LUO Dong- Philosophy-South China University of Technology

Short Description

LUO Dong obtained his PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences for a thesis on scientific objectivity and invariance. He is now an associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Philosophy, Science, and Technology at the South China University of Technology. He works on the history and philosophy of mathematics and physics, philosophy of science, and comparative philosophy.

He also has strong research interests in traditional Chinese philosophy, especially Taoism, Chan Buddhism and the Book of Changes. He was an editor for the academic session of Longquan Temple in Beijing.

He is the Secretary General of the Chinese Association of Philosophy of Physics, a Council Member of International Alliance of Study of Social Epistemology, a Vice President or Steering Committee Member of several other Chinese national academic associations.

In his leisure time, he likes to meditate, climb, and listen to music.

LUO Dong

Email:luodong@scut.edu.cn

Phone: (86)-18800174197

Address: Rom301b, Building 5, Wushan Campus, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou

Recent Research Focus

Scientific objectivity: He is trying to develop a theory of scientific objectivity with minimal conditions in an upcoming book "Scientific Objectivity and Spacetime Symmetry"(forthcoming, Peking University Press).

Scientific understanding: He is developing a theory on the relationship between scientific understanding and objectivity in exact sciences. The project is partly presented in his recent monograph "Scientific Objectivity: A Transcendental Approach" (2026, Routledge Press).

Epistemological issues related to gravity theories. His book on evaluations of modified gravity theories is to appear soon(2026, Tsinghua University Press).

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Teaching

He teaches courses in philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, logic, Chinese philosophy, and engineering ethics.

Selected Publications

Dong Luo. “Shifts in Traditional Chinese Technological Understanding: Social-Political Relevance and Implications” in Levi Checketts(ed.), Mitcham's Critique of Western Philosophy of Technology(forthcoming, Springer) .

Luo, D. (2026). Scientific Objectivity: A Transcendental Approach (1st ed.). Routledge.

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003783787

Dong Luo(2025). “The 'unity of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity' and harmony in traditional Chinese thought from a scientific representation perspective” in Michael A. Peters, et al (eds.) Handbook

of Ecological Civilization. Springer.

Dong Luo(2025). “The Practical Ethical Filter of the Discourse on "Curious Techniques and Excessive Ingenuity”. A Chinese version of this article first appeared on the column “New Horizon” of the Canadian newspaper《華僑時報》2025.7.18.

Dong, LUO(2024). “Differences Between Western and Chinese Philosophy and Civilization from a Chinese Perspective.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 13 (9): 57–62.

Dong Luo(2023).Understanding and Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. Technology and Language. 4(1): 31-39.

Dong Luo(2021).The Problem of Non-empirical Assessments of “Trans-empirical” Theories in Contemporary Physics,Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology,38(5):52-57.

Dong Luo(2021). Approach Changes in Theoretical Studies on Gravitational Waves，Journal of Shandong University of Science and Technology (Social Sciences)，5：9-14.

Dong Luo & YAN Chunlin(2021),“Carlo Rovelli：A world without time and the emergence of time”， Fanpu，2021.9.08 &2021.10.11.

Dong Luo(2018). “The Problem of Ad Hoc Hypothesis in Contemporary Gravity Theories”, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 34(10): 22-26

Dong Luo(2017). “The Taxonomic Classifications of the Concept of Scientific Objectivity”, Studies in Dialectics of Nature, 33(11): 9-13

Dong Luo(2014). “ A review of studies of invariance as the criterion for objectivity”, Philosophical Trends, 2:78-83