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Fall Semester, 2026

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Consciousness: Science and Philosophy	Allen Houng Peichi Tu	Mon 13:20-15:20	P / U M / E
Neuroscience & Society	Alexandre Erler	Mon 17:30-19:20	P / U E
Logics	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 08:00-10:00	P / U G / E
Where the Human Is Redefined: Humanity, Freedom, and the Meaning of Life under the Scientific-Technological Worldview	Karen Yan	Tue 12:10-15:10	P U
Personal identity, Death, and the Human Condition	Alexandre Erler	Tue 13:20-16:20	P / M E
When Life’s Hard Problems Knock at the Door	Hio-Ngou Chio	Tue 17:30-19:20	P U
Is the Universe a Thought? — Idealism from Plato to AI	Justin Hewtison	Wed 10:00-13:00	P / M E / O
Meaning in Life	Ying-Tung Lin	Wed 15:30-18:20	P / U M
Religion: Concepts, Experience, and Materiality	Paloma Muñoz Gómez	Wed 17:30-19:20	P / U E
Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-10:00	U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition: Things Minds Do	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 10:10-12:00	P / U E
Social and Linguistic Topics in Popular Culture	Yann-Ru Ho	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Philosophy of Qi	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 13:20-16:20	P M
Mind and Materiality⎯The Dark Side: Oppressive Things, Hostile Scaffolding, and Maladaptive Niches	Christopher McCarroll	Fri 10:00-13:00	P M
Seminar in Philosophy I	Alexandre Erler	Fri 15:30-17:20	P / G E

Spring Semester, 2026

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Mon 13:20-16:20	P / G E
Yoga: From History to Modern Practice	Paloma Muñoz Gómez	Tue 08:00-10:00	P / U E
The Philosophy of Virtual Persons: Deepfakes, Digital Clones, & AI Companions	Alexandre Erler	Tue 10:00-13:00	P / M E
Topics in Contemporary Metaphysics and Scientific Metaphysics	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 13:20-16:20	P / G E
Critical Thinking	Hio-Ngou Chio	Tue 17:30-19:20	p U
Contemporary Psychological and Phenomenological Studies of Meditation and the Self	Justin Hewtison	Wed 10:00-13:00	P / M E
Integrated History and Philosophy of Experimental Psychology	Karen Yan	Wed 14:00-17:00	P M
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:10-12:00	P U
Social and Linguistic Topics in Popular Culture	Yann-Ru Ho	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Philosophy of Zhuangzi: Qi-Ontology and Perspectivism	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 14:20-17:20	P G
Self and Other	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 10:00-13:00	P M
Seminar in Philosophy II	Justin Hewtison	Fri 15:30-17:20	P / G E

Fall Semester, 2025

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Logics	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 08:00-10:00	P / U G / E
Reality and Knowledge in the Age of VR	Hio-Ngou Chio	Tue 08:00-10:00	P U
AI, Mind, & Consciousness	Alexandre Erler	Tue 10:00-13:00	P / M E
Social and Linguistic Topics in Popular Culture	Yann-Ru Ho	Tue 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Meditation, Mind, and Ontology in Indian Philosophy	Justin Hewtison	Wed 10:00-13:00	P / U M / E
Philosophy of Pain and Suffering	Ying-Tung Lin Christopher McCarroll	Wed 15:30-18:20	P / M E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-09:50	U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition: Things Minds Do	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 10:10-12:00	P / U E
Bioethics	Alexandre Erler	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Philosophy of Martial Arts	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 14:20-17:20	G
Seminar in Philosophy I	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 15:30-17:20	P G
Speculative Design X Human-AI CoCreation	Ying-Tung Lin Kuang-Yi Ku		P U

Spring Semester, 2025

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Conceptual Tools for Understanding the Experiences of Women in Taiwan	Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20	P U
Logics	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 08:00-10:00	P / U G / E
Social and Linguistic Topics in Popular Culture	Yann-Ru Ho	Tue 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Imagination and Experience: Philosophical Explorations	Christopher McCarroll	Tue 13:20-16:20	P / M E
A Survey of Classical Greek Philosophy	Justin Hewtison	Wed 10:00-13:00	U / G E
Agency, self, and AI	Ying-Tung Lin Alexandre Erler	Wed 13:20-16:20	P / M E
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 10:10-12:00	P / U E
Freedom, Truth & Democracy in a Technological Age	Alexandre Erler	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Scientific Realism	Jonathon Hricko	Thu 13:20-16:20	P / G E
Philosophy of Zhuangzi and Xunzi	Kai-Yuan Cheng Hua Wang	Thu 14:20-17:20	G
Consciousness Studies II	Karen Yan Alexandre Erler	Fri 10:00-12:00	P / M E
Seminar in Philosophy II	Karen Yan	Fri 15:30-17:20	P G

Fall Semester, 2024

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
General Psychology	Li-Hung Chang	Tue 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy & Ethics of AI	Alexandre Erler	Tue 10:10-11:00	P / M E
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Tue 15:30-86:20	P / G E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-09:50	U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Pain	Ying-Tung Lin Christopher McCarroll Chia-shu Lin	Thu 10:00-13:00	P / M E
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	Alexandre Erler	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Selfless Minds	Christopher McCarroll Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 14:20-15:10	P / M E
Cross-Disciplinary GE Course：Things We Learned from Animals	Kai-Yuan Cheng Karen Yan with others teachers	Thu 15:30-17:20	U
Special Topics on Philosophy of Religion	Kai-Yuan Cheng Yuan-Lin Tsai	Thu 17:30-20:20	G
Consciousness Studies I	Karen Yan	Fri 10:00-12:00	P M
Seminar in Philosophy I	Karen Yan Alexandre Erler	Fri 15:30-17:20	P G

Spring Semester, 2024

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Logics	Jonathon Hrick	Tue 08:00-10:00	P / U G / E
Mind, Life, Death, and Spiritual Care	Karen Yan	Tue 13:20-15:10	P U
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Tue 13:20-16:20	P G
Seminar in Philosophy of Memory	Christopher McCarroll Ying-Tung Lin	Tue 17:30-18:20	P / M E
Personal Identity and Ethics	Alexandre Erler	Wed 10:00-13:00	P / M E
Mindshaping	Christopher McCarroll	Wed 13:20-16:20	P / M E
Conceptual Tools for Understanding the Experiences of Women in Taiwan	Ying-Tung Lin	Wed 17:30-19:20	P U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	P U
Neuroethics	Alexandre Erler	Thu 10:00-12:00	P / U E
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Psychedelics, Psychiatry, and Self-Consciousness in Different Cultural Bodies I	Karen Yan Allen Houng	Thu 13:20-15:10	P M
No-Self in Cross-Cultural Philosophy and Neuroscience	Kai-Yuan Cheng Pei-Chi Tu	Thu 18:30-21:20	P M
Mind and Digital Technology	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 10:00-13:00	P M
Seminar in Philosophy II	Angel Ho	Fri 15:30-17:20	P G

Fall Semester, 2023

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Values in Science and Technology	Karen Yan	Mon 18:30-21:20	P M
General Psychology	Li-Hung Chang	Tue 10:10-12:00	P U
AI, Life, & Mind	Alexandre Erler	Tue 10:00-13:00	P M
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Tue 13:20-16:20	P / G E
Critical and Creative Thinking	Jonathon Hricko Ying-Tung Lin	Tue 17:30-19:20 Thu 17:30-19:20	P / U O / E
Attention and its Ethics	Ying-Tung Lin	Wed 10:00-12:00	P M
Argumentative Essays	Jonathon Hricko	Wed 13:20-15:10	P / U O / E
Thinking about Thinking : Metacognition and the Mind	Ying-Tung Lin Christopher McCarroll	Wed 15:30-18:20	P / M E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-09:50	U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 10:00-12:00	P / U E
Freedom, Truth & Democracy in a Technological Age	Alexandre Erler	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Plant Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 15:30-17:20	P / M E
Philosophy of Zhuangzi	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 17:30-20:20	M
Contemporary Psychological and Phenomenological Studies of Meditation and the Self	Justin M. Hewitson	Fri 09:00-12:00	P / M E
Seminar in Philosophy I	Jonathon Hricko	Fri 15:30-17:30	P / G E

Spring Semester, 2023

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Mon 13:20-16:20	P G
Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging	Li-Hung Chang	Mon 15:30-17:20	P M
Critical and Creative Thinking	Michael Stuart Jonathon Hricko Karen Yan Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20 Wed 17:30-19:20 Thu 15:30-17:20 Thu 17:30-19:20	P U O E
Personal Identity and Ethics	Alexandre Erler	Tue 09:00-12:00	P / M E
General Psychology	Li-Hung Chang	Tue 10:10-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Caring	Karen Yan	Tue 13:20-15:10	P U
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Tue 15:30-17:20 Tue 17:30-19:20	P / U O
Conceptual Tools for Understanding the Experiences of Women in Taiwan	Ying-Tung Lin	Tue 17:30-19:20	P U
Grief: Philosophical and Clinical Perspective	Karen Yan Christopher McCarroll	Wed 14:20-17:20	P / M E
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	Alexandre Erler	Thu 10:10-12:00	P / U E
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Mental Autonomy and Epistemic Rights: Fake News and Cognitive Warfare as Case Studies	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 10:00-13:00	P M
Realism for Realistic People	Jonathon Hricko Karen Yan Michael Stuart	Fri 13:20-15:10	P / G E
Seminar in Philosophy II	Christopher McCarroll	Fri 15:30-17:30	P G
Speculative Design and Storytelling	Kuang-Yi Ku	Sat 15:30-17:30	P U

Fall Semester, 2022

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Philosophy of Psychedelics	Allen Houng Peichi Tu Karen Yan	Mon 13:20-15:10	M
Critical and Creative Thinking	Ying-Tung Lin Jonathon Hricko Karen Yan Michael Stuart Jack Yang	Mon 13:20-15:10 Mon 17:30-19:20 Tue 17:30-19:20 Thu 17:30-19:20 Fri 13:20-15:10	P U O E
Freedom and mind manipulation	Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20	P U
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Tue 08:00-09:50	P U
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Tue 13:20-15:10	P / U O
General Psychology	Li-Hung Chang	Tue 10:10-12:00	P U
Algorithmic Decision & Learning	Po-An Chen	Tue 13:20-16:20	P G
Epistemology of mental simulation: What and how we live and learn through memory and imagination	Ying-Tung Lin Christopher McCarroll Michael Stuart	Tue 13:20-16:20	P / M E
Human-Centered Care and Technology in Practice	Karen Yan	Tue 17:30-18:20	P G
English Public Speaking and Presentation for Graduate Students	Yann-Ru Ho	Wed 10:10-12:00	G E
Argumentative Essays	Jonathon Hricko	Wed 13:20-15:10	P / G E / O
Philosophy of Language	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Wed 13:20-16:20	P M
Metaphilosophy	Michael Stuart	Wed 16:30-19:20	P / M E
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-09:50	U
Neuroethics	Alexandre Erler	Thu 10:00-12:00	P / U E
Morality and Human Cognition	Li-Hung Chang	Thu 10:00-12:00	P U
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 10:00-12:00	P / U E
Chinese and Western Comparative Philosophies	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Meditation, Mind, and Ontology in Indian Philosophy	Justin M. Hewitson	Thu 13:20-16:20	P / M E
Cross-Disciplinary GE Course：Things We Learned from Animals	Kai-Yuan Cheng Karen Yan with other teachers	Thu 15:30-17:20	U
Issues in the Philosophy of Advanced Artificial Intelligence	Alexandre Erler	Fri 10:00-13:00	P / M E
The Fragmented Mind: Rationality and Inconsistent Beliefs	Christopher McCarroll Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 13:20-15:10	P / M E
Seminar in Philosophy I	Alexandre Erler	Fri 15:30-17:30	P G

Spring Semester, 2022

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	Yann-Ru Ho	Mon 13:00-16:00	P G
Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging	Li-Hung Chang	Mon 15:30-17:20	P G
The Concerto of Brain Science and Humanities	J. C. Hsieh	Mon 15:30-17:20	G
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Mon 17:30-19:20	P / U O
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Tue 08:00-09:50	P U
Personal Identity and Ethics	Alexandre Erler	Mon 16:30-19:20	P / M E
Critical and Creative Thinking	Ying-Tung Lin Jonathon Hricko Karen Yan Michael Stuart Jack Yang	Tue 08:00-09:50 Tue 17:30-19:20 Wed 17:30-19:20 Thu 10:10-12:00 Thu 17:30-19:20	P U O E
Human-Centered Care and Technology	Karen Yan	Tue 15:30-18:20	P M
Issues in Philosophy of Memory	Christopher McCarroll	Wed 09:00-12:00	P / M E
Philosophy of Engineering: from Biomedicine to Space and Back	Michael Stuart	Wed 13:00-16:00	P / M E
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	P U
English Academic Writing for Graduate Students	Yann-Ru Ho	Thu 10:00-12:00	G E
The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence	Alexandre Erler	Thu 10:00-12:00	P / U E
Philosophy of Mind and Cognition	Christopher McCarroll	Thu 13:20-15:10	P / U E
Disposition	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 13:00-16:00	P M
Philosophy of Pain and Suffering	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 10:00-13:00	P / M O
Interdisciplinary Research Methods	Karen Yan Michael Stuart	Fri 14:20-15:10	P / M E
Seminar in Philosophy II	Michael Stuart	Fri 15:30-17:30	P G

Fall Semester, 2021

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Logic	Chi-Yen Liu	Mon 13:20-16:20 Tue 08:00-10:00	U P
AI, Mind and Value	Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20	U P
Scientific Imagination and Creativity	Michael Stuart	Tue 15:30-18:20	P M
Argumentative Essays	Jonathon Hricko	Wed 13:20-15:10	G
Philosophy of Wittgenstein	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Wed 15:30-18:20	M
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-10:00	U
Introduction to Philosophy	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Value, Morality, and the Future Society	Yuan-J Yang	Thu 10:00-12:00	U P
Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience in Practice	Karen Yan	Thu 14:20-17:20	P M
Philosophy of Human-Computer Interaction	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 10:00-13:00	P M
Philosophy of Science and Technology	Michael Stuart	Fri 13:20-15:10	U P
Seminar in Philosophy I	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 17:30-19:20	P G

Spring Semester, 2021

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Scientific Realism	Jonathon Hricko	Mon 13:20-16:20	G
Logic	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 08:00-10:00	U
Critical Thinking	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 10:00-12:00	U P
Seminar in Philosophical Logics II	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 10:00-12:00	G
Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 13:20-16:20	G
Brain, Mind and Philosophy	Ying-Tung Lin	Tue 17:30-19:20	U P
Introduction to Theory of Computation	Po-An Chen	Wed 10:00-13:00	G / P O
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Philosophy of Molecular Biology	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-10:00	U
Philosophy of Mind	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Value, Morality, and the Future Society	Yuan-J Yang	Thu 10:00-12:00	U P
Philosophy of Caring	Karen Yan	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Philosophy of Self	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 13:20-16:20	M
Philosophy of the Sciences of Mind and Brain	Karen Yan	Thu 16:30-19:20	P M
Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Pain and Suffering	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 09:00-12:00	M
Seminar in Philosophy II	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 15:30-17:20	G
Seminar on Philosophy, Intelligence, Brain and Mind Ⅱ	Ying-Tung Lin	Fri 15:30-17:20	U P
Epistemology	H. Y. Cheng	Fri 09:00-12:00

Fall Semester, 2020

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
AI, Self and Consciousness	Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20	U P
Introduction to Consciousness	Ying-Tung Lin	Mon 17:30-19:20	U
Logic	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 08:00-10:00	U
Seminar on Philosophical Logics	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 10:00-12:00	G
Consciousness and the Self	Ying-Tung Lin	Tue 14:00-17:00	M
Logic and Its Applications in Information and Communication Technology	Wen-Fang Wang	Tue 15:30-17:20	U P
Metaphysics	Wen-Fang Wang	Wed 10:00-13:00	G
Argumentative Essays	Jonathon Hricko	Wed 13:20-15:10	U G
Multidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Logical Analysis of Life Science	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-10:00	U
Chinese and Western Comparative Philosophies	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Value Theories of Mind, Life and Death	Karen Yan	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
AI and Human Society	Yuan-J Yang	Thu 13:20-15:10	U P
Philosophy of Language	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 13:20-16:20	M
Philosophical Issues about the COVID-19 Pandemic	Karen Yan	Fri 13:00-16:00	G
Seminar in Philosophy I	Karen Yan	Fri 16:00-18:00	G

Spring Semester, 2020

Course Title	Instructor	Time	Notes
Panpsychism	Allen Y. Houng	Mon 13:30-16:30	G
Self and Personal Identity	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Mon 17:30-20:30	M
Critical Thinking	Jonathon Hricko	Tue 10:00-12:00	U P
Introduction to Philosophy of Science	Karen Yan	Tue 10:00-12:00	U P
Value, Morality, and the Future Society	Yuan-J Yang	Wed 13:20-15:10	U P
Platonism in Ancient and Modern Times	Thomas Benda	Wed 14:00-17:00	G
Brain, Mind and Philosophy	Ying-Tung Lin	Wed 17:30-19:20	U
Mutidisciplinary Research in Science and Philosophy: Logical Analysis of Life Science	Kai-Yuan Cheng	Thu 08:00-10:00	U
Philosophy of Caring	Karen Yan	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Ethics, Neuroscience, & Society	Aleksandra Mroczko-Wasowicz	Thu 10:00-12:00	U
Introduction to Ethics	Thomas Benda	Thu 13:20-15:10	U
Logic	Jonathon Hricko	Thu 13:20-15:10	U
Philosophy of Mind	Ying-Tung Lin	Thu 14:00-17:00	M
Neuroethics	Aleksandra Mroczko-Wasowicz	Fri 08:00-11:00	G
Philosophy of Interdisciplinarity in Mind and Brain Sciences	Karen Yan	Fri 13:00-16:00	M
Seminar in Philosophy II	Karen Yan	Fri 16:00-18:00	G