Biographical Sketch

A native of Canada, Chris Fraser grew up partly in the U.S. but has lived in Asia since 1984. He got into philosophy after spending a few years seeking mystical experience but failing to have any. He considered becoming a Buddhist monk but concluded that philosophical reflection was more enlightening. Before earning his Ph.D., he worked as a technical writer, editor, and translator at electronics companies in Taiwan for several years. He also taught English composition to graduate students in science and technology at two national universities there, a job that led him to publish two English textbooks in Chinese.

He holds a B.A. from Yale (1984), a master's degree from National Taiwan University (1994), and a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong (1999), where his dissertation won the Li Ka Shing Prize for outstanding Ph.D. dissertation in the humanities and social sciences (1997-99). Before joining the Department of Philosophy at CUHK, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

Chris now devotes most of his professional attention to early Chinese philosophy, especially epistemology and ethics. When not working, he watches movies, plays with his cats, dabbles in photography, and works out at the gym.