Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of AI,
Classical Chinese Philosophy
Research
Publications
Journal article
"Understanding as a Type of Knowledge. Evidence from Cantonese and Mandarin." (forthcoming) Asian Journal of Philosophy. Lead article in an Article Symposium, with critics and an author's reply (PDF)
Reference Entry
"Understanding" (forthcoming) The Philosophical Glossary of AI, ed. Alex Grzankowski & Benjamin Henke. (Invited entry)
Work in process
Under Review
Monica Ding & Jing Hu, "From Junzihood to Sagehood: Evaluating Moral Understanding of Large Language Models" Under review.
"The Gradability of Understanding and its Attribution Standard" Under review.
Work in Process
"Understanding as Pattern-fitting Knowledge"
"The Misunderstanding Model of Misinformation" (PPT)
"A Linguistic System is a moral system: LLMs' structural limitation in moral diversity"
"AI Virtue Alignment"
Dissertations
PhD Thesis
Understanding as Pattern-fitting Knowledge
supervised by Dr Julien Dutant (KCL)
examined by Prof. Alexander Bird (Cambridge) and Prof. Alison Hills (Oxford)
passed without corrections in Oct 2025
MPhil Thesis
Understanding in the Xunzi and Epistemology
supervised by Prof. Chris Fraser (HKU)
examined by Prof. Herman Cappelen (HKU) and Prof. Christoph Kelp (Glasgow)
passed without corrections in Jan 2021