Basic Information

I am Quanmin Li, a Professor of Philosophy at East China Normal University. My primary research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and foundation of cognitive science. I have worked especially on pan-computationalism, the cognitive basis of science and the computational theory of mind. I have published a book on computationalism.

I am presently working on the cognitive structure in contemporary scientific inquiry, especially the features and types of scientific representation and the computational structure of scientific reasoning, and the relationship between knowledge and rational action.

Current Position

• Professor in the Department of Philosophy

• East China Normal University

Current Areas of Specialization

• Philosophy of Science, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, espeically computation and cognition

Education

• B.A., Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, 1982

• M.A, Department of philosophy, Zhongshan( Sun Yat-Sen )University, 1987

Employment

• College of Humanities, Donghua University , Shanghai, 1987-2006

• Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University, Shanhai, 2006-present

Teaching

• Philosophy of science, history of science, philosophy of mind and cognitive science

Grants

• “Epistemological problems in Virtual techonology”, funded by National Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2000-2002

• “Contemporary computationalism” , funded by National Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2005-2008.

• “The cognitive structure of contemporary science” , funded by National Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2014-2019.

Selected Publications

Books:

• The Computational View of the World. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-Sen University Press, 2009 .

• Epistemology for Virtual Reality(with Zhangyi and Chen Jingquan). Shanghai: Xuelin Publication, 2003.