Name: Jianwen Tao  

Gender: Male  

Ethnicity: Han  

Native place: Huarong, Hunan Province  

Title: Professor  

Education: Ph.D. (graduate)  

Research field: Philosophy of science and technology  

Department: Graduate Ideological and Political Theory Teaching Section  

E-mail: jwtao@scut.edu.cn  

Education  

1992 – 1995  East China Geological Institute – B.S. in Uranium Geology and Exploration  

1995 – 2000  Ocean University of Qingdao – M.S. in Marine Geology (Submarine Tectonics)  

2000 – 2003  Wuhan University – Ph.D. in Foreign Philosophy  

Professional Experience  

1995 – 2000  College of Tourism and Geographical Sciences, Qingdao University  

2003 – present  School of Marxism, South China University of Technology  

Teaching  

Introduction to Dialectics of Nature  

Engineering Ethics  

Chinese Marxism and Contemporary Times  

Phenomenological Philosophy of Science and Technology  

Research  

Focuses on phenomenological approaches to science and technology, with original analyses of the mathematization of nature, visual-centrism in science, and technological mediation.  

Publications:  

Visualism: A Phenomenological Philosophy of Science Based on Image and Body (China Social Sciences Press, 2012)  

A Phenomenological Defense of Mathematical Realism: From Husserl’s Perspective (People’s Publishing House, 2007)  

20+ articles in journals such as Journal of Dialectics of Nature, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology, and Wuhan University Journal (Humanities Edition).  

Principal Investigator: National Social Science Fund project “Time, Technology and Science—A Phenomenological Study of Technological Intervention in Science” (15FZX010), plus two provincial/ministerial-level projects.