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
Wong Pak Hang obtained an MPhil under the supervision of Dr. Max Deutsch, working in the area of philosophy of language. He has just been granted a 4-year PhD studentship at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. The studentship is for a project exploring the philosophical implications of “new media” such as the internet. Congratulations to Pak!
The philosophy dept is now on facebook. Join the group, and see if you can find your classmates!
