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Mind, knowledge and reality:
The School can offer supervision in selected topics in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, especially on consciousness, the philosophy of language, and also Chinese and comparative perspectives on mind and language. Other possible research topics include epistemology and metaphysics, the philosophy of logic and critical thinking.
Contact Persons
Dr J. Lau
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: jyflau@hku.hk
Dr P. Hawley
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: patrick@hkucc.hku.hk
Moral and political philosophy:
The School has strong and broad expertise in the fields
of moral and political philosophy. We can supervise work in the
areas of meta-ethics; applied ethics; environmental ethics; Chinese
ethics; and ancient and modern Western ethics. Past students have
worked on topics ranging from Mencius and Aristotle to Scanlon and
Deleuze. In the area of political philosophy, we can supervise students
in topics including the 'rule of law' in ancient China , Rousseau
and the social contract, social justice, and liberal theory, and
on philosophers such as Aristotle, Marx, Nietzsche and Foucault.
Contact Persons
Dr T. O'Leary
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: teoleary@hkucc.hku.hk
Professor J. Ci
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: jiweici@hkucc.hku.hk
History of philosophy:
The School can offer supervision to students working in a wide range of topics in the history of philosophy. We have particular expertise in classical Chinese philosophy Daoism and Confucianism and we encourage comparative approaches to the study of this period. In Western philosophy we have special strengths in ancient philosophy especially Aristotle and in modern and contemporary European philosophy, including early modern and Enlightenment thinkers (e.g. Rousseau) and also post-Nietzschean French and German philosophy.
Contact Person
Dr A. Cook
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: cookga@hkucc.hku.hk
Chinese philosophy:
The School has a strong tradition in research and supervision of postgraduate work in Chinese philosophy, including schools of thought such as Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, and Daoism, fields of study such as metaphysics, ethics, and political philosophy, and major issues such as the place of Confucianism in the modern world. We also have strengths in the comparative study of Chinese and Western philosophy.
Contact Persons
Professor C. Hansen
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: chansen@hku.hk
Dr M. Martin
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: martinmr@hkucc.hku.hk
Discipline Requirement |
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MPhil - The research proposal for the MPhil
should be 3-4 pages double-spaced. It should set out the field
you want to work in (e.g. political philosophy), the specific
topic you intend to pursue in it (e.g. global justice), and
why you consider the topic interesting and significant. A
good proposal will show that the applicant has some acquaintance
with the essential literature on the topic (e.g. John Rawls,
Charles Beitz, and Thomas Pogge on global justice) and has
some sense of what the interesting questions are and where
research on them might lead. You should attach a brief bibliography
(1 page double-spaced).
PhD - The research proposal for the PhD should
be 4-5 pages double spaced. It should set out the field you
want to work in, the specific topic you intend to pursue in
it, and why the topic is significant and promises original research.
A good proposal will show that the applicant has extensive up-to-date
knowledge of research on the topic, is well acquainted with
the essential literature in the field, and has a clear sense
of what the interesting questions are and where research on
them might lead. You should attach a brief bibliography (2 pages
double-spaced). |
Postgraduate Admissions Advisor |
Professor J. Ci
Tel: 2859 2796
Fax: 2559 8452
Email: jiweici@hkucc.hku.hk |
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