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Philip J. Ivanhoe | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Education | Stanford University (BA, PhD) |
Occupation | Sinologist |
Employer | Georgetown University |
Children | 2 |
Philip J. Ivanhoe (born January 17, 1954) is an American sinologist and historian of Chinese thought, particularly of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism.[1] He is a professor and chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Georgetown University.[2][3] Ivanhoe is perhaps best known for two claims: that Neo-Confucian philosophers such as Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming have systematically misinterpreted earlier Confucians such as Confucius himself, and Mengzi; and that Confucianism may usefully be understood as a version of virtue ethics.[citation needed]