Contact Information
Jianwei MENG, PhD
Professor of Philosophy of Science
Email: mengjw@gucas.ac.cn
Telephone: +86-01-88256386
Address: 19A Yuquan Rd., Beijing, China
Postcode: 100049

Research Interests

Philosophy of Science, 
Cutural Studies of Science,
Philosophy of Culture, 
Philosophy of Education

Education

PhD, Department of Philosophy, People’s University of China, 1999
MA, Department of Philosophy, Nankai University, 1988
BA, Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Normal University, 1982

Experience

   
Work Experience
Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, GUCAS, 2001 - Present.
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Beijing Administrative College, 1998-2001.
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Beijing Administrative College, 1993-1998. 
Teaching Experience
1. Contemporary Western Philosophy
2. Culture Studies of Sciences
3. Science and Humanities
Memberships
1. Member of Council, The Chinese Society for Dialetics of Nature / Cultural Studies of Science. 
2. Member of Executive Council, The Beijing Society for Dialetics of Nature.

Publications

   
Papers
Cultural Studies of Science

1. Jianwei MENG, From Positive Management to Humanistic Encouragement: On the Change of the Outlook of Scientific Management, Shandong Social Sciences. 2010, Vol. 176, No. 4, pp. 33-38.
2. Jianwei MENG, On Scientific Culture, Bulletin of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2009, No. 2, pp. 89-92.
3. Jianwei MENG, Science, Culture, and Life: On the Humanistic Return to Scientific Life, Social Science Front, 2008, No. 5, pp. 5-12.
4. Jianwei MENG, Paradigm Shifting of Philosophy of Science: Program of Philosophy of Scientific Culture, Social Science Front, 2007, No. 1, pp. 13-21.
5. Jianwei MENG, On Scientific Humanism, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2006, No. 4, 9-15.
6. Jianwei MENG, Introduction to the Existence of Science, Qilu Journal, 2006, No. 2, pp. 110-115.
7. Jianwei MENG, Science and Humanism, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2005, No. 3, pp. 27-33.
8. Jianwei MENG, Integration between History of Science and of Humanities, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2004, No. 3, pp.57-63.
9. Jianwei MENG, From Philosophy of Science to Philosophy of Scientific Culture, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 2003, No. 6, pp. 24-27, 58.
10. Jianwei MENG, On Humanistic Dimension of Technology, Philosophical Trends, 2002, No. 5, pp. 15-19.
11. Jianwei MENG, Utilitarian Conception of Science and its Flaws, Modern Philosophy, 2000, No. 3, pp. 79-84.
12. Jianwei MENG, The Meaning of An Inquiry into Humanistic Values of Science, Expanding Horizons, 2000, No. 3, pp. 26-28.
13. Jianwei MENG, On Humanistic Meaning of Scientific Spirit, Expanding Horizons, 1999, No. 6, pp. 50-53.
14. Jianwei MENG, On Humanistic Meaning of High-Technology, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1999, No. 10.
15. Jianwei MENG, Science: The Tension between Utilitarianism and Idealism, Philosophical Researches, 1998, No. 7, pp. 16-22.
16. Jianwei MENG, On Humanistic Value of Science, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1998, No. 8, pp. 56-60.
17. Jianwei MENG, On the Cultural Role of Science, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1998, No. 5, pp. 28-32.
18. Jianwei MENG, Science and Humanistic Spirit, Philosophical Researches, 1996, No. 8, pp. 18-25.
19. Jianwei MENG, Science and the Spirit of Olympics, Philosophical Researches, 1994, No. 11, pp. 49-53.

Philosophy of Science

1. Jianwei MENG, Nature and Orientation of Philosophy of Science: Also the Development Directions of Chinese Philosophy of Science, Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Science Edition), 2005, No. 6, pp. 110-116.
2. Jianwei MENG, The Overlooking of the Humanistic Value of Science: On Positivist Conception of Science and its Flaws, Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 2000, No. 4, pp. 63-67.
5. Jianwei MENG, Presuppositionism and Relativism: Comment on two Opposition Conceptions of Science, Expanding Horizons, 1998, No. 1, pp. 43-46.
6. Jianwei MENG, From Philsophy of Science to Sociology of Science, Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 1998, No. 3, pp. 39-45.
7. Jianwei MENG, Science: The Tension between Rationality and Irrationality, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1997, No. 11, pp. 16-22.
8. Jianwei MENG, Reductionism and Holism: Essential Tension, Philosophical Researches, 1997, No. 8, pp. 32-38.
9. Jianwei MENG, From Scientism to Postmodernism: The Fate of Contemporary Western Philosophy of Science, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1996, No. 2, pp. 15-21.
10. Jianwei MENG, The Analysis of Models of Scientific Progress, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1995, No. 5, pp. 1-7.
11. Jianwei MENG, Truth, Value, and Scientific Progress: Comment on the two Opposition Conceptions of Scientific Progress, Expanding Horizons, 1992, No. 4, pp. 40-42.
12. Jianwei MENG, On Laudan’s Normative Naturalism, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1992, No. 8, pp. 10-17.
13. Jianwei MENG, On Laudan’s Theory of Value, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1989, No. 3, pp. 18-25.

Philosophy of Culture

1. Jianwei MENG, On Culture and its Values, Expanding Horizons, 2012, No. 2, pp. 1-4.
2. Jianwei MENG, Innovative Culture and Transformation of Science Outlooks, Journal of Renmin University of China,2005, No. 4, pp. 17-23.
3. Jianwei MENG, On the Soul of Innovative Culture , Expanding Horizons, 2005, No. 4, pp. 14-19.
4. Jianwei MENG, The Division and Separation between two Cultures and its Origins, Shandong Social Sciences, 2004, No. 5, pp. 5-17.
5. Jianwei MENG, The Relationship between Scientific Values and Humanistic Values, Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 2003, No. 4, pp. 87-91.
6. Jianwei MENG, Bridging the Gap between Truth and Beauty: The Task of Scientific Aesthetics, Academic Forum, 2003, No. 4, pp. 27-37.
7. Jianwei MENG, Bridging the Gap between Truth and Goodness: The Task of Scientific Ethics, Expanding Horizons, 2003, No. 5, pp. 46-48.
8. Jianwei MENG, On Scientific and Human Properties of Human Sciences, Journal of Renmin University of China,2003, No. 5, pp. 13-20.
9. Jianwei MENG, On Spiritual Connections between Science and Humanities, Journal of Hangzhou Teachers College, 2003, No. 6, pp. 30-34.
10. Jianwei MENG, On Connexion between Science and Art, Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 2002, No. 1, pp. 79-84.
11. Jianwei MENG, A Deep Connection between Science and the Liberal Arts, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 2002, No. 6, pp. 7-9.
12. Jianwei MENG, The Parochial Understanding of Science and Humanistic Spirit, Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 2001, No. 5, pp. 74-79.
13. Jianwei MENG, On the Orientation of “Humanistic Spirit”, Journal of Beijing Administrative College, 1999, No. 2, pp. 59-63.
14. Jianwei MENG, Science Covered with Human Studies: The Culture Outlook of Modern Neo-Confucianism and its Bias, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 2000, No. 7, pp. 7-11.
15. Jianwei MENG, Searching for the Convergent Point of Science and Humanities: The Reflection upon the Cultural Integration Thoughts of Contemporary Western Humanism, Studies In Dialectics of Nature, 1997, No. 2, pp. 7-11.

Philosophy of Education

1. Jianwei MENG, Education and Lives: Philosophical Meditation on “Educational Return to Lives”, Educational Research, 2012, No. 3, pp. 12-17.
2. Jianwei MENG, Education and Happiness: Philosophical Meditation on Happy Education” Educational Research, 2010, No. 2, pp. 28-33.
3. Jianwei MENG, Education and Humanistic Spirit, Educational Research, 2008, No. 9, pp. 17-22.
4. Jianwei MENG, Education and Life: Meditation on the Life Philosophy of Education, Educational Research, 2007, No. 9, pp. 3-8.
5. Jianwei MENG, Cultural Education: The Ideal Mode of Quality-Oriented Education, People’s Education, 2007, No.19, 11-14.
6. Jianwei MENG, From Intellectual Education to Cultural Education: On the Transition of Educational Outlook, Educational Research, 2007, No. 1, pp. 14-19.
7. Jianwei MENG, An Analysis of Reasons for the Separation of Science Education from Humanist Education, Educational Outlook, Educational Research, 2004, No. 1, pp. 26-31.

Books

1. Jianwei MENG, On Humanistic Value of Science, China Social Sciences Press, 2000.

2. Jianwei MENG, A Research on Philosophy of Science and Technology, Orient Press, 1998.