YEUNG, Tyler Tak-lap

Research Assistant Professor

B.A., M.Phil. (CUHK); D.Phil. (Freie Universität Berlin)
Rm 406
39434767
tlyeung@cuhk.edu.hk

Brief Biography

Dr. Tyler Yeung started his academic path in Hong Kong, earned a PhD in Berlin, and did postdoctoral research in Taipei. His work explores how imagination shapes who we are, bridging ideas from both European and Asian philosophy. His postdoctoral project at Academia Sinica, titled “An Imaginative and Ethereal Subjectivity: An Attempt to Transcultural Philosophical Anthropology,” focused on this theme, building on his doctoral thesis published with the Martin Heidegger Society Research Series.

Beyond academia, Yeung has worked as a news anchor, hosted a philosophy talk show on screen, and managed overseas investment promotion in various European countries. He is also the founder of School of Somewhere (SOS), a YouTube channel dedicated to making philosophical and humanistic ideas accessible to a wider audience.  He enjoys staying active with basketball, swimming, and marathon running, which fuels his creativity in art. These hobbies bring warmth and happiness to him, his family, and his cat, Her Majesty Lami (拉麵).

Research Interests

  • Kant and Interpretations of Kant
  • Phenomenology and Philosophical Anthropology
  • Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
  • Philosophy of Love and Sexuality
  • Philosophy of Ageing and Dying
  • Philosophy of Hope and Imagination

Selected Publications

Books

  • 2025. [即將出版]《死亡與年老哲學》（暫名），張燦輝、楊德立合著。台北：漫遊者出版社。 
  • 2020. Einbildungskraft als Orientierungskraft – Neuinterpretation der phänomenologischen Kantdeutung Heideggers. Martin-Heidegger-Gesellschaft Forschungsreihe, 1. Baden-Baden: Academia Verlag.

Translations and Edited Books

  • 2025. 漢娜・鄂蘭著，羅納德・拜納編著，楊德立、李雨鍾翻譯及撰文：《康德政治哲學講座》，台北：商周出版社。
  • 2022. 何建興、楊德立編：《文化詮釋與諸傳統之交涉》，台北：中央研究院中國文哲研究所。

Journal Articles

  • 2022. “Mou Zongsans Auseinandersetzung mit Heideggers Kantdeutung und seine Lösung durch die Neuinterpretation der chinesischen Philosophie.” Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Berlin: De Gruyter, 70(5): 743-773.
  • 2020. “Two conceptions of harmony in ancient Western and Eastern aesthetics: ‘dialectic harmony’ and ‘ambiguous harmony’.” Journal of East-West Thought 10 (2): 65-82.
  • 2018. 〈「有限性」作擂臺：牟宗三與海德格論康德〉。《人文及社會科學集刊》，30（4），611-638.
  • 2017. “The Priority of Imagination in Judgment: Hannah Arendt’s Interpretation of Kant and its Problems.” The Journal of Philosophical Ideas (SNU Institute of Philosophy), special issue, 345-363.
  • 2014. 〈尋找康德哲學新定向 — 從「希望」審視其哲學〉。《國立政治大學哲學學報》，32：93-127.

Chapters in Anthologies

  • 2023. “From Kyoto and Hong Kong to Davos: Nishida Kitaro and Mou Zongsan’s possible contributions to Cassirer-Heidegger Debate.” In: Kyoto in Davos. Intercultural Readings of the Cassirer-Heidegger Debate. Ed. by Tobias Endres, Ralf Müller, and Domenico Schneider. Leiden: Brill, 265-279.
  • 2022. “Zwei Aspekte der Kantdeutung: Sind Heideggers zeitliche und Cassirers überzeitliche Freibheit versöhnbar?” In: Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit der Freiheit: Kant und Heidegger über Freiheit, Willen und Recht. Ed. Harald Seubert, Manuela Massa, Valentina Dafne De Vita. Berlin: Exaiphnes Edition Wissenschaft, p. 200-211.
  • 2022. “Negative Monistic and Positive Dualistic Interpretations of Kant: A Transcultural Debate between Cassirer, Heidegger, Nishida and Mou.” In: Heidegger in China and Japan. Orbis Phaenomenologicus, 34. Ed. by Q. J. Wang and S. H. Kwok. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 177-194.
  • 2021. “A Phenomenological Interpretation of Mou Zongsan’s Use of ‘Transcendence’ and ‘Immanence’ and his Contribution to World Philosophy.” In: Modern and Contemporary Taiwanese Philosophy: Traditional Foundations and New Developments. Ed. by Jana S. Rošker. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 75-106.

Book Reviews

  • 2022. 〈啟蒙人文主義者的批判：評關子尹《徘徊於天人之際：海德格的哲學思路》〉。《國立臺灣大學哲學論評》，63：157-172.
  • 2020. 〈解讀及評價：Rolf-Peter Horstmann《康德之想像力》〉。《 國立臺灣大學哲學論評》，60：169-182.
  • 2018. 〈黑格爾作為方法：評劉創馥《黑格爾新釋》〉。《東吳哲學學報》，38：115-123.
  • 2017. 〈評After Hegel German Philosophy 1840-1900〉。《 國立臺灣大學哲學論評》，54：165-178.