Name Card
Professor Lau, Joe Yen Fong 劉彥方
Title:
Associate Professor
Department:
Faculty:
Teaching List, Current
| Term | Code | Class | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 S2 | PHIL7006 | 2A | Minds and Machines |
| 2023 S2 | PHIL6820 | 2A | Graduate Seminar in Research Methods |
| 2023 S2 | PHIL4810 | 2A | Senior seminar (capstone experience) |
| 2023 S2 | CCHU9005 | 2A | Food and Values |
| 2023 S1 | APAI1001 | 1A | Artificial intelligence: foundation, philosophy and ethics |
| 2022 S1 | POLI6605 | 1A | Ethics and public affairs |
| 2022 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1AX | Food and Values |
| 2022 S2 | PHIL6820 | 2A | Graduate Seminar in Research Methods |
| 2022 S2 | PHIL4810 | 2A | Senior seminar (capstone experience) |
| 2022 S2 | PHIL2245 | 2A | Philosophy and emotions |
| 2022 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1A | Food and Values |
| 2022 S1 | APAI1001 | 1A | Artificial intelligence: foundation, philosophy and ethics |
| 2021 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1AX | Food and Values |
| 2021 S2 | PHIL4810 | 2A | Senior seminar (capstone experience) |
| 2021 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1A | Food and Values |
| 2021 S1 | APAI1001 | 1A | Artificial intelligence: foundation, philosophy and ethics |
| 2020 S1 | PHIL2120 | 1A | Topics in analytic philosophy |
| 2020 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1A | Food and Values |
| 2020 S1 | APAI1001 | 1A | Artificial intelligence: foundation, philosophy and ethics |
| 2019 S2 | PHIL2245 | 2A | Philosophy and emotions |
| 2019 S2 | CCHU9005 | 2AX | Food and Values |
| 2019 S2 | CCHU9005 | 2A | Food and Values |
| 2019 S1 | APAI1001 | 1A | Artificial intelligence: foundation, philosophy and ethics |
| 2018 S2 | PHIL4810 | 2A | Senior seminar (capstone experience) |
| 2018 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1A | Food and Values |
| 2018 S2 | PHIL2120 | 2A | Topics in analytic philosophy |
| 2018 S1 | CCHU9005 | 1AX | Food and Values |
| 2018 S1 | PHIL3920 | 1A | Senior essay (capstone experience) |
Supervision of Research Postgraduate Students
| Status | Thesis Title | Field of Study | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy of Logic | 2022 Phd Chan Ka Wo | ||
| Dai Zhen’s Naturalistic Ethics | Chinese Philosophy | 2016 Phd Chong Yun Chak | |
| Wang Bi and Limitations of the Expressive Power of Language | Philosophy of Language and Comparative Philosophy | 2006 MPhil Ho Siu Kei Gary | |
| Abduction and Computation | Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology | 2008 Phd Lie Nga Sze | |
| The Concepts of Analyticity | Analytic Philosophy | 2008 Phd Zhang Haipeng | |
| Names and Assertions: Soames's Millian Descriptivism | Philosophy of Mind, specifically on Role of Mental in (causal explanation of) Behaviors | 2003 MPhil Wong Pak Hang | |
| Brandom's Normative Deontic Theory of Language | Chinese Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind | 2006 MPhil Lee Jin Soo | |
| Fictional Characters and their Names: A Defense of the Fact Theory | Philosophy of Mind and Language | 2003 Phd Pei Kong Ngai | |
| What if natural kind terms are rigid? | Philosophy of Language | 2006 MPhil Chan Ka Wo | |
| Conscious Will: Illusion or Reality? | Philosophy-Philosophy of Mind, Congnitive Science | 2000 Phd Inglis Kelly Suzanne | |
| Evaluating Olson’s animalism against major objections | Philosophy of Mind | 2015 MPhil Wong Chi Yau | |
| Singular Thought, Acquaintance, and Mental File | Philosophy of Language | 2018 MPhil Mak Ka Chun |
HKU Committee Appointments
| Start Date | End Date | Committee | Category | Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-08-31 | 2006-06-30 | Faculty of Arts, Board of the | Lecturers in Faculty | |
| 2010-03-01 | 2012-02-28 | Information Technology Advisory Committee | The Chairmen of Faculty Information Technology Committees | |
| 1996-07-01 | 1998-06-30 | Discontinuation, Committee on | 1 member from each Faculty (Arts) from a panel of three in order of precedence for a period of 2 years, renewable up to a maximum of 4 consecutive years | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2012-07-01 | 2014-06-30 | Student Grievances, Committee of Enquiry into | Two other members of the Grievances Panel, appointed by the Chairman: members of the Panel | Council |
| 2008-06-01 | 2010-05-31 | Human Research Ethics Committee | 1 member each from the Faculties of Arch, Arts, Bus&Econ, Dentistry, Edu, Engg, Law, Medicine, Sci and SocSc, who preferably are experienced in conducting research involving human subjects, appointed by the relevant Board of the Faculty | Sub-committee |
| 2022-09-01 | BoS for the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences | A member nominated by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and appointed by the Board for three years at a time | ||
| 2011-07-01 | 2014-06-30 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2004-06-11 | 2004-12-31 | Selection of Senior Teachers, Committee for the | One teacher of the relevant Faculty Board, elected by the Board, for a period of twelve months | |
| 2008-07-01 | 2011-06-30 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2014-06-20 | 2015-06-30 | Academic Awards, Board of | An Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education/Teaching and Learning), appointed on rotational basis for two years at a time, from Faculty Cluster B (Arts, Business & Economics, Education and Social Sciences) | |
| 2014-03-01 | 2016-02-29 | Information Technology Advisory Committee | The Chairmen of Faculty Information Technology Committees | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2000-09-01 | 2002-08-31 | Information Technology Advisory Committee | The Chairmen of Faculty Information Technology Committees | Arts Faculty Board |
| 1995-01-09 | 1996-11-05 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2010-07-01 | 2012-06-30 | Student Grievances, Committee of Enquiry into | Two other members of the Grievances Panel, appointed by the Chairman: members of the Panel | Council |
| 1997-11-01 | 1998-12-31 | Faculty of Science, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 1999-10-15 | 2001-12-31 | Faculty of Science, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2006-07-01 | Faculty of Arts, Board of the | The teachers who are members of the Faculty and who are full-time employees of the University | ||
| 2010-06-01 | 2012-05-31 | Human Research Ethics Committee | 1 member each from the Faculties of Arch, Arts, Bus&Econ, Dentistry, Edu, Engg, Law, Medicine, Sci and SocSc, who preferably are experienced in conducting research involving human subjects, appointed by the relevant Board of the Faculty | |
| 2005-07-01 | 2008-06-30 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2016-03-01 | 2018-02-28 | Information Technology Advisory Committee | The Chairmen of Faculty Information Technology Committees | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2012-03-01 | 2014-02-28 | Information Technology Advisory Committee | The Chairmen of Faculty Information Technology Committees | Arts Faculty Board |