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Faculty

TANG Wenpei

PhD, Professor

The research field

History of Medical Thought, Historiography of Science, STS.

 

Education experience

2003.9-2008.7   Center for Social Studies of Science, Peking University (PhD)

1999.9-2003.7   Department of philosophy, Xiamen University (Bachelor)

 

Work experience

2008.9- now    Peking University Health Science Center.

 

Academic community    

[1] Philosophy of Medical Committee, Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature, Assistant Secretary General.

[2] History of Medical Committee, Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology, Committee member.

[3] Beijing Society for History and Sociology of Science, Committee member.

[4] Beijing Society for Dialectics of Nature, Vice President.

 

Courses

[1] Modern Medicine and Health Culture.

[2] An Introduction to Natural Dialectics.

[3] China's Marx doctrine and the Contemporary Era. 

[4] Selected Readings of Medical Philosophy.

[5] Frontiers of Medical Philosophy.

[6] Medicine and Society.

[7] A History of Medical Thought.

 

Academic papers     

[1] Scholasticism's Devotion to Scientific Inheritance [J]. Academic Research, 2006(02):35-40.

[2] An Analysis Report about the literature on Scientific Literacy in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure [J]. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2007, 23(03):104-107.

[3] A Text Study of Hessen Thesis [J]. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2008, 30(02):57-63.

[4] Historical Origin of Mertons Early Work and Hessen Thesis [J]. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2009(05):92-96.

[5] The historical encounter of Hessen Thesis [J]. Science & Culture Review, 2010, 07(01):13-25.

[6] The Practical Meaning of Human Development and Human Emancipation under Marxism [J]. Reformation & Strategy, 2010, 26(06):10-13.

[7] Marx's Inheritance and Transcendence of Feuerbach's Thoughts —The Difference between Human-oriented and Humanism [J]. Reformation & Strategy, 2010, 26(09):19-22.

[8] On the Change of Marx's Concept of State in Kroznach [J]. Journal of Fujian Provincial Committee Party School of CPC, 2010(06):18-22.

[9] The Use of Marxist Thought in Hessen Thesis [J]. Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology, 2011, 28(01):73-77.

[10]A Textual Criticism on the Real Intent of Hessen Thesis [J]. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2011(01):44-48.

[11] J. D. Bernal and Marxism [J]. Marxism & Reality, 2011(05):61-65.

[12] Framework and Evolution on the Conception of Medicalization [J]. Medicine & Philosophy, 2015(05):16-20.

[13] The Rising of Health Humanities and Its Contemporary Challenges [J]. Medicine & Philosophy, 2017, 38(11):1-5.

[14] Women’s health movement and the de - medicalization of childbirth [J]. Chinese Journal of Human Sexuality, 2017, 26(08):154-157.

[15] Obstetric Ultrasound: History and Controversies [J]. The Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology, 2017, 38 (04):379-387.

[16] A Feminist Criticism on the Medicine of Barbara Ehrenreich [J]. Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology, 2018, 35(01):106-110.

[17] Medicalization of A Life Process: How Menopause Became a Disease [J]. Studies in the History of Natural Sciences, 2018, 37(01):117-127.

[18] The Body Politics of Pain: Changing Historical Perspectives of Pain Relief in Childbirth [J]. Journal of Dialectics of Nature, 2018, 40(02):65-71.

[19] Medical Interference and Social Response in Childbirth: A Medicalization Perspective [J]. Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 2018, 34(03):67-70.

[20] The concept and revolution of the male climacteric [J]. Chinese Journal of Human Sexuality, 2018, 27(03):157-160.

[21] Joseph Needham on the Relationship between Science and Socio-economic Factor [J]. Reformation & Strategy, 2018, 34(03):20-23.

[22] Contemporary Evolution of Women’s Conceptualization of Health: A Case Study of Our Bodies, Ourselves [J]. Medicine & Philosophy, 2018, 39(03):58-62.

[23] The origin and the influence of Marxist historiography of science [J]. Studies in Science of Science, 2019, 37(02):212-218.

[24] Medicalization of Body Experience: Premenstrual Syndrome as A Case Study [J]. Medicine & Philosophy, 2019, 40(09):10-13.

 

Monographs

The Social and Cultural Root of Science: Hessen Thesis and Its Contemporary Value [M]. Beijing: Science Press, 2018.

 

The teaching material    

Coedit. Philosophy of Medicine [M]. Beijing: People’s Medical Publishing House, 2014.

 

Other results

[1] Coedit. Western History of Science Research [M]. Beijing: Science Press, 2013.

Research subject[1] Science at the Crossroads and Its ImpactMinistry of Education Project of Humanities and Social Science2009.

[2] Medicalization Theory and Its Interpretation of the Dilemma of Contemporary Chinese MedicineNational Social Sciences Founding Project, 2016.

[3] The Project of Collecting Historic Data of Scientists' Academic Life-Yan Renying, China Association for Science and Technology, 2016.

[4] Translation and Research of Elsevier's Handbook of Philosophy of ScienceMajor Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018, subsidiary subject.

[5] Academic Criticism and Construction of Academic Communityproject from National Academy of Innovation Strategy , China Association for Science and Technology, 2019.

 

Award  

[1] 2016, Prestigious Teachers of Ideological and Political Theory Course In Beijing Universities.

[2] 2018, Research Contribution Award from the school of health humanities, Peking University.

[3] 2018, The Second Prize of the 7th Women / Gender Study, Chinese Woman’s Research Society.