News and Notes

A Letter from Henry Rosemont, Jr.

To All SACP Members:

I have had the honor and pleasure of serving as the Editor of the Society's Monograph Series since its inception in 1974, initiated with a small but significant grant from the Weedon Foundation. The nineteenth volume in the Series—on sense perception in early Chinese thought, by Jane Geaney—has just appeared, and with its publication I will be retiring from the editorship, in conjunction with my retirement from St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Happily the College has agreed to continue supporting the editorial work, so I am pleased to announce that my successors will be fellow comparative philosophers at St. Mary's T. C. Kline, III ("Jack" to all who know him), and John Schroeder, author of Volume 18 in the Series.

I should like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to all the authors, referees, and staff of University of Hawai'i Press who have contributed so much to the success of the Series, and my hope that you will extend the same support to my successors in this important work for the Society.

My best wishes to you all.

Henry Rosemont, Jr.
Distinguished Service Professor

Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy Monograph Series

Henry Rosemont, Jr. Founding Editor

T. C. Kline, III and John Schroeder, Co-Editors

1. No. 1 The Sage and Society: The Life and Thought of Ho Hsin-Yin, by Ronald Dimberg, 1974

2. No. 2 Studies in Comparative Aesthetics, by Eliot Deutsch, 1975 (Out of print)

3. No. 3 Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Chung-Yung, by Tu Weiming, 1976 (Out of print)

4. No. 4 Discourse on the Natural Theology of the Chinese, by Gottfried W. Leibniz, translated with an introduction, notes, and commentary by Henry Rosemont, Jr., and Daniel J. Cook, 1977 (Out of print)

5. No. 5 The Logic of Gotama, by Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti, 1978

6. No. 6 Commentary on the Lao Tzu, by Wang Pi, translated by Ariane Rump, introduction by Wing-tsit Chan, 1979 (Out of print)

7. No. 7 Han Fei Tzu's Political Theory, by Wang Hsiao-po and Leo S. Chang, 1986

8. No. 8 The Mandukya Upanisad and the Agama Sastra: An Investigation into the Meaning of the Vedanta, by Thomas E. Wood, 1990

9. No. 9 Mind Only: A Philosophical and Doctrinal Analysis of the Vijnanavada, by Thomas E. Wood, 1991

10. No. 10 Accomplishing the Accomplished: The Vedas as a Source of Valid Knowledge in Sankara, by Anantanand Rambachan, 1991

11. No. 11 Nagarjunian Disputations: A Philosophical Journey through an Indian Looking-Glass, by Thomas E. Wood, 1994

12. No. 12 Ch'en Liang on Public Interest and the Law, by Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, 1994

13. No. 13 Definition and Induction: A Historical and Comparative Study, by Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti, 1995

14. No. 14 Let the Cow Wander: Modeling the Metaphors in Veda and Vedanta, by Michael W. Myers, 1995

15. No. 15 The Four Political Treatises of the Yellow Emperor: Original Mawangdui Text with Complete English Translations and an Introduction, by Leo S. Chang and Yu Feng, 1998

16. No. 16 Perceptual Error: The Indian Theories, by Srinvasa Rao, 1998

17. No. 17 Hindu Ethics: A Philosophical Study, by Roy W. Perrett, 1998

18. No. 18 Skillful Means: The Heart of Buddhist Compassion, by John Schroeder

19. No. 19 On the Epistemology of the Senses in Early Chinese Thought, by Jane Geaney

Orders should be directed to University of Hawai'i Press, 2840 Kolowalu Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822. Manuscripts should be directed to either of the Editors at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001.

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