Category: events

  • On Law and Ritual: Or, How Best to Combat Corruption?

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    Date & Time: April 30, 2026 (Thursday) 16:00-17:30 Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong   Language: English (In-person Event)     Registration: Here   Abstract: This panel will launch Daniel A. Bell’s new book,  Why Ancient Chinese Political Thought Matters: Four Dialogues on China’s Past, Present, and Future (Princeton University…

  • HKU PPE WORKSHOP 2026

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    Date: March 26 (Thu), 2026  Time: 1:00pm – 6:15pm Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor James Stacey Taylor (The College of New Jersey)  Professor Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol) Professor Shang Long Yeo (National University of Singapore) Date: March 27 (Fri), 2026  Time: 10:00am – 4:30pm Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run…

  • The Value of Information and the Epistemology of Inquiry

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    Gigi Au
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    Date: March 27, 2026 (Fri) Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Venue: Room 10.13, 10/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Richard Pettigrew Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol Registration: Here Abstract: In the analytic tradition, epistemology has typically begun at the point at which we have our evidence; it has then asked which beliefs…

  • Nietzsche on Creating Values

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    Erica Fung
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    Date: December 10, 2025 (Wed) Time:15:30 – 17:30 Venue: Room 4.36, 4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Speaker: Professor Brian Leiter Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence Director, Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values, University of Chicago Abstract: Nietzsche claims in Beyond Good and Evil (sec. 211) that “philosophical laborers” (even “nobles” ones like…