Philosophy @ NTU Singapore
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This is the official account of the philosophy department at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).
More information can be found at https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/about-us/philosophy/faculty-members.
More information can be found at https://www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/about-us/philosophy/faculty-members.
Forthcoming in February 2026
Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry argues that the aim of science goes far beyond justification and is, instead, a special kind of truth—common knowledge, a broadly shared and mutually justified scientific finding.
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Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry argues that the aim of science goes far beyond justification and is, instead, a special kind of truth—common knowledge, a broadly shared and mutually justified scientific finding.
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Heart of Science
A novel epistemology of science contends that good science need not attain its aims, but it must justify its claims. In Heart of Science, philosopher Jacob Stegenga breaks with the most dominant epi...
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January 9, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Forthcoming in February 2026
Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry argues that the aim of science goes far beyond justification and is, instead, a special kind of truth—common knowledge, a broadly shared and mutually justified scientific finding.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry argues that the aim of science goes far beyond justification and is, instead, a special kind of truth—common knowledge, a broadly shared and mutually justified scientific finding.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Alex Paseau (Oxford) is giving a talk entitled "Is Historical Mathematics Largely True?" at NTU on 8 January 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: event.ntu.edu.sg/2026-01-08-p...
January 5, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Alex Paseau (Oxford) is giving a talk entitled "Is Historical Mathematics Largely True?" at NTU on 8 January 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: event.ntu.edu.sg/2026-01-08-p...
Congratulations to Christophe de Ray for winning the ICC Most Caring Teacher Award 2025!
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Dr. Christophe de Ray wins ICC Most Caring Teacher Award 2025
Christophe de Ray obtained his PhD from King's College London in 2021. After a couple of years teaching theology and philosophy in a London secondary school, he joined NTU as a Lecturer in August 2023...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Congratulations to Christophe de Ray for winning the ICC Most Caring Teacher Award 2025!
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Shame Across East and West edited by Kwak, Thomason, and Cheng is out. In my paper “Xiu Wu in the Mencius,” I argue that xiu 羞 (being ashamed) is one’s reaction towards others’ wrongdoing. I then analyse the psychology of seeing oneself as a communal being on Mencius’s view.
Shame Across East and West | Jun-Hyeok Kwak, Krista K. Thomason, Ken C
In order to gain a deeper understanding of shame and shamelessness as ethico-political phenomena in the contemporary world, this book stages a cross-cultural
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October 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Shame Across East and West edited by Kwak, Thomason, and Cheng is out. In my paper “Xiu Wu in the Mencius,” I argue that xiu 羞 (being ashamed) is one’s reaction towards others’ wrongdoing. I then analyse the psychology of seeing oneself as a communal being on Mencius’s view.
NTU Philosophy welcomes applications from prospective MA and PhD students. Scholarships are available. The application deadline is 31 December.
Note: Starting this year MA students are eligible for advanced entry to a PhD programme in the University of Leeds.
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Note: Starting this year MA students are eligible for advanced entry to a PhD programme in the University of Leeds.
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Prospective Students
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October 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
NTU Philosophy welcomes applications from prospective MA and PhD students. Scholarships are available. The application deadline is 31 December.
Note: Starting this year MA students are eligible for advanced entry to a PhD programme in the University of Leeds.
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Note: Starting this year MA students are eligible for advanced entry to a PhD programme in the University of Leeds.
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Casey McCoy (Yonsei University) is giving a talk entitled "Pursuit-worthiness and Epistemic Justification of Scientific Theories" at NTU on 17 Oct 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: event.ntu.edu.sg/philosophy-m...
Pursuit-worthiness and Epistemic Justification of Scientific Theories
Pursuit-worthiness and Epistemic Justification of Scientific Theories
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October 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Casey McCoy (Yonsei University) is giving a talk entitled "Pursuit-worthiness and Epistemic Justification of Scientific Theories" at NTU on 17 Oct 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: event.ntu.edu.sg/philosophy-m...
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Wrote a short piece for the IAI, on my recent paper on black holes and global energy! Contrary to title, I don't claim to have the messy truth behind black hole physics, but I do think we can move (and ppl are) from idealized global approaches to quasi-local approaches, in search of deidealization.
Over the last century, black holes have evolved from a theoretical curiosity into a key testing ground for modern physics. | https://bit.ly/48Rgc0t
But as Eugene Chua argues, the models rely on untested assumptions, including those behind Hawking’s theory of black hole evaporation.
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But as Eugene Chua argues, the models rely on untested assumptions, including those behind Hawking’s theory of black hole evaporation.
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Hawking radiation and the messy truth behind black hole physics | Eugene Chua
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October 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Wrote a short piece for the IAI, on my recent paper on black holes and global energy! Contrary to title, I don't claim to have the messy truth behind black hole physics, but I do think we can move (and ppl are) from idealized global approaches to quasi-local approaches, in search of deidealization.
Daniel Waxman (NUS) is giving a talk entitled "If You’re Happy, Clap Your Hands!" at NTU on 9 Oct 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
If You’re Happy, Clap Your Hands!
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October 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Daniel Waxman (NUS) is giving a talk entitled "If You’re Happy, Clap Your Hands!" at NTU on 9 Oct 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Ina Jäntgen (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy) is giving a talk entitled "Measuring Effectiveness to Inform Decision-Makers" at NTU on 26 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Measuring Effectiveness to Inform Decision-Makers
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September 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ina Jäntgen (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy) is giving a talk entitled "Measuring Effectiveness to Inform Decision-Makers" at NTU on 26 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Winnie Sung has been awarded the MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant (Call 1/2025) for her research project: Epistemic Blinkering.
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School - Associate Professor Winnie Sung has been awarded the MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant (Call 1/2025) for her research project Epistemic Blinkering. Congratulations, Prof Sung! Abstract: There are vario...
Associate Professor Winnie Sung has been awarded the MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant (Call 1/2025) for her research project Epistemic Blinkering.
Congratulations, Prof Sung!
Abstract:
There are various ways.....
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September 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Winnie Sung has been awarded the MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant (Call 1/2025) for her research project: Epistemic Blinkering.
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Final Call: We are hiring for multiple positions (open rank and open area).
Hard deadline for applications: September 30, 2025.
See here for more details: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Hard deadline for applications: September 30, 2025.
See here for more details: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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September 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Final Call: We are hiring for multiple positions (open rank and open area).
Hard deadline for applications: September 30, 2025.
See here for more details: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Hard deadline for applications: September 30, 2025.
See here for more details: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
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Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26
Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026
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September 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Very happy to announce that the CFP is now open for APSA26: The Inaugural Biennial Conference of the Asian Philosophy of Science Association! It will be held at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The keynote will be Craig Callender. Submission deadline: 31 Dec 2025. URL: tinyurl.com/APSA26
Clint Hurshman (NUS) is giving a talk entitled "Clinical nudging as informing" at NTU on 18 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Clinical nudging as informing
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September 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Clint Hurshman (NUS) is giving a talk entitled "Clinical nudging as informing" at NTU on 18 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University) is giving a talk entitled "Grief Utterances" at NTU on 11 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Grief Utterances
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September 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Vilius Dranseika (Jagiellonian University) is giving a talk entitled "Grief Utterances" at NTU on 11 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
A new translation of excepts from the Mencius and the Xunzi by Winnie Sung in A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (edited by Mohammed Rustom).
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September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A new translation of excepts from the Mencius and the Xunzi by Winnie Sung in A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy (edited by Mohammed Rustom).
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Yafeng Shan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) is giving a talk entitled "Understanding in the Social Sciences" at NTU on 04 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
Understanding in the Social Sciences
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August 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Yafeng Shan (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) is giving a talk entitled "Understanding in the Social Sciences" at NTU on 04 Sep 2025. All are welcome! More details can be found here: www.ntu.edu.sg/soh/news-eve...
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My paper w/ Bosco Garcia (UCSD) & Harman Brah (UCLA) on the 'problem of atypicality' for LLM-powered psychiatry is now published at the Journal of Medical Ethics! Just as GPT5 is touting capability as "active thought partner"...
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The problem of atypicality in LLM-powered psychiatry
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly proposed as scalable solutions to the global mental health crisis. But their deployment in psychiatric contexts raises a distinctive ethical concern: the ...
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August 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
My paper w/ Bosco Garcia (UCSD) & Harman Brah (UCLA) on the 'problem of atypicality' for LLM-powered psychiatry is now published at the Journal of Medical Ethics! Just as GPT5 is touting capability as "active thought partner"...
JME link: bit.ly/jme-atypical...
Preprint: bit.ly/atypicality-...
JME link: bit.ly/jme-atypical...
Preprint: bit.ly/atypicality-...
A new publication by Eugene Chua (with Craig Callender)
'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity'
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'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity'
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The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A new publication by Eugene Chua (with Craig Callender)
'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity'
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
'The Toll of the Tolman Effect: On the Status of Classical Temperature in General Relativity'
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We are hiring Nanyang Assistant Professors. Successful candidates will be offered a tenure-track appointment, a reduced teaching load for the first few years, and a start-up grant of up to S$1 million.
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Nanyang Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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July 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We are hiring Nanyang Assistant Professors. Successful candidates will be offered a tenure-track appointment, a reduced teaching load for the first few years, and a start-up grant of up to S$1 million.
philjobs.org/job/show/29318
philjobs.org/job/show/29318
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Talks from the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop held at NTU Singapore, co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, are now available on YouTube here: bit.ly/yt-ftd2025
Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)
Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)
2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop, Singapore - YouTube
Recordings of talks from the Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop held at NTU Singapore 16-18 July 2025.
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July 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Talks from the 2025 Foundations of Thermodynamics workshop held at NTU Singapore, co-organized with @wmyrvold.bsky.social, are now available on YouTube here: bit.ly/yt-ftd2025
Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)
Thanks again to all participants for attending the workshop and contributing to the lively and fruitful discussions! :)
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Happy to share that my recent paper on confabulation is now published as part of the Eurasian Memory Meeting topical collection in the Asian JP:
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Illusions of memory: what referential confabulation can tell us about remembering - Asian Journal of Philosophy
Recent philosophy of memory tends to treat confabulation as a distinctive type of representational error, marked by reference failure, often via direct analogy with the traditional conception of senso...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy to share that my recent paper on confabulation is now published as part of the Eurasian Memory Meeting topical collection in the Asian JP:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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We are hiring in Philosophy at NTU!
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured positions: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured positions: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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July 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We are hiring in Philosophy at NTU!
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured positions: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Open rank and open area call for tenure-track/tenured positions: philjobs.org/job/show/29338
Welcome! This is the official account for Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University. Here we will be sharing news and events from our faculty.
July 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Views expressed on this account belong to the School of Humanities community and do not represent NTU’s official stance. We encourage respectful discussions, but are not responsible for third-party content. For guidelines, see here: ntu.edu.sg/social-media-community-guidelines