General
XU Zhu
Email: dennis.zhxu@ucas.ac.cn
Telephone: 86-10-8825-6005
Address: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.
Postcode: 100049

Education

PhD, Philosophy of Science, Tsinghua University, 2010.
BA, philosophy, Nanjing University, 2005.

Experience

Assistant Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012.11-
Post doctor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010.7 -- 2012. 10
Visiting Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2008.9 -- 2009.8
Visiting Scholar, Sciences Po, Paris, 2007.11

Selected/Recent Publications

In English
“Mechanism and Productive Event”, Scientific Explanation and Methodology of Science, G. Guo & C. Liu  (ed.). World Scientific Publishing, 2014, pp. 212-226
“Laws, Causality and the Intentional Explanation of Action”, Frontiers of Philosophy in China, 2010, vol. 5, No. 2

In Chinese
“Wittgenstein and Trying Theory of Action”, World Philosophy (Shi Jie Zhe Xue), 2012, No. 5

“On Perceptual Experience of Knowledge of Causation and Laws of Nature”, Philosophical Research (Zhe Xue Yan Jiu), 2012, No. 5

“Adam Smith’s Ideal of Science”, Science and Culture Review (Ke Xue Wen Hua Ping Lun), 2011, vol. 8, No. 2

“Invariance under Intervention”, Studies in Dialectics of Nature (Zi Ran Bian Zheng Fa Yan Jiu), 2011, vol. 27, No. 3

“Counterfactual Account of Causality”, Journal of Dialectics of Nature (Zi Ran Bian Zheng Fa Tong Xun), 2010, vol. 32, No. 5

Research Interests

Epistemology and philosophy of science, especially on virtue epistemology, scientific understanding, and causal explanation.
Philosophy of action, especially on self-knowledge and theory of intention;
Wittgenstein (later)

Selected Courses Taught

Epistemology and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Science Core

Current Projects

"On Theory of Intention in Philosophy of Action", supported by Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2012T50156)

"On Theory of Causation in Contemporary Philosophy of Science", supported by China National Social Science Fund (No. 12CZX016)

Professional Membership

Deputy Secretary General, Chinese Philosophy of Science Association, 2011 –
Council Member of Chinese Wittgenstein Society, 2013 --