Full-time Teaching Staff
Amit Chaturvedi
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Tufts), M.A., Ph.D. (Hawai'i)
Indian and Buddhist Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Email: amitc@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.09
Boris Babic
Associate Professor
HKU Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science and Department of Philosophy, HKU
Associate Professor (by courtesy)
Faculty of Law, HKU
Email: babic@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.03
Brian Wong
Assistant Professor
M.A., M.Phil, D.Phil (Oxford)
Rhodes Scholar
Political Philosophy (Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Responsibilities towards Justice), Applied Ethics (Climate Change, Geopolitics), Social Epistemology and Epistemic Injustice
Political Philosophy (Authoritarianism, Colonialism, and Responsibilities towards Justice), Applied Ethics (Climate Change, Geopolitics), Social Epistemology and Epistemic Injustice
Email: bwongys@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.08
David McCarthy
Associate Professor
M.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (USC)
Ethics, Decision Theory, Philosophy of Probability, Epistemology
Email: mccarthy@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.12
Herman Cappelen
Chair Professor
B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (UC Berkeley)
Metaphilosophy, Philosophy of Language, Conceptual Engineering, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind
Email: herman.cappelen@gmail.com
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.10
Jennifer Nado (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Associate Professor
B.A. (Pomona), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Metaphilosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Psychology
Email: nado@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.05
Joe Lau (Undergraduate Coordinator)
Associate Professor
B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (MIT)
Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science, Critical Thinking
Email: jyflau@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.15
Justin Tiwald (Postgraduate Coordinator)
Professor
B.A. (Carleton College), Ph.D. (University of Chicago)
Chinese Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics
Email: jtiwald@hku.hk
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Max Deutsch
Professor
B.A. (UCSB), M.A. (UC Berkeley), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology, Philosophical Methods
Email: maxdeutsch@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.17
Nathaniel (Nate) Sharadin (Seminar Convenor)
Assistant Professor
B.A. (Pittsburgh), M.A. (UWM, UNC), Ph.D. (UNC)
Ethics, Epistemology
Email: sharadin@hku.hk
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Rachel Sterken (Department Chairperson)
Associate Professor
B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Amsterdam), Ph.D. (St Andrews/Oslo)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics
Email: rachel.sterken@gmail.com
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 10.01
Post-doctoral Fellow
Frank Hong
Post-doctoral Fellow
B.A. (University of British Columbia), M.A (University of Toronto), Ph.D (University of Southern California)
Epistemology, Decision Theory, Applied Ethics (global priorities research and AI ethics), Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Language
Email: franksho@hku.hk
Lecturers and Tutors
Michael Johnson
Lecturer
B.A. (U Texas Austin), Ph.D. (Rutgers)
Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Arthur Chin
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (HKU), Ph.D. (HKU)
Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic and Critical Thinking
Email: arthurchin2@yahoo.com.hk
Calvin K. W. Kwok
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (Lingnan), M.Phil. (Lingnan), Ph.D. (HKU)
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Perception, Analytic Aesthetics
Email: ckkw@connect.hku.hk
David Villena
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (UNMSM), M.A. (UNMSM), Ph.D. (Lingnan)
Philosophy and ethics of digital technologies and AI, Philosophy of mind and psychology, Philosophy of language, Applied ethics
Email: dvillena@hku.hk
Ka Ho Lam
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (HKU), M.Phil. (HKU), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language
Email: kaho2@hku.hk
Matthew McKeever
Assistant Lecturer
BA, Dublin, MPhil, Cantab, PhD, St Andrews
Philosophy of AI, social and political philosophy of language
Email: mckeever@hku.hk
Maomei Wang
Assistant Lecturer
B.A. (SEU), M.Phil. (Lingnan), Ph.D. (HKU)
Formal Epistemology, Decision Theory, Artificial Intelligence
Email: mmmw@connect.hku.hk
Chris Atkinson
Tutor
B.A. (Hull), M.A. (Bristol), Ph.D. (Lingnan)
Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology
Email: cjatkins@hku.hk
Felix Yeung
Tutor
BSc (HKU), MPhil (HKU), PhD Candidate (Essex)
Critical theory, Ethics and Social theory of Artificial Intelligence, Neoliberalism, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychosocial Studies
Email: fyxshosty@hotmail.com
Harold Ng
Tutor
B.A. (CUHK), M.Phil. (CUHK)
Chinese Pre-Qin Philosophy, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, Comparative Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Email: harold-ng@live.com
Emeritus Professors
Chad Hansen
Chair Professor of Chinese Philosophy (July 1995 to June 2008)
B.A. (Utah), Ph.D. (Michigan)
Chinese Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, Daoism, Chinese Theory of Language, Chinese Theory of Mind, Meta-ethics, Philosophy of Law
Email: chansen@hku.hk
Tim Moore
M.A., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Philosophy of Social Science, Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, French Philosophy
Email: fctmoore@hku.hk
Administrative Staff
Erica Lam
Executive Officer (Postgraduate matters)
Email: ericalss@hku.hk
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Apple Chong
Executive Assistant (Undergraduate matters)
Email: appleclp@hku.hk
Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, Room 9.01
Kelly Lee
Executive Assistant (Admin matters)
Email: leekelly@hku.hk
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