Publications & Research
Books in Print


Logic (co-authors: Brennan, Deutsch and Lau) (London, Continuum Press, 2005), ISBN 0-8264-7408-X; 200 pp. + vii, an introduction to central problems in the philosophy of logic. Expanded Portuguese edition: lógica: conceitos - chave em filosofia (Santana, Brazil, artmed, 2007, ISBN 978-85-363-0908-8. Spanish edition forthcoming, 2008.

Clear and Queer Thinking: Wittgenstein's Development and his Relevance to Modern Thought (London, Duckworth, March, 1999), ISBN 0-7156-2819-4; 244 pp. + xii, a study of the development of Wittgenstein's views on Mind, Meaning, Mathematics, Method, and an attempt to use biography as an interpretative tool. Available at Amazon.com.

'How Computers Work: A Logical Approach' (with F.C.T. Moore and K.P. Yu) (Hong Kong, Logical Products, 1990), ISBN 962-375-001-3; 64 pp. + viii, a text which provides functional explanations of computer hardware. The leading theme is that a computer is a logical device, in the sense that the components which process and store information are concrete realizations of abstract logical (not arithmetical) functions.

The Philosopher's Habitat (London and New York, Routledge, 1990), ISBN 0-415-04224-0; 215pp. + xvii, an investigation of philosophical problems which either are of recent provenance or are long-standing problems which have been given fresh impetus by recent work both in philosophy and in other fields.The book explores interfaces between philosophy and the empirical sciences.


Non-philosophical
Mathematics (with Mary Griffiths) (London, Macmillans, 1995), ISBN 962-03-1115-9; 375pp., in series (f)
Economic and Public Affairs (with Paul Morris) (London, Macmillans, 1995), ISBN 962-03-1117-5; 161pp., in series (f)


Edited Volumes
'Across the Bridge' (London, Macmillans, 1995), a series of fourteen texts of which I am joint author of four, and editor of the whole series. These texts form the teaching core of a 'Bridge Programme' occupying the first part of Secondary 1, the aim of which is to produce a generation of young adults in Hong Kong, over 30% of which is genuinely bilingual. The series implements a strategy, due to Henry Widdowson and others, of using content subjects in the syllabus as vehicles for language activities. The theoretical foundations are described in my article 'An Integrated Approach to the Design of an Immersion Program' (with Liu Ngar Fun), TESOL Quarterly, 28/4 (Winter, 1994), pp.705-725.

'Precedent in Law' (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988), ISBN 0-19-825526-8; 279pp. + xvi, a collection of essays on jurisprudence edited with an introduction by me. New Clarendon paperback edition published in May, 1991.


Manual
'Logic Tutor' (with Tim Moore) (Hong Kong, Logical Products, 1991); ISBN 962-375-004-08; 54pp.


I am guest editor of a recent (January, 2005) Monist issue on the Philosophy of Humour and contributed an introduction.