News: March/April 2002

Chomsky to the Rescue • French Philo Sent to Kabul • What’s Bugging Jeremy Bentham? • Iran Hosts Human Rights Conference

Tu Wins T’oegye Prize

Medieval Korean philosopher Yi T’oegye (1501-1570) briefly hit the headlines recently with the award of the 9th International T’oegye Studies award. The prize, which is worth $10,000, went to Tu Wei-ming, the eminent Harvard-based professor of Chinese philosophy. T’oegye, like many scholars in countries bordering China, was strongly influenced by Confucius, and Tu, who is perhaps the most famous contemporary advocate of Confucianism outside China, has written extensively on T’oegye. Tu was interviewed in Philosophy Now Issue 23. The award ceremony was held at the T’oegye Studies Institute in Seoul.

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