Basic Information

Feng received his PhD from Renmin University of China in 2012 and earned B.A. and M.A. from Beijing Normal University in 2004,2007. Feng also studied at Brown University（2008-2009）and St. Olaf College （2014）as visiting scholar . He currently works in department of philosophy at East China Normal University since 2012.

Research Interests

• philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of cognitive sciences

Research Field

• History of Chemistry and Medicine, Philosophy of Science, Cognitive History, Public Understanding of Science

Publications（All in Chinese）

Feng recently published a new book Concept and Perception: How the Mind Conceptualizes the World（China Science & Technology Press，2018）. Other publications include：

1. “McDowell and Dreyfus on Embodied Skillful Coping”Philosophical Analysis 2019（03）

2. “Environment, Vehicle and Cognition: Extended Mind theory as Active Externalism” Philosophical Studies 2009（12）.

3. “Nonconceptualism of Experiential Content Revisited：Based on the Two Levels of Possession and Constitution” Academic Monthly 2018（12）.

4. “Artificial Swarm Intelligence: Its Advancements and Problems” Nanjing Journal of Social Sciences 2018（5）.

5. “Kim’s Functional Mode of Reduction: A Form of Mind-Body Reduction Based on Realization” Studies in Dialectics of Nature 2018（10）.

6. “Kim’s Metaphysical Defense for Mental Causation” Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology 2018（4）.