My research is at the intersection of social-political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and applied ethics. I also have interests in gender studies and philosophy in the so-called “non-Western” tradition.
Project in progress
Dissertation
Tentative Title: Dismantling Structural Injustice: From Moral Theory to Implementation
My dissertation project focuses on ethical issues related to structural injustice. I am currently analyzing the theoretical ground and exploring institutional mechanisms for implementing an effective response to structural injustice.
Other Projects
The Morality of Discrimination
Transnational Marriage Migration, Human Rights, and Global Structural Injustice
A Care Ethics Interpretation of the Socialist Principle of Distribution
Anarchism and Random Selection
Taiwanese Philosophy: What is it? Why do we need it?
Refereed Conference Presentations
“What Type of Justice is Called for When Responding to Structural Injustice?,” American Philosophical Association (APA), Eastern Division Annual Meeting, Jan 2021
“Rethinking Transnational Marriage Migration Through the Lens of Structural Injustice,” Bay Area Feminism and Philosophy Workshop (BayFAP), Jun 2020; Global Structural Injustice and Minority Rights Conference, Mar 2020
“Subordinating Differential Treatment: Discrimination and Its Problematic Nature,” American Philosophical Association (APA), Central Division Annual Meeting, Feb 2020
“Anarchism and Random Selection,” Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Jun 2019
“Why Do We Need Taiwanese Philosophy? Taiwan As a Contributor in the Knowledge-building World,” Annual Meeting of the North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA), May 2019
“Immigrant Spouses in Taiwan: What are the Threats to Their Human Rights?” Human Rights. Feminist and Gender-Philosophical Perspectives Cooperative Symposium, Nov 2018
“Is the Combination Problem Easier Than the Hard Problem?” Annual Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP), Jun 2017; Annual Meeting of The Science of Consciousness (TSC), Jun 2017
“The Puzzle about Particularity of Perceptual Content and a Deeper Question,” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC), Jul 2015
“The Non-Trivial Subject Unity,” Annual Meeting of the ASSC, Jul 2014
“What is the Most Fundamental Unity of Consciousness?,” Annual Meeting of the ASSC, Jul 2013
“Do Split-Brain Subjects Have Unified Consciousness?,” Annual Meeting of the ASSC, Jul 2012
“The Unity of Consciousness and the Split-Brain Syndrome,” Annual Meeting of Toward the Sciences of Consciousness (TSC), Apr 2012
“Do Chimpanzees Have Better Working Memory of Numerals than Humans?,” Annual Meeting of the ASSC, Jun 2011
Comments
Comments on Matthew Turyn’s “The Need for Epistemic First-Person Authority,” American Philosophical Association (APA), Pacific Division Annual Meeting, Apr 2021
Comments on Tyler Pugeda’s “Ontology of American Sign Language Poems,” Rutgers Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Apr 2017
