Yu Yang

Junior Research Fellow

Email: yangyu@fudan.edu.cn

Research

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Ethics, Philosophy of Mind.

Work Experience

2025.10-Present Junior research fellow, Institute of Technology Ethics for Human Future, Fudan University, China

2023.08-2025.09 Postdoctoral research fellow(with Prof. Guoyu Wang), School of Philosophy, Fudan University, China

Education

2020.09-2023.06 Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China

2017.09-2020.06 M.A. in Logic, Central China Normal University, China

Publications

A. Selected Peer-reviewed Articles

1. Yu Yang, Jinglin Zhou. 2025.09 Damage and Restoration of Personal Identity in Deep Brain Stimulation: A Relational Perspective. Neuroethics (SSCI/A&HCI, Q1).

2. Jinglin Zhou, Yang Yu (Corresponding Author). 2025.12 Moral Progress Through Conceptual Improvements: A Typology and Its Philosophical Lessons. Journal of the American Philosophical Association. (SSCI/A&HCI, Q1).

3. Yu Yang, Guoyu Wang. 2025.04 Identity Crisis and Ethical Controversies in the Context of Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces (植入式脑机接口论域下的“同一性危机”与伦理争议). Philosophical Trends (哲学动态). (CSSCI, Reprinted in China Social Science Excellence).

4. Yu Yang, Jinglin Zhou. 2024.12 Narrative Identity Damage in Neuroimplantation Interventions: A Relational Perspective (神经植入干预技术中的叙事同一性损害：从关系性视角出发). Studies in Dialectics of Nature (自然辩证法研究). (CSSCI, Reprinted in China Social Science Excellence)..

5. Yu Yang, Guoyu Wang. 2024.03 Attribution and Norms: A Study on the Hierarchical Moral Responsibility Based on Active Brain-Computer Interfaces (归责与规范：基于主动式脑机接口的道德责任层级研究). Science and Society (科学与社会). (CSSCI Extended).

6. Yu Yang, Jianhui Li. 2023. Does Multiple Realizability Really Negate Explanatory？ (多重可实现真的能否定解释性还原吗？). Studies in Dialectics of Nature (自然辩证法研究). (CSSCI).

7. Yu Yang, Jianhui Li. 2021. Analysis of the Concept of "Realization" from the Perspective of Non-Reductive Physicalism (非还原物理主义视域下的“实现”概念辨析). The Philosophers (哲学家).

8. Yang, Yu. 2021. A New Solution to the Dilemma of the Language of Thought Hypothesis: On the Value Dimension of Susan Schneider's Theory (思维语言假说困境新解——兼谈苏珊·施耐德理论价值之维). Contemporary Chinese Values Studies (当代中国价值观研究).

B. Newspapers & Other Publications

1. Yang, Yu. 2022. A New Perspective on Brain-Computer Interface Ethics (脑机接口伦理研究新视角). China Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学报).

C. Translations

1. Yang, Yu. 2024. Philosophical Reflections on Narrative and Deep Brain Stimulation (叙事和深部脑刺激的哲学反思). Technology Ethics Research.

2. Rong Song, Yang, Y. (Forthcoming). Chinese Zen, Western Mindfulness Movements, and Anti-Foundationalism (中国的禅、西方的正念运动与反基础主义). In Selected Works of Western Philosophy of Mind. Commercial Press.

3. Rong Song, Yang, Y. (Forthcoming). Wu-wei, Background, and Intentionality (无为、背景与意向性). In Selected Works of Western Philosophy of Mind. Commercial Press.

4. Rong Song, Yang, Y. (Forthcoming). (Forthcoming). Searle's View of Mind and Action from a Taoist Standpoint (从道家立场看塞尔的心灵和行动观). In Selected Works of Western Philosophy of Mind. Commercial Press.

Research Projects

1. “Ethical Research on the Impact of Brain-Computer Interfaces on Personal Identity” (脑机接口对个人同一性影响的伦理研究), National Social Science Fund of China (Youth Project), 2024–2027. (Grant No. 24CZX070)

2. “Research on Self-Identity Crisis and Related Ethical Issues of Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces” (植入式脑机接口的自我认同危机及相关伦理问题研究), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (General Program), 2023–2025. (Grant No. 2023M740733)

3. The 18th Special Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. 2023–2025.

4. The 74th General Financial Grant of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. 2023–2025.

5. National Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Tier B). 2023–2025.

Honors and Awards

1. 2023.09 Recipient of Fudan Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program

2.2023.12 Recipient of Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program