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Associate Professor

Dr. Cheung, Leo K. C.

張錦青

Email : kccheung@hkbu.edu.hk

　
 I. Education

  • D.Phil., in Philosophy, University of Sussex, 1993

  • M.Phil., in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988

  • B.Sc. (Hons), in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986

 II. Academic Experience

    1. Subjects Taught:

  • Meaning and Knowledge

  • Comparative Philosophy: East and West

  • Problems of Philosophy

  • Introduction to Philosophy

  • Critical Thinking

  • Critical Thinking for Liberal Studies

  • Reason and Argument

  • Philosophy of Life in Laozi and Zhuangzi

  • Philosophical Issues in Modern Science

  • Daoist Religion

  • Taoist World of Thought and Practice

  • Man and the Modern World

  • Chinese and Western Mode of Thought

  • Graduate Seminar

    2. Research Interests:

  • Wittgenstein's Philosophy

  • Philosophy of Language

  • Philosophy of Science

  • Chinese Philosophy

  • Comparative Philosophy

    3. Position:

  • Associate Professor, Religion and Philosophy Department of Hong Kong Baptist University
 III. Publications

    1. Articles:

  • ‘The Disenchantment of Nonsense: Understanding Wittgenstein’s Tractatus’, Philosophical Investigations , Oxford , Blackwell, forthcoming.

  • 'The Unity of Language and Logic in Wittgenstein's Tractatus', Philosophical Investigations (Oxford: Blackwell), 29/1 (Jan. 2006): 22-50.
  • 'Variable Names and Constant Names in Wittgenstein's Tractatus', Philosophical Investigations (Oxford: Blackwell), 28/1 (Jan. 2005): 14-42.

  • 'The Unification of Dao and Ren in the Analects', The Journal of Chinese Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell), 31/3 (Sept. 2004): 313-327.

  • 'Showing, Analysis and the Truth-Functionality of Logical Necessity in Wittgenstein's Tractatus', Synthese (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 139/1 (March 2004): 81-105.

  • 'Language as a Geometry in Wittgenstein's Tractatus', in Knowledge and Belief. Papers of the 26th International Wittgenstein Symposium, ed. W. Loffler and P. Weingartner, (Austria: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society), (2003): 91-3.

  • 'The Way of the Xunzi', The Journal of Chinese Philosophy (Oxford: Blackwell), 28/3 (Sept. 2001): 301-320.

  • 'The Tractarian Operation N and Expressive Completeness', Synthese (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 123/2 (May 2000): 241-255.

  • 'The Proofs of the Grundgedanke in Wittgenstein's Tractatus', Synthese (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 120/3 (Sept. 1999): 395-410.

  • 〈《孟子》的仁觀及其困難〉['Mencius' View of Benevolence and Its Difficulties'],《人文中國學報》[Sino-Humanitas], (Hong Kong: HK Baptist University), 6 (April 1999): 115-129.

  • 〈語言與世界：維根斯坦的「世界」與莊學的「道」〉 ['Language and the World: Wittgenstein's 'world' and the 'Tao' of Chuang Tzu's Taoist School'], in《邏輯思想與語言哲學》[Logical Thought and Philosophy of Language], ed. Kam-ming Yip, (Taiwan: Xuesheng Publishing Co.), (Dec. 1997): 223-241.

  • 〈《禮記．禮運》與儒家〉['Li Ki - Li Yun and Confucianism'],《鵝湖學誌》[Legein Semi-Annual Journal], (Taiwan), 19 (Dec. 1997): 117-158.

  • 'On Indoctrination', in 'Values and Society' Proceedings of Annual Conference 1993 and 1994, (Hong Kong: Lingnan College), (May 1997): 262-267.

  • Review of《老莊新論》[Lao Zhuang Xinlun] for《人文中國學報》[Sino-Humanitas], (Hong Kong: HK Baptist University), 2 (Jan. 1996): 301-309. (Reprinted in《新華文摘》[Xinhua Wenzhai] , (Beijing), 210 (June 1996): 165-167.)

  • 'A Major Difference Between the Tractatus and Russell's Philosophy', in The British Tradition in 20th Century Philosophy. Papers of the 17th International Wittgenstein Symposium, ed. Jaakko Hintikka and Klaus Puhl, (Austria: Kirchberg am Wechsel), (1994): 113-121.

    2. Conference paper presentations:

  • A paper entitled 〈儒家的「天人合一」進路〉 (‘The Heaven-Human Unification approaches of Confucianism’) was presented at 「當代儒學與精神性學術研討會」 (the Conference on Contemporary Confucianism and Spirituality), organized by the Department of Religion & Philosophy, Hong Kong Baptist University, 15-16 November 2007.

  • A paper entitled ‘Laozi’s Dao as Structured Whole and Its Ineffability’ was presented at Emptiness and Nothingness: Conference on Buddhism and Daoism organized by the Department of Philosophy, Hong Kong University , 5-6 Oct. 2007.

  • A paper entitled ‘On Lycan’s Solution to the Gettier Problem’ was presented at the Open Sessions of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association organized by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Associations, University of Bristol, England, 6-9 July 2007.

  • A paper entitled ‘The Tractarian Ontology, Probability and Quantum Statistics’ was presented at the Conference on Analytic Philosophy, Soochow University, Taiwan, 19-23 June 2007.

  • A paper entitled 〈孟學仁愛之本質〉 (‘The Nature of Benevolent Love of Menicus’) was presented at 「當代語境下的儒耶對談：思想與實踐」學術研討會 (the Conference on the Confucian-Christian Dialogue: Thought and Praxis), Hong Kong Baptist University, 30 May-1 June 2007.
  • A paper entitled 'Language as a Geometry in Wittgenstein's Tractatus' was presented at the 26th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 3-9 Aug. 2003.

  • A paper entitled 'Complete Description of the World and Wittgenstein's Tractatus' was presented at the Open Sessions of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association organized by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Associations, Queen's University, Belfast, 18-21 July 2003.

  • A paper entitled〈中華之道〉['the Dao of the Chinese'] was presented at the International Conference on "Chinese Culture in the 21st Century" organized by the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture, 18-20 Dec. 2002.

  • An invited paper entitled 'On the Resolute Reading of the Tractatus' was presented at the Beijing International Symposium on "Wittgenstein and the 20th Century Analytical Philosophy" organized by the Institute of Foreign Philosophy, Peking University, 11-14 Oct. 2002.

  • A paper entitled〈《論語》中的「道」與「仁」〉['"Dao" and "Benevolence" in the Analects'] was presented at the International Conference of the Study of Confucius, organized by the Academic Research Institute of Oriental Humanities, Philosophy Research Institute of National Central University and the Central Research Institute in Taipei, 28-29 Sept. 1999.

  • A paper entitled〈維根斯坦的「世界」與莊學的「道」〉 ['Wittgenstein's 'world' and the 'Tao' of Chuang Tzu's Taoist School'] was presented at the Conference of Chinese Logic and Contemporary Philosophy of Language, organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 28-30 Sept. 1995.

  • A paper entitled 'A Major Difference Between the Tractatus and Russell's Philosophy' was presented at the 17th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria, 14-21 Aug. 1994.

  • A paper entitled 'On indoctrination' was presented at the Second Annual Conference on Values and Society, organized by Hong Kong Lingnan College, 7-8 June 1994.

    3. Seminar Presentations:

  • An invited speech entitled 〈通識教育之理念〉 (‘ The Idea of Liberal Studies ’) was delivered at the Meeting of Educational Task in Secondary Schools ( 中學教育事工促進會 ) organized by the Christian Education Committee of Lutheran Church Hong Kong Synod ( 香港路德會教育事務委員會 )on 25 Nov. 2006.

  • An invited paper 〈荀子之道〉 ( ‘The Dao of the Xunzi’) was read at Wah Har College （ 華夏書院 ） , Hong Kong, on 21 Feb. 2006.

  • A paper entitled 'The Disenchantment of Nonsense: Understanding the Tractatus' was presented at the Philosophy Society, University of Sussex, England, on 14 Feb. 2003.

  • A paper entitled 'The Expressive Capability of the Tractarian Operator N' was presented at the Philosophy Seminar of Department of Philosophy, Hong Kong University, on 29 Oct. 1998.

  • A paper entitled 'The Notions of Benevolence, the Germ of Benevolence and the Heart of Compassion in Mencius' [in Chinese] was read at a colloquium of the Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU on 8 Dec. 1997.

  • A paper entitled 〈《禮記．禮運》與儒家〉['Li Ki - Li Yun and Confucianism'] [in Chinese] was presented at a colloquium organized by the Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU on 24 April 1997.

  • A paper entitled 'The Problems of Evil and Beyond' was read at a colloquium organized by the Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU, on 29 April 1996.

  • A speech entitled 'The problem of evil and the soul-making defense' [in Chinese] was given at a seminar organized by Hong Kong Friends of Philosophy on 17 March 1996.
 IV. Services

    1. Public Service:

  • Member, Subject Committee of Sixth Form Liberal Studies (AS Level), Hong Kong Examinations Authority, 1 September 1998 to 2001.

    2. Conference paper presentations:

  • I served as a reviewer of papers submitted to the international refereed journal Synthese.
 V. Others

    1. Research Grant:

  • Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), HKBU240807, ‘Showing What Cannot be Said: Understanding Wittgenstein’s Tractatus’, starting from 1 Jan. 2008 .

  • HKBU Faculty Research Grant Category I, FRG/97-98/I-28, ‘A Political Philosophy from Xunzi and Li Ki-Li Yun’, June 1998 to Aug. 2000.

  • 'A Political Philosophy from Xunzi and Li Ki-Li Yun ', Faculty Research Grant Category I, Hong Kong Baptist University, June 1998 - Aug. 2000.

    2. Fellowships, Scholarships And Awards:

  • Life Member, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

  • The President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching, HKBU, 2002 - 2003.

  • Visiting Fellowship to Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, 15 Jan. - 14 July 2003.

  • Visiting Scholarship to Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 15 Jan .- 14 July 2003.

  • Short-term Visiting Fellowship to the Summer Research Institute, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, 17 - 24 July 2000.

  • Sir Run Run Shaw Scholarship, 1988 - 93.

  • Chung Chi Awards, 1985 - 86, 1984 - 85, 1983 - 84 and 1982 - 83.

  • William T. May Memorial Scholarship, 1986.

  • Y. K. Kan Mathematics Award, 1985.

  • Ginling-Reeves Scholarship, 1984.

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