WONG Kai-yee 王啟義
B.A., M.Phil. (CUHK); Ph.D (A.N.U.)

Associate Professor and Division head, Department of Philosophy
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Tel: 2609 7145
Fax: 2603 5323
Email: kyw@alumni.cuhk.net

Brief Biography:
After graduating from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a BA., Wong Kai Yee did his M.Phil. work with Dr. Lee Tien Ming, who first taught him and roused his interest in analytic philosophy, and obtained a Master’s degree in 1982. He spent several years being a school teacher of Buddhist studies at a beautiful fishing village (Tai O, Lantau) before going back to academic philosophy. He received his Ph.D. from the Australian National University in 1990. After briefly teaching at the Open Learning Institute and University of Hong Kong, he joined the Department of Philosophy as a lecturer in 1993.
He works mainly in analytic philosophy. Courses he has taught include Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Critical Thinking, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Applied Ethics, Frege and Kripke, David Hume, Consequentialism, and Introduction to Philosophy.
He has published papers on philosophical logic, philosophy of language, teaching philosophy, modal semantics, and applied ethics. He has supervised postgraduate students working on such topics as consequentialism, mental explanation, externalism in epistemology, the metaphysics of Paul Tillich and Vijnanavadin, and personal identity.
Besides philosophy, he likes reading, hiking, and music. Though no longer wishing as he did to become a rock musician, he still practices the guitar when time allows. He owns a broken vintage Stratocaster, an Ovation 1995, and an Ibenez George Benson (also broken). Among his favorite writers and musicians are Stanislaw Lem, Qian Zhongshu, Nabokov, Charlie Parker, and Jimmy Hendrix.

Research Interests:
1. Metaphysics
2. Philosophy of language
3. Philosophical Logic

Recent/ Representative Publications:
“Nozick’s Indigenous Truth and Kripke’s Thesis”, presented at 2004 Symposium on Neo-Pragmatism, Academia Sinica. Taiwan, 10.2004.

“Weakness of Will, the Background, and Chinese Thought” (with Chris Fraser), presented at “Searle’s Philosophy and Chinese Philosophy: Constructive Engagement”, 2nd ISCWP International Conference, organized by International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 6.2005.

“Two Ways of Thinking about Weaked-will Action” (with Chris Fraser), presented at International Conference on Chinese Philosophy in Analytical Perspectives, organized by National Science Council of Taiwan and Department of Philosophy at National Chenchi University. Taiwan, 9.2005.

“From Formal Semantics to Two-dimensional Modal Semantics”, 〈金岳霖�蚳�110周年紀念學術研討會〉, 中國社會科學院, 北京. 8.2005