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The Department of Philosophy teaches undergraduate students
from various faculties, including Arts, Social Science,
Engineering and Science. The aim is to provide students with a
good understanding of basic philosophical issues, and to improve
their critical thinking skills and language abilities. Enrolment in
philosophy courses reaches around 1000 each year.
About our courses
Studying philosophy
- If you are taking any of our courses, please make sure that you read these notes on plagiarism and citation.
- If you want to know more about philosophy, or if you
a philosophy student looking for some advice about
studying the subject, please visit our online guide Introducing philosophy.
- Are you interested in postgraduate studies in philosophy? See the links on
this page and also the Philosophical Gourmet Report.
- Here are some suggestions from Dr. Joe Lau.
- pSearch is a philosophy search engine useful for do research for your essays.
Alumni
Some graduates who have studied philosophy at HKU:
- Hong Kong Legislator Margaret Ng
- Professor Kwong-loi Shun. Chair Professor of Philosophy at Chinese University of Hong Kong. Former Vice-President and Principal of the University of Toronto at Scarborough.
- Terence Chang, now Headmaster of Diocesan Boys' School, studied Philosophy and Comparative Literature at HKU.
- Charles Chau, Executive vice president of strategy and research as well as managing director for North Asia, MTV Networks.
Comments, questions and problems - who to contact
- Dr. Hawley is the Director of undergraduate studies.
- The staff-student consultative committee meets with students
regularly to discuss various issues.
If you have any comments, please contact Dr. O'Leary or Dr. Hawley.
- For matters relating to sexual harrassment, please contact Dr. Alex Cook who is our sexual harassment officer.
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