Graduate Students

Ph.D.

Gabrièle ESCOFFIER

Research Areas: Chinese Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy

Brief Introduction

Gabrièle received her B.A. in philosophy from Sorbonne University, Paris, and her M.A. in Chinese philosophy from Fudan University, Shanghai. Her primary research interests are in Classical Chinese philosophy, but she enjoys using a comparative framework to understand different traditions of thought. As such, she is currently working on a comparative analysis of Han Fei and Hobbes’s political philosophy.

KOH Jian Min, Jeremias

Email: e0223122@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Brief Introduction

I did both my B.A. and M.A. in philosophy at NUS. My honours thesis was on the possibility of moral disagreement with aliens who lack moral emotions and my master's thesis was on the role of feelings in the making of moral judgment. I'm now mostly interested in issues of racial equality, distributive justice, animal advocacy, disability rights, and how they relate to utilitarianism.

LIU Jiachen

Email: liujiachen@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art

Brief Introduction

I am a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, NUS.

My primary research interests are in depiction theory (especially the role of resemblance in explaining depiction), Arthur Danto’s philosophy of art (especially the Indiscernible Counterparts Argument and the theory of “the End of Art“), the aesthetics of XieYi（写意）and the definition of art.

My PhD supervisor is Prof. Ben BLUMSON.

I hold an M.A. degree in Art Theory from Peking University. I also hold two B.A. degrees from Peking University, the major one is in History and Theory of Arts and the double one is in Philosophy.

NG Han Wei, Melvin

Email: e0435669@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Metaethics

Jonathan SIM

Email: jyhsim@nus.edu.sg

Teaching Areas: Computational Reasoning, Chinese Philosophy

AY 2020-21 Modules

Semester 1 – GET1050 Computational Reasoning
Semester 2 – GET1050 Computational Reasoning

Brief Introduction

Jonathan has a Master of Arts (Philosophy). He specialises in Classical Chinese philosophy and agent-based modelling. He has been researching ways of testing the effects of certain ethical concepts on a societal level through the use of computer simulations, modelling the behaviour and observing the effects of agents practicing certain ethical norms in the context of an artificial society. Jonathan has a special interest in crossing beyond disciplinary boundaries in the search for fascinating new insights to age-old problems. For his knowledge of philosophy across a spectrum of issues, he has been invited to discuss philosophical issues about technology and society in panel discussions for the Financial Times, Channel NewsAsia, and the Institute of Asian Consumer Insight. He recently edited a book on the Grand Challenges for Science in the 21st Century, (New Jersey: World Scientific, 2018) featuring insights from prominent Nobel laureates and academics from around the world. He is passionate about teaching and he enjoys sharing his love for philosophy. He has been teaching a variety of general education modules in NUS since 2016 to undergraduate students and adult learners from diverse backgrounds. At present, he is teaching computational methods in problem-solving and how to critically assess algorithms for biases and algorithmic injustices to undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Daryl OOI

Email: darylooi@nus.edu.sg

Research Areas: Early Modern Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

WU Qiantong

Email: e0437683@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Philosophy of Mind, Dreaming Experience, Enactivism

Brief Introduction

I studied psychology during undergraduate years at the University of Macau, China. Then I changed my main focus to philosophy of mind, spending two years at the University of Edinburgh as a master's student. After that, I came to the National University of Singapore for my Ph.D. study. My major interest is in the material basis of human conscious experience (i.e. the brain and the environmental stimulus). I am currently working on dreaming experience.

ZHAO Hongbin

Email: e0792503@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Hume, Locke

GAN Qian Qi, Meaghan

Email: e0838448@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Philosophy of Religion

Eugene HO Wei Kang

Email: eugene.ho.wk@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Logic

Devesh NARAYANAN

Email: devesh@u.nus.edu

Research Areas: Technology, Value