ZHANG, Xiao-mang
Professor of Logic
PhD, Nankai University
Email: zhangxm0318@163.com
Areas of Specialization
Logic
History of Logic
Comparative Logic
Professional Societies
Chinese Logic Association
History of Chinese Logic Committee
Formal Logic Committee
Courses
Introduction to Logic
Introduction to the Method of Creative Thinking
History of Chinese Logic
Logic and Law
Critical Thinking
History of Chinese Logic
Topics in Comparative Logic
Reading Documents of History of Logic
Authored Books
A Historical Survey of Dialectical Principles in the Pre-Qin Era, Beijing: China Renmin University Press, 1996.
On the Method and Application of Creative Thinking, Taiyuan: Shanxi Education Press, 1993.
From Tradition to Modernity, Taiyuan: Shanxi People’s Press, 2001.
The Art of Argumentation in Ancient China, Taiyuan: Shanxi People’s Press, 2001.
Training of Creative Thinking, Beijing: Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2005; Revised Edition, 2006.
Training of Logical Thinking, Beijing: Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2006.
Sophistry: A Thinking Trap, Beijing: Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2006.
Mohist Doctrine of Populace, Taiyuan: Shanxi Publishing Group, 2007.
General Introduction to the Method of Creative Thinking, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press, 2008.
Principles of Thinking Correctly, Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press, 2008.
Logic: Instrument of Ordinary Argumentation, Beijing: Enterprise Management Publishing House, 2010.
School of Names, Wuhan: Hubei People’s Press, 2011.
Pre-Qin Thinkers’ Thoughts and Methods of Argumentation, Beijing: People’s Press, 2011.
Edited Books
History and Reality: Studies in Diversification of the World Culture, Tianjin: Tianjin People’s Press, 2007.
Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Culture, Beijing: Economic Science Press, 2008; Revised Edition, 2013.
Articles
I’ve published more than 130 papers in the areas of history of logic, logic, logic of law, creative thinking, critical thinking, etc.
Research Projects
Ministry of Education Research Project of Humanities and Social Sciences: “Research of the Method of Synthetic Thinking of Contemporary Youth”.
Tianjin Research Project of Humanities and Social Sciences: “Psychological Mechanism and Training of Creative Thinking”.
Asia Research Center in Nankai University Program: “Studies of the Reciprocal Relation of Ancient Chinese Logical Thought and Politico-Ethical Thought”.
Project Supported by Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences: “Studies in Diversification of the World Culture”.
Ministry of Education Major Project of Humanities and Social Sciences: “Application of Logic in Humanities”.
Ministry of Education Major Project of Humanities and Social Sciences: “Studies in Chinese Logical Thought”.
Major Project of “Project 985”: “History of Chinese Logic”.
Awards
Monograph A Historical Survey of Dialectical Principles in the Pre-Qin Era won the 3rd Prize of the 3rd Jin Yue-lin Academic Award & the 2nd Prize of the 3rd Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award of Shanxi Province.
Monograph The Art of Argumentation in Ancient China won the 3rd Prize of the 9th Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award of Tianjin City.
Monograph Sophistry: A Thinking Trap won the 2nd Prize of the 2nd Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award of Chinese Association of Logic.
Monograph General Introduction to the Method of Creative Thinking won the 3rd Prize of the 2nd Education & Science Outstanding Research Achievement Award of Tianjin City.
Article “Methodological Problem of Comparative Studies” won the Distinguished Paper Award of the 3rd Social Sciences Annual Symposium of Tianjin City.
Article “Scientific and Human Rationalities: From the Point of View of the Construction of Legal Institution” won the Distinguished Paper Award of the 5th Social Sciences Annual Symposium of Tianjin City.
Article “Three Kinds of Rationality in the Construction of Harmonious Society” won the 6th Social Sciences Annual Symposium of Tianjin City.
