【Basic information】
Name：Feng Tao
Gender：Male
Administrative Position：
Academic Title： Professor
Education：Ph.D
Office： Office of the School of Philosophy, Nankai University, Jinan District, Tianjin
Email：taofeng@mail.nankai.edu.cn
Areas of Research：Artificial Intelligence and Sci-tech aesthetics, German Aesthetics, Comparison of Chinese and Western Thought and Culture
Academic Organization Memberships：
【Bio】Tao Feng, male, is a professor at Nankai University. He has visited and studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin in Germany, the University of Hawaii and Boston University in the United States. He has published dozens of articles on the aesthetics of artificial intelligence, oracle thought, and Adorno's philosophy in core journals in both Chinese and English. He proposed and advocated research field such as Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence, Aesthetics of intelligent
Sci-Tech, Philosophy of Oracle bones and Shang-Zhou Dynasty, and Philosophy of Doing.
【Education】
He studied in Tsinghua University, Peking University, Nankai University and other universities.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University in 2012.
【Work Experience】
2012 - Present, Lecturer, Associate Professor (2017), Professor (2022), School of Philosophy, Nankai University, China
【Teaching】
（1）Undergraduate courses
Introduction to Aesthetics, Aesthetics of Artificial Intelligence
（2）Graduate courses
Aesthetics of Technology, Oracle Philosophy and Aesthetics, Modern Western Aesthetics, History of Chinese Aesthetics
【Selected Publications】
A. Monographs
B. Articles
English papers(partly):
1. A New Harmonisation of Art and Technology: Philosophic Interpretations of Artificial Intelligence Art, Critical Arts, 202208 (A&HCI, SSCI)
2. Virtuality, Simulation and Fake: The Technical Development and Philosophical Criticism of Virtual Anchors, PROMETEICA, 202208 (ESCI, First Author)
3.“The Art of Human Intelligence and the Technology of Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence Visual Art Research”, The Proceedings of ICIS2018, Springer, ,20181002(EI, First Author)
4. “Inversion and Interconversion: A Comparative Study on the Negative Dimension
of Adorno’s Inverse Theology and Pre‐Qin Daoist Thought”, Religions, 202211(A&HCI)
Chinese papers(partly):
1.“Agency, Simulation, and Techne: A Philosophical Interpretation of the Production of Literature and Art by Artificial Intelligence”, Philosophical Research, vol 3, 2023
2. “Aesthetic Reason in the Horizonte of Artificial Intelligence Aesthetics”, Literature and Art Forum, vol 11,2022
3. “The Triple Challenges of Artificial Intelligence”, Tianjin Social Science, vol.4, 2021
4.“Research on the Artificial Intelligence Visual Arts”, Literature and Art Forum, vol.6,2019
5. “Key Words in Western Criticism: Reproduction”,Foreign Literature, vol.6, 2018
6.“How is Artificial Intelligence Aesthetics Possible?”, Literature and Art Forum, vol.5,2018
7. “Brief Introduction of the Aesthetics of AI”, Chinese Social Sciences Today, 2018, No.1
8. “Creativity and emotion: Preliminary Study on the Aesthetics of AI”, China book review, vol.6, 2018
9. “Topics, New Theories and Consensus of AI’s Philosophy in China”，Journal of Sichuan normal University,vol.4,2018
10. An Aesthetic Interpretation of the Spatiality of Oracle Bones, Chinese and Foreign Literary Theory, Vol.1, 2022
C. Translations
H. Marcuse, The Collected Works of Marcuse, Vol. 3 and 6, trans.Tao Feng et al, People's Publishing House, 2021 (Chinese)
【PROJECT】
Presided over the National Social Science Fund of China, “The Research of Artificial Intelligence Aesthetics”(No:22FZXB064)
Presided over the National Social Science Fund of China, “The Language Thought in Adorno’s Philosophy”. (No. 16BZX118), Completed
Presided over MOE (Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences “The Relationship between Aesthetics and Language Theory of Adorno” (Project No. 13YJC720033) , Completed
【Membership】
1) Council Member of Tianjin Aesthetics Association
2) Member in Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3) Member in American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
4) Member of Tianjin Writers Association
5) Member of Tianjin Artists Association
【Others】
Tao Feng has served as a reviewer for several core journals including Philosophical Studies, Critical Arts and etc. He participated in the development of ethical guidelines by the China Ministry of Science and Technology and World Federation of Engineering Organizations（WEFO）.
