China Ministry of Education Changjiang Scholar and Special-Appointment Professor, professor and dean of the School of Philosophy, Fudan University, and Vice-Chairman of the China Society of the History of Marxist Philosophy. Specializes in the study of the history of Marxist philosophy and philosophy of science. Publications include: Thinking Our Way into the Far Corners of the Age, The Decline of Metaphysics, Logical Development of the Early Thought of Karl Marx, Science and Society, Core Concepts of Historical Materialism, etc.