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| Knowledge incorporated: past and future |
a public lecture given at the University of Hong Kong | 2000 |
| Condillac | article about Étienne Bonnot, abbé de Condillac | 1998 |
| Bergson and cognitive science | seminar paper | 1997 |
| Unnatural
Kinds: remarks on Linnæus’s classification of mental disorders |
seminar paper | 1996 |
| Nomads | paper read to the British Association for the Advancement of Science | 1975 |
| False Beginnings: early nineteenth episodes in the human sciences | various versions existed | various dates from 1971 to now |
| حكمة من النيل : قصص من القبابٔل النيلية ، جمعها وقدّمها لهم أحمد الشاهعي و تم مور ، مركز عبدالكاريم مرغني لثقافي ، أم درناب | [Wisdom from the Nile: stories from Nilotic tribes, Ahmed al Shahi & Tim Moore, Abdul Karim Mirghani Centre Press, Omdurman, 398 pp] | ISBN 978-9992-4-623-6 | 2017 |
| Developing Learning Environments | Ora Kwo, Tim Moore, John Jones (ed.), University of Hong Kong Press, Hong Kong, 358 pp | ISBN 962-209-690-5 | 2004 |
| The Observation of Savage Peoples | par J-M Degérando, translated with an introduction (foreword by E.E. Evans-Pritchard), Routledge, reprinted in Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography | ISBN 9780415866651 | 2004 |
| Essai sur les fondements de la psychologie | par Maine de Biran, édition critique, Œuvres tome VII-1-2, Vrin, Paris, XXVIII-592 pp | ISBN 271162059X 9782711620593 2711620662 9782711620661 | 2001 |
| Bergson: thinking backwards | Cambridge University Press, in the Modern European Philosophy series, xx-152 pp | ISBN 0-521-41340-0 / 0-521-42402-X | 1996 |
| Sur les rapports du physique et du moral de l’homme | par Maine de Biran, édition critique, Œuvres tome VI, Vrin, Paris, XVI-207 pp | ISBN 978-2-7116-2065-4 | 1984 |
| The Psychological Basis of Morality: an essay on value and desire | in the Library of Philosophy of Religion (general editor: John Hick), Macmillan, 106 pp | ISBN 978-1-349-03737-7 (Print) 978-1-349-03735-3 (Online) | 1978 |
| Wisdom from the Nile: a collection of folk stories from Northern and Central Sudan | translated with an introduction (co-author: Ahmed Al-Shahi), The Oxford Library of African Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford, xiii-256 pp | ISBN 0-19-815147-0 | 1978 |
| The Psychology of Maine de Biran | Clarendon Press, Oxford, 228 pp | ISBN 0198243332 9780198243335 | 1970 |
| The Observation of Savage Peoples | by J-M Degérando, translated with an introduction (with a preface by E.E. Evans-Pritchard), Routledge Kegan Paul/University of California Press, xi-123 pp | 1969 |
| The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Abstracts, compiled by FCT Moore, University of Hong Kong | ISBN 962-86230-2-8 | 2001 |
| How Computers Work, (co-authors: L. Goldstein & Yu Kam Por), Logical Products, the University of Hong Kong, viii-64 pp | 1988 | |
| CHARLES, a microcomputer-assisted learning package for computer literacy (on the topic ‘How computers work’), a set of seven diskettes, information sheets for teachers and students, a peripheral called the ‘Fingerpad’, and two manuals, versions 1.0 and 2.0. (Co-authors: Chan Ho Mun, Laurence Goldstein, and Yu Kam Por) | ISBN | 1987, 1989 |
| LOGIC TUTOR, a microcomputer-assisted learning package for elementary logic, with a set of four diskettes, a technical manual, and a user’s manual (sixth edition 1997 vii-55 pp; co-author: Laurence Goldstein) | user's manual 1988: ISBN 962-375-003-X; 1997: 962-375-005-6 | 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997 |
| Evocation: a memoir of discussions on symbolism in the human sciences, Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham, 28 pp | 1978 | |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss and the Cultural Sciences, occasional paper of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham, 50 pp; partial reprint in Mass media and mass communication, ed. Peter Davison, Rolf Meyersohn, Edward Shils, Cambridge ; Teaneck, N.J. : Chadwyck-Healey, 1978. | 1969 |
| Philological Preface to The Relationship between the Physical and the Moral in Man | by F.C.T. Moore, translated from the French by Darian Meacham in The Relationship between the Physical and the Moral in Man by Maine de Biran, ed. and trans. Darian Meacham and Joseph Spadola, Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 25-31 (see above, books 1984) | ISBN 978-1-350-02030-6 | 2017 |
| French Philosophy | with Alan Schrift, in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, ed. 3, ed. Audi, Robert, Cambridge University Press, pp. 387-94 | ISBN 978-1-107-01505-0 / 978-1-107-64379-6 | 2015 |
| French Spiritualist Philosophy | in The History of Continental Philosophy, vol. 2, ed. Schrift, Alan. D, and Conway, Daniel, Acumen, pp. 161-75 | ISBN 978-1-84465-212-9 | 2010 |
| Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution: Analysis and Life | in The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader’s Guide, pp. 467-73, ed. Gracia, Jorge J.E., Reichberg, Gregory M., Shumacher, Bernard N., Blackwell Publishing | ISBN 0-631-21906-4 / 0-631-23611-2 | 2003 |
| Bergson | in The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1870-1945, ed. Thomas Baldwin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.67-73 | ISBN 0-521-59104-X | 2003 |
| Scribes and Texts: models of cultural transmission | Monist, 84(3): pp. 417-36 | ISSN 0026-9662 | 2003 |
| Introduction to an exhibit entitled ‘The Fourth Revolution’ in Expo 2001, with Chinese translation | 2001 | ||
| Floral Modesty | letter in The New Scientist, 6 February 1999 | click here to read the letter | 1999 |
| Magic | in The New Bergson, ed. J. Mullarkey, Manchester University Press, pp 135-44 | ISBN 0-7190-5380-3 / 0-7190-5553-9 | 1999 |
| An English Cantonese Dictionary (in transcription): a sample of 721 headwords, with CS Hung | University of Hong Kong | 1998 (?) | |
| Bonnet, Charles | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | 1998 etc. | |
| Cabanis | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | 1998 etc. | |
| Maine de Biran | Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy | 1998 etc. | |
| How anthropologists think | note in memory of Godfrey Lienhardt, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford vol. 28, no. 1 pp. 127-8 | 1997 | |
| Tips | To Improve Prose Style | avoiding typical errors in writing English made by Cantonese speaking University students, 17p. | 1996 |
| response to Habermas on Kant on Perpetual Peace | meeting organized by the Centre for Applied Ethics | click here to read this | 1996 |
| Goldstein on the road to Rome | Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 72(2): 229-32 | 1994 | |
| Taking the sting out of the Prisoner’s Dilemma | Philosophical Quarterly, 44(2): 223-233 | 1994 | |
| Thoughts on Music, with live choral illustrations | Robert Black College guest night, published in The Evenings of Insight, RBC, pp. 6-9 | 1993/4 | |
| chairman of a discussion session on papers on Classical Islamic Philosophy and related topics | 34th International Congress on Asian and North African Studies, the University of Hong Kong | 1993 | |
| letter to the SCMP, September 10 | It is incorrect to claim that Kuwait was formerly part of Iraq | click here to read the letter | 1990-91 |
| foreword, and Can information change our preferences? | in Philosophy Annual Journal, 35th anniversary special issue, University of Hong Kong, pp. i-iv / 1-6 | 1990-91 | |
| Rome inferences and structural opacity (click for first page preview) | Mind, 99: 601-8 | 1990 | |
| Conflict between desire and value | Family, Society and Morality, Hong Kong, Commercial Press, pp 187-95 [in Chinese] | 1990 | |
| Waih Yihk Seun jeuk-sih | a transcription exercise to sharpen the ear:, Yale system transcription of a Hong Kong TV documentary on Sir David Wilson, broadcast the day before he arrived as HK Governor | 1989 | |
| Do higher-order desires resolve conflict? | Harmony and Strife: contemporary perspectives, East and West, ed. Shu-hsien Liu & Robert E. Allinson, Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, pp 59-67 | ISBN 962-201-412-7 | 1988 |
| School Logic and Computer Literacy | Computerized Logic Teaching Bulletin, 1.2 (co-authors: L. Goldstein, Yu Kam Por) | 1988 | |
| Logic and Computer Literacy | Microcomputers in Education, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (co-authors: L. Goldstein, Yu Kam Por) | 1988 | |
| citations of Mou Tsang San, Kan Yuet Wai, Stanley Ho and Lee Wing Tat for honorary degrees at the University of Hong Kong |
University of Hong Kong Gazette, vol. XXXIV | 1987 | |
| Maine de Biran | The Oxford Companion to the Mind, ed. R.L. Gregory, pp 445-447 | ISBN 0-19-866124-X | 1987 |
| citations of Li Ka Shing, PAL Vine, Lord Todd of Trumpington and Louis Cha for honorary degrees at the University of Hong Kong | University of Hong Kong Gazette, vol. XXXIII | 1986 | |
| citations of Pauline Chan, Zhu Guangqian and EH Paterson for honorary degrees at the University of Hong Kong | University of Hong Kong Gazette, vol. XXXII | 1985 | |
| A problem about higher-order desires | Acta Philosophica Fennica, 38: 149-55 | 1985 | |
| The Martyr’s Dilemma | Analysis, 45: 29-33 | 1985 | |
| citations of KLC Legg, MGR Sandberg, and JM Bennett for honorary degrees at the University of Hong Kong | The University of Hong Kong Gazette, vol. XXXI | 1984 | |
| Effective Methods for Logic | Collegiate Microcomputer, 11(2): 141-55 (co-author: L. Goldstein) | 1984 | |
| The Microcomputer as Logic Teacher: an illustration | Teaching Philosophy, 7(2): 109-14 (co-author: L. Goldstein) | 1984 | |
| foreword, and Knowing in Part | in Philosophy Annual Journal, pp. 4-7 / 31-4 | 1983-4 | |
| The Martyr’s Dilemma | in Philosophy Annual Journal, pp. 5-14 (earlier version of article published in Analysis in 1985) | 1983 | |
| Is the intuition of dualism primary? | Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 146: 257-72 | 1983 | |
| Mechanical deductive techniques: three microcomputer packages | Behavior Research Methods and Instrumentation, 15: 545-6 (co-author: L. Goldstein) | 1983 | |
| Meet MICAL: teaching elementary logic by microcomputer | Australian Logic Teachers Journal, 6: 15-29 (co-author: L. Goldstein) | 1982 | |
| On taking metaphor literally | Metaphor: problems and perspectives, ed. D. Miall, Harvester Press/Humanities Press, pp. 1-13 | ISBN 0-7108-0033-9 /0-391-03274-8 | 1982 |
| foreword and Plato’s Alternative to Platonism | in Philosophy Annual Journal, 1982,p. 1 / 4-10 | 1982 | |
| The authority of symbols | Literary Theory Today, ed. M.A. Abbas and T.W. Wong, Hong Kong University Press, pp. 80-94 | ISBN 962-209-035-4 / 962-209-036-2 | 1981 |
| Pluralism | in Metaphysics: Philosophy Annual Journal, University of Hong Kong, pp. 4-7 | 1981 | |
| La philosophie analytique hors de chez elle | Critique, vol. 36: Les Philosophes anglo-saxons par eux-mêmes, pp. 765-73 | 1980 | |
| ‘What we value and desire’ | in the Hong Kong Standard, Courses by Newspaper : Morals and Society, Friday February 8, p. 20; also in the South China Morning Post under the title: ‘Conflict between desire and value’, and in Ming Pao in Chinese | 1980 | |
| foreword, and Finitude | in Philosophy Annual Journal, 1982, pp. 1-2 / 1-7 | 1980 | |
| Thresholds of coherence | an inaugural lecture from the Chair of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong Gazette, vol XXVII (3) | 1980 | |
| foreword, and Corruption | in Philosophy Annual Journal, 1982, pp. 4-10 | 1979 | |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss and the cultural sciences | partial reprint of a previous publication under the same title, in Literary Taste, Culture and Mass Communication, ed. P. Davison, R. Meyersohn, E. Shils (in 14 vol.) | 0 85964 035 3 | 1978 |
| review of C.R. Badcock, Lévi-Strauss: structuralism and sociological theory, London: Hutchinson, 1975 | History: The Journal of the Historical Association, vol. 62, no. 204, February 1977, p. 72 | 1977 | |
| participant in discussion of Myth | Theory to Theoria: An international Journal of Science, Philosophy and Contemplative Religion, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 95-112 | 2 | 1976 | 2
| Evans off target | Philosophical Quarterly, 25: 58-9 | 1975 | |
| Nomads | paper read to the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, unpublished, but see here | 1975 | |
| An approach to the analysis of folk-tales from Central and Northern Sudan | Directions in Sudanese Linguistics and Folklore, ed. SH Hurreiz and H Bell, Khartoum University Press, pp 106-22 | 1975 | |
| White mythology: metaphor in the text of philosophy click for first page preview | translation of an article by Jacques Derrida, inNew Literary History, VI: 5-74 | 1974 | |
| How myths die click for first page preview | translation of an article by Claude Lévi-Strauss, in New Literary History, V: 269-81 | 1974 | |
| The Analysis of Stories | The Theory of Myth, ed. A. Cunningham, Sheed and Ward, pp. 22-39 | SBN 7220 7346 1 | 1973 |
| The Two Persons (and A Surrejoinder to Professor Frings) | Linguistic Analysis and Phenomenology, ed. W. Mays and S.C. Brown, Macmillan, pp. 59-67, 88-92 | SBN 333 12609 2 | 1972 |
| Manners (click for first page preview) | Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, vol. 2, pp. 49-56 | 1971 | |
| Liberals in Trouble | Ethics and Society, ed. M.M. Agrawal, Khartoum University Press, pp. 7-17 | 1971 | |
| review of Frazer Cowley (click for partial view), A Critique of British Empiricism, Macmillan, 1968 | Philosophy
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| The Golden Bough and Other Stories | Mermaid, University of Birmingham Magazine, Autumn Term, volume 38, pp.22-5 | 1968 | |
| Maine de Biran et la théorie du language | Actes du XIIIème congrès des sociétés de philosophie de langue française, Neuchâtel, pp. 157-9 | 1966 | |
| Maine de Biran and Pestalozzi: some unpublished letters | Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 75: 27-52 | 1966 |
| حكمة من الصحراع (Wisdom from the Desert) |
companion volume to | حكمة من النيل | (Wisdom from the Nile, 2017; see above) |
| The Structure of the Will | This has been a project for a book for decades. I may not carry it through,
though I’ve had it in mind on and off for a long time, and still favour the idea. It starts with what might be called a ‘transcendental deduction’ of the will, as a source of change (very contrary to Kant’s position). From that in turn, the emotions would be derived ... |
1985- |
| Exploring the Ass | This book relates and explores a variety of practical and theoretical dilemmas which can be construed as versions of Buridan’s Ass. Various attempts at finding a publisher for the English text (completed but without projected supporting material), including the OUP’s ‘Very Short Introduction’ series, have failed. The book was originally commissioned by Rochester University Press, but this (informal) commissioning was not upheld when the commissioning editor left the press. I’m now working on a French version, destined to be sent to the French philosophy publisher Vrin for their successful series ‘What is ...’.; The series is somewhat like the OUP’s VSO series, but confined to philosophy. |
2003/4 |
| The Mysteries of Crito of Samos (about 219,000 words) | Eight related novellas set in the Mediterranean of the fifth century BCE. Crito is a sophist who solves mysteries (in the modern sense) for a fee. Completed. Attempts at publication so far unsuccessful. |
1992-2005 |
| Icarus | A novel set in the first decade of third millennium of our era (about 74,000 words). Icarus is the editor of the Crito texts. | recent |
| The Island of Exile | An incomplete novel set in the third century of the third millennium of our era (about 34,000 words). Dagobert, the chief character, is an admirer of Crito’s writings. | recent |
| lecturer/senior lecturer in Philosophy | The University of Birmingham, UK | 1965-1979 |
| senior lecturer in Philosophy | The University of Khartoum, Sudan | 1969-72 |
| Chair of Philosophy | The University of Hong Kong | 1979-2000 |
| Emeritus professor of philosophy, Consultant to the University on Teaching Quality and Innovation and Director of the Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching |
The University of Hong Kong | 2000-2002 |
| ICANAS, 34th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, held in Hong Kong |
Member of the advisory committee, Chairman of the Programme Committee for West Asia and North Africa, and Chairman of a panel on Classical Islamic Philosophy and related topics | 1993 |
| Expo 2001, a HK$100M public exhibition marking the University of Hong Kong’s 80th anniversary | member of the planning Committee, organizer of a multidiscplinary and high-tech exhibit called ‘The Fourth Revolution’ concerning the effect of technologies on learning | 1993 |
| European Journal of Philosophy | member of the Advisory Committee | 1993- |
| Hong Kong Research Grants Council project for IMPACT (‘Intelligent multimedia package for the advancement of creative and critical thinking’) | Principal Investigator | 1992- |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Visiting professor | 1991 |
| Cognitive Science Working Group, The University of Hong Kong | member | 1989-90 |
| Strategic Research Grant for Microcomputer-assisted Logic Learning | Principal Investigator | 1987- |
| China, the Chinese and the West, international symposium to mark the 75th anniversary of the University of Hong Kong | Chairman of the Organizing Committee | 1986 |
| Barnard College, Columbia University, New York | Visiting Professor | 1985 |
| Preparation of an edition of Maine de Biran, Essai sur les fondements de la psychologie | holder of research grants | 1984-1998 |
| Arts Faculty working party on Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong | convenor | 1980 |
| CNRS planning group for a new edition of the works of Maine de Biran | member | 1980 |
| University of St Andrews | External Examiner in Philosophy | 1979-81 |
| gouvernement français | bourse | 1974 |
| British Academy | European Exchange Fellowship | 1974 |
| University of Makerere | External Examiner in Philosophy | 1970-72 |
| education | King’s College School, Wimbledon Keble College, Oxford (BA in Litterae Humaniores) St Antony’s College, Oxford (to 1965: D.Phil. on The Psychology of Maine de Biran) degree awarded by the examiners: Stuart Hampshire and Henri Gouhier. |
to 1958 to 1962 to 1965 1967 |
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