Name: Guolin Wu  

Gender: Male  

Ethnicity: Han  

Native place: Yingshan County, Sichuan Province  

Education: Ph.D. (Graduate)  

Title/Position: Professor / Director / Center Head  

Research fields:  

Philosophy of physics, analytic philosophy of technology, Trans-empirical philosophy of science, quantum hermeneutics, basic principles of Marxism  

Department: Graduate Ideological and Political Theory teaching and research Section  

E-mail: ssglwu@scut.edu.cn  

Education  

1980.09 – 1984.07  B.Sc. in Physics, Sichuan Normal University  

1988.09 – 1991.07  M.A. in Physics Education, Sichuan Normal University  

1996.09 – 1999.07  Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science & Technology, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China  

Professional Experience  

1984.07 – 1996.08  Assistant, Lecturer, Department of Physics, Sichuan University of Arts and Science  

1999.07 – present   South China University of Technology (SCUT)  

  – Lecturer → Associate Professor → Professor → Vice-Dean (acting)  

  – Affiliations: School of Humanities and Social Sciences → School of Politics and Public Administration → School of Ideological and Political Education → School of Marxism  

2007.09 – 2008.09  Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, USA  

2016.03.01 – 2016.03.31  Visiting Scholar, Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands  

Current administrative posts  

1. Director, Institute for Advanced Study of Philosophy & Technology (Guangdong Provincial Key Research Base)  

2. Director, Center for Philosophy of Science & Technology, SCUT  

3. Team Leader, SCUT teaching and research Cluster “Marxism and Philosophy”  

4. Discipline Leader of Philosophy, SCUT  

Teaching (undergraduate & graduate)  

Frontiers of Philosophy, Introduction to Dialectics of Nature (bilingual), Quantitative Research Methods, Philosophical Issues at the Scientific Frontier, Systems Science, Industrial Philosophy, Frontiers of Marxist Theory, Contemporary Western Marxism, Introduction to Philosophy of Logic, Analytic Philosophy of Technology, Seminar on Basic Principles of Marxism, etc.  

Research & Publications  

- 2019 National “Four Batches” Leading Theoretical Talent (Ministry of Civilization, Publicity Department)  

- More than 170 papers: 2 in Social Sciences in China, 4 in Philosophical Research, 5 in Philosophical Trends, 21 in Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 69 in CSSCI journals; nearly 30 articles reprinted in full by Xinhua Digest, Chinese Social Science Abstracts, or RUC Photocopying Materials  

- More than 20 monographs, including Philosophy of Quantum Technology, Philosophy of Quantum Information, Trends in Contemporary Philosophy of Technology  

Major grants (as PI)  

- MOE Major Research Project “Trends in Contemporary Philosophy of Technology” (2011-2017)  

- National Social Science Fund Major Project “Contemporary Quantum Hermeneutics” (2019- )  

Original signature concepts & theories  

1. Systemic model of technical artefacts—an integrated research program for analytic philosophy of technology  

2. “Trans-empirical” (trans-empirisch)—a novel category distinct from Kant’s “transcendental” and “transcendent,” now adopted by domestic and international scholars, and applied to quantum hermeneutics  

3. An emerging research program for quantum hermeneutics  

Academic service (selected)  

1.Council member, Chinese Society for Dialectics of Nature  

2.Chair, Professional Committee for Philosophy of Physics  

3.Standing council member, Professional Committee for Philosophy of Technology  

4.Deputy secretary-general, Guangdong Society for Dialectics of Nature  

5.Vice president, Guangdong Association for Cultural & Economic Development