這是一場將東方思想智慧和企業管理融合的對談，旨在探討如何將儒釋道的教義和價值觀運用於現代企業管理實踐之中。講座將從中華文化的視角，探討企業家如何樹立正確的價值觀，落實到企業的日常運營中，探尋中華文化視野下的企業家心性與踐行之道。

Many thinkers – analytic philosophers, pre-analytic philosophers, and scientists alike – have argued for “agent-specific possibilities” (ASP), by which we mean alternative possibilities specifically for the agent that operate within a deterministic physical world. List recently provides a famous multiple realizability model of the view. We argue that previous critiques of the model have overlooked a core argument therein, namely that the assessment should assume an “agential level only” theoretical starting point that starts only from a higher-level perspective. However, through our novel metaphysical and probabilistic analyses, which show that an agential state is inseparably connected to a specific underlying physical state despite its apparent multiple realizability, we demonstrate that ASP theories are ultimately incompatible with a naturalistic worldview.

Online
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Meeting ID: 967 2357 2715
Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/96723572715

Face-to-face
Register by 18 May 2024
Link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13688634

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of our MA in Philosophy Programme, a series of book sharing event titled “MA 20周年慶：齊來讀哲學” will be held from March to October 2024. The 2nd book reading session will be led by Dr. Kwok Pak-nin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, CUHK. The purpose of the event is to promote reading of philosophy books and the MA programme to the general public. Dr. Kwok will introduce and share the book for 45 minutes, 2 alumni in the reading group will share the book for 15 minutes each, the rest of time will be Q&A for the participants/general public.

If you are interested to join, please register the event at: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13683012.
(Limited seats. Registration will be handled on a first come, first served basis)

The global economy and international politics have witnessed profound structural shifts during the recent decades. The world is facing rising geopolitical volatility and pressures against globalization. Meanwhile, disruptive technological innovation and economic structural transformation are creating new space for growth. The Belt and Road Initiative has generated new dynamism of development, enhancing connectivity across Asia, Europe and Africa. In this context, how to analyse the opportunities and challenges in China-ASEAN relations and China-Europe relations? How should Hong Kong, and more broadly, China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA), better serve as a “super-connector” to promote connectivity and cooperation between China and other countries in Asia and Europe? Jointly organized by Centre for China Studies, Faculty of Arts, CUHK, and the Institute of International Affairs, CUHK (Shenzhen), the GBA Asia Global Dialogue 2024 convenes leadings scholars and policy experts in the field to address these questions.

深入探索佛教與管理的智慧！香港中文大學人間佛教研究中心將於2024年5月31日舉辦一場精彩的講座：「佛教與管理」。這場對談由楊勳先生（香港旭日集團副董事長兼總經理）與淨因法師（香港寶蓮禪寺住持/南京大學教授）主講，陳劍鍠教授（香港中文大學人間佛教研究中心主任）主持。

嘉賓們分享如何將佛教智慧融入現代企業管理實踐。無論您是企業家、管理專業人士，還是對佛教管理有興趣的人士，這場講座都將帶來給您新的啟發，點亮心燈。

這是不容錯過的盛會，儘快報名獲取現場席位，一同探索佛教與管理的奧秘！

“Dialectics of Control: An Inter-Asian Perspective”

Critics have called the 21st century the “Asian Century,” predicting that Asia will lead the cultural and economic development of the world. However, what we have seen across Asia in the last two decades is the rise of authoritarian rule, decoloniality far from complete, modernization extremely uneven, as well as the mutual reinforcement of nationalism and patriarchy. In this workshop, we want to investigate how we can conceptualize and problematize the dialectics of control and freedom in Asia under such circumstances. We want to look back at recent history to explore how power was formed and circulated in different Asian countries. We also want to explore the relationship between governance, cultural production, and knowledge dissemination, and how the people might still be able to negotiate and shape their autonomy. We hope that this workshop could help us fathom the relationship between control and liberation, bringing new insights on nationalism, imperialism and postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, hereditary victimhood nationality, as well as collective trauma and memory.

Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13683443
Event Page: https://ccs.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/main/?events=dialectics-of-control-an-inter-asian-perspective

Sharing from Professor James Frankel, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies: “World Religions” is the kind of course where I can help students grasp big ideas, including reflection on what it means to be human. I try to foster them to transform information into knowledge, and knowledge into wisdom, as they embark on their lives beyond the university. My job is not to merely instill ideas, but to facilitate students’ own discovery of truth, bringing their moral and intellectual instincts to the conscious fore. Nothing compares for me with the experience of witnessing young minds expand. Helping to bring students to a better understanding of themselves and inculcating within them a love of learning, with the proviso that they must be active participants in the process, is the heart of my work and the joy of my heart. Knowing that they have shared my delight in taking this educational journey with them brings me the utmost satisfaction in my profession. Receiving this award is an indication that my colleagues and the university at large also appreciate my efforts. This affirmation of my labor of love is especially gratifying.

Sharing from Professor Hayden Kee, Department of Philosophy: Teaching philosophy is one of the great challenges and joys of my life. When teaching in General Education at CUHK I try to find the intersection of my interests and knowledge, students’ interests and questions, and the world we're living in. That’s where meaningful inquiry can spark. I’m grateful to have the freedom and flexibility to teach in this way in UGE, and I’m grateful to my students for their enthusiasm and willingness to take intellectual risks.

Our Commitment and Aspirations

CUHK Arts comprises more than 300 teaching faculty, each with a broad range of expertise and research interests. Like Professor Frankel and Professor Kee, our enthusiastic academic staff train new generations of scholars in various fields and cultivate imaginative learners and responsible citizens. The Faculty deeply values the contributions of our faculty and is grateful for their dedication to providing outstanding education. We remain committed to supporting our academic staff in their pursuit of teaching and research excellence.

About the SCGE Exemplary Teaching Award in General Education (The Award):

General Education (GE) has been a key part of the CUHK undergraduate curriculum which aims at nurturing students as educated persons with the intellect and inclination to appreciate broad issues concerning humanity and modern society. The Award is presented annually by the Senate Committee on General Education (SCGE) to normally up to four teachers in recognition of their exemplary contribution to teaching and learning in GE.

太平天國戰爭為明清時期的文學與文化範式帶來了深刻的影響。作為一部在十九世紀末與二十世紀初備受歡迎的文人小說，《花月痕》集中體現出其作者魏秀仁如何結合多種文體來對戰爭中的個人經驗進行書寫，並通過抒情傳統在戰後對創傷經驗進行重寫與超越。

無需報名，歡迎參加。

Online
No registration is required.
Meeting ID: 935 0383 0755
Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/93503830755

Face-to-face
Register by 4 May 2024
Link: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13687847

The goal of this event is to bring specialists from fields as varied as computer science, math, law, and humanities together in an interdisciplinary dialogue, so that the audience will see the state-of-art critique of Generative AI at the intersection of various perspectives. The focus of the panel will be on the nature of creativity in (Large Multimodal Models) LMMs and (Large Language Models) LLMs. Panel speakers will each present one frontier topic of their fields and then hold a roundtable discussion of the above issue.