MPHIL AND PHD PROGRAMMES 2024 Intake
Lingnan University aspires to be an internationally recognised liberal arts university with Hong Kong characteristics. Applications are now invited for Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes commencing in 2024. Both MPhil and PhD programmes lead to in-depth study in specific research areas. The period of study of MPhil programmes is normally two years for full-time and three years for part-time students. The period of study for PhD programmes is normally three years for full-time and five years for part-time students with a relevant master’s degree; and four years full-time or six years part-time for students without a relevant master’s degree.
The areas of research will include the following:
Aesthetics; Applied ethics; Artificial intelligence; Confucianism; Daoism; Epistemology; Ethics; Future of humanity; Metaphysics; Personal identity; Philosophical logic; Philosophy of language; Philosophy of literature; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of psychology; Philosophy of science; Political philosophy; and Well-being.
AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST OF ALL PHILOSOPHY STAFF
Prof. SAUCHELLI Andrea
Associate Professor and Head of Department
Modality, Aesthetics and philosophy of art, Personal identity and ethics.
Prof. ROWBOTTOM Darrell
Professor
Philosophy of science, Foundations of probability, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of education.
Prof. CHIU Wai-wai
Associate Professor
Daoist ethics, Pre-Qin Daoism, Pre-Qin Mohism, Pre-Qin epistemology.
Prof. DE CLERCQ Rafael
Associate Professor
Aesthetics properties, Architecture, Music perception, Criteria of identity, Presentism, Perceptual indiscriminability.
Prof. MARSHALL Dan
Associate Professor
Metaphysics, Philosophical logic, Philosophy of science.
Prof. BRADLEY Adam Lee
Assistant Professor
Philosophy of mind, Cognitive science, and the Philosophy of Psychiatry.
Prof. CHAN Wing-ching, Elton
Assistant Professor
Political Philosophy, Confucianism, Comparative Philosophy.
Prof. GIBBONS Adam
Assistant Professor
Social and Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Political Economy, Political Science, Philosophical Methodology, and Philosophy of Language.
Prof. FANCIULLO James
Assistant Professor
Metaethics and normative ethics.
Prof. HAWKE Peter Michael
Assistant Professor
Epistemology, Logic, and related topics on Mind, Language and Rationality.
Dr. CURTIS-TRUDEL André Emile
Research Assistant Professor
Philosophy of Science, Computer Science, AI, and Mathematics.
Dr. HILL Jesse
Research Assistant Professor
Luck, Ethics, and Epistemology.
Dr. O’BRIEN Gary David
Research Assistant Professor
Longtermism, Population ethics, Animal and Environmental ethics, and the Ethics of New Technology.
Prof. PALLIES Daniel Steven
Research Assistant Professor
Intersections of Value, Metaphysics, and Consciousness.
Dr. SALOMON Aaron Michael
Research Assistant Professor
Moral and Political Philosophy.
Prof. SONG Fei
Research Assistant Professor
Ethics (Risk), Experimental Philosophy (Moral Decisions and Judgements in Moral Dilemmas).
Dr. YEE Adrian Kyle
Research Assistant Professor
Artificial Intelligence, Political Theory, Economic Methodology.
APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Please visit this website “https://www.ln.edu.hk/rpg/admission/application-for-admission” for details.
ADMISSION CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS
Please access this website “https://www.ln.edu.hk/rpg/admission/requirement/admission-criteria-and-requirements” for details.
For enquires, please contact Felix Hui (Tel: (852) 2616 7445, email: felixhui2@ln.edu.hk).