No new posts here. Moving to facebook!

This blog has been inactive for quite a while. We shall now post news and announcements to facebook and twitter!

Philosophy dept among the top 10 hku.hk destination

Alexa is a company that measures web traffic. Here it says that the HKU philosophy dept web site is one of the top 10 destinations in the hku.hk domain, with nearly the same amount of traffic as webct!

Chris Fraser joining HKU

The HKU philosophy department is very pleased to welcome Dr. Chris Fraser. He will be joining the Department starting this July. A native Canadian, Dr. Fraser grew up in the US, and has lived in Asia since 1984. He obtained his Ph.D. in philosophy at HKU, studying under Chad Hansen. His research areas include early Chinese philosophy and contemporary analytic thought, especially epistemology and ethics.

why major in philosophy?

A blog entry on the value of studying philosophy.
Thanks to Chris Fraser for the link:

http://www.scordo.com/blog/2008/12/why-major-in-philosophy.html

GRE score of philosophy PhDs

Philosophers rank 9th, top of the humanities (not counting economics).

http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/11/chart-of-day-gre-scores-by-academic.html

Job opening in Chinese Philosophy

Please refer to the advertisement here.

Philosophy prizes for students 2007-8

At the end of every academic year, the department awards prizes to students with excellent performance. This year’s results:

1. Charles and Lillian Moore Memorial Prize in Philosophy

Shared by: Ho Man Wai, Ho Kin Ting

2. The External Examiner’s Book Prize in Philosophy

Chan Hau Man Christina

Congratulations to them!

Professor Ned Block’s visit to HKU

Photo from the public lecture

Upcoming conference in Honour of Professor Hansen

Professor Chad Hansen will be retiring from HKU this summer. The philosophy dept will be holding an international conference in his honour on May 30 & 31. Details here.

Dao, Mind, and Language: A Conference in Honour of Chad Hansen

Professor Ned Block visiting HKU in May 2008

Professor Ned Block will be a Distinguished Visiting Professor at HKU during 3 – 17 May 2008. He works in the area of philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Please see http://www.hku.hk/philodep/block for a list of his lectures and workshops.

His public lecture “How to find consciousness in the brain” is on Thursday 15th May 2008.
Time: 5pm-7pm (refreshments will be served after the lecture)
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus, HKU