Vincent Shen

{{short description|Taiwanese scholar}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = 21st-century philosophy |color = |image =Vincent_Shen.jpg |name = '''Vincent Shen''' |birth_date ={{birth date text|1949}} |birth_place =Taiwan |death_date ={{death date and given age|2018|11|14|69}} |death_place = |school_tradition = Chinese philosophy | institutions = University of Toronto<br />National Chengchi University |main_interests = phenomenology | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = |notable_ideas = | spouse = | education = Fu Jen Catholic University (BA, MA)<br />University of Louvain (MA, PhD) | alma_mater = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |website = |native_name=沈清松}} '''Vincent Shen''' ({{Lang-zh|t=沈清松}}; 1949 – November 14, 2018) was a Taiwanese philosopher known for his work in Chinese philosophy and in the comparative dialogue between Western and Chinese thought.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eas.utoronto.ca/people/faculty-members/vincent-t-shen/|title=Vincent T. Shen|last=|first=|date=|website=University of Toronto, Department of East Asian Studies|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

== Biography == Born in Taiwan in 1949, Shen completed his undergraduate studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and his PhD at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in 1980 on the philosophies of Maurice Blondel and Alfred North Whitehead, before returning to Taiwan to teach philosophy at the National Chengchi University in Taipei for twenty years. He moved to Canada in 2000, where he held the Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture at the University of Toronto, a post shared across the Departments of East Asian Studies and Philosophy, until his death in 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/news/in-memoriam-vincent-shen-1949-2018/|title=In Memoriam: Vincent Shen (1949-2018)|last=|first=|date=16 November 2018|website=University of Toronto, Department of Philosophy|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

Shen died on November 14, 2018, after suffering from a major stroke.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevarsity.ca/2018/11/25/former-students-remember-professor-vincent-shen-for-great-empathy/|title=Former students remember Professor Vincent Shen for great empathy|last=Lam|first=Adam A.|date=26 November 2018|website=The Varsity|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> He is survived by his wife, Joanna Liu, also a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Toronto, a son and daughter, and grandchildren.<ref name=":0" />

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==External links== *[http://philosophy.utoronto.ca/directory/vincent-shen/ Vincent Shen at the University of Toronto] *[https://vincentshen.org/ Vincent Shen: Life and Thought] {{Authority control}}

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