[Theme]The Horizon of Philosophy+｜Nature or Nurture: What Determines Our Lives?

[Date & Time]September 29, 2026 (Tue.) 18:30-20:30

[Location]Room 110, Public Teaching Building 2, Tongzhou Campus

[Theme] 

In the course of our lives, we are often troubled by a question: when some people seem to have smoother or more successful lives, is it because they won the "genetic lottery," or because they benefited from the "dividends of their era"? When we feel that our own lives are not going as well as we would like, should we blame our own nature, or external social and economic factors? Although there is no definitive answer to this question, it remains ever fresh and enduring—a puzzle that every generation finds impossible to avoid.

[Speaker]

Tian Fangmeng

Tian Fangmeng holds a Ph.D. in public policy from George Mason University in the United States. He is currently an associate professor at the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Minzu University of China. He has long been engaged in research on population migration. In recent years, his research interests have shifted toward biosociology, with a commitment to interpreting the academic thought of the Republican-era eugenicist Pan Guangdan.

Lu Yuan 

Lu Yuan graduated from Renmin University of China with a master's degree in economics. He is an associate senior editor, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, and a contracted writer with the Beijing Writers Association.