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Books
- 劉彥方 (2018)《批判性思维与创造力 - 越思考越会思考》 学林出版社 (ISBN-10: 7548614020; Chinese translation of Lau (2011))
- Lau (2011) An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better. Wiley. (Link to Amazon, Table of contents and short excerpt) (HK Public library)
- Ming, Leung, Yung, Wong and Lau (2006) Twenty Problems in Philosophy: A Brief Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy. McGraw-Hill Education (Asia). (link to Amazon)
- Goldstein, Brennan, Deutsch, Lau (2005) Logic: Key Concepts in Philosophy. Continuum. (Link to Amazon) Portuguese translation (2007). Spanish translation (2008).
- Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/joelau
Articles and book chapters
- (2017) Reflections on the Umbrella Movement: Implications for civic education and critical thinking. Educational Philosophy and Theory http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00131857.2017.1310014 [ draft ]
- (2016) "Near-Death Experience and Soul: A Response to Kwan Kai Man" (瀕死經驗與靈魂――回應關啟文) International Journal of Chinese Comparative Philosophy of Medicine Vol.14 No.2. [ longer version ]
- (2015) "Knowledge and resilience" In Behavioral and Brain Sciences. doi:10.1017/S0140525X14001605
- (2015) Metacognitive Education: Going beyond critical thinking (preprint). In Davies and Barnett (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education Palgrave. book review #1 review #2 with an extensive discussion of my chapter
- (2010) Entry on "propositional attitudes" in Patrick Colm Hogan (ed.) (2010) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences. Cambridge University Press.
- Lau and Deutsch (2008) Externalism about mental content. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- (2007) The Nature of Emotions in The Ethics and Politics of Compassion and Capabilities, Hochelaga Lecture Series 2005.
- (2006) A miniguide to critical thinking. In Nasreen Taherswapna Gopalan (ed.) (2006) Critical Thinking: Concepts and Applications. The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India Press.
- (1999) A Substantive Neuron Doctrine. Commentary on Gold and Stoljar (1999). A neuron doctrine in the philosophy of neuroscience. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 5. doi:10.1017/S0140525X99382194
- (1998) Possible Worlds Semantics for Belief Sentences. In Timothy Childers (ed.) (1998) The Logica Yearbook 1997.
- (1995) Pietroski on Possible Worlds Semantics for Belief Sentences. Analysis, Vol. 55, No. 4, Oct. doi:10.1093/analys/55.4.295
Book reviews
- (2015) Book review of Nicholas Georgalis (2015) Mind, Language and Subjectivity: Minimal Content and the Theory of Thought. Routledge. In Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
- (2011) Review of Joseph Mendola (2008) Anti-Externalism. Oxford University Press. In Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 89, Issue 1, pp.174-177.
- (1999) Review of Michael Tye Ten problems of Consciousness. MIT Press. In Anthropology and Philosophy, III, 2, Special issue "Consciousness : Analytical and Empirical Approaches".
- (1997) Review of Michael Redhead (1995). From Physics to Metaphysics. Cambridge University Press. In Philosophical Books, 38:1, January 1997.
Social media, etc
- (2020) 疫情下的十個哲學問題 《立場新聞》20200323
- (2019) 【對談】批判思考 《立場新聞》20190520 (王偉雄、劉彥方、洪志豪)
- (2019) 【對談】哲學與邏輯 《立場新聞》20190709 (王偉雄、劉彥方、洪志豪)
- (2019) 科學能否解釋人類意識 — 臭豆腐的疑惑 《立場新聞》20190507
- (2019) Physician-assisted suicide should be allowed in Hong Kong SCMP. 20190307
- (2018) 批判性思維與元認知 《立場新聞》2018/3/6
- (2017) 瀕死經驗能否證明靈魂存在 — 回應關啟文 《立場新聞》20170213
- (2015) 如何翻譯「CRITICAL THINKING」？《立場新聞》, 《評台》 Pentoy
- (2014) YouTube video of HKU forum Understanding Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement 201411
- (2014) YouTube video of public lecture - 從自由市場到歷史的終結 20140926
- (2004) 通識教育走馬看花 Apple Daily 20041129
- (2004) 動物權利 (pdf)