Lyu Zhou

Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of mind, Metaphysics, Philosophy of religion

Areas of Competence

Philosophy of action, Epistemology, Ethics, Kant, Early modern philosophy, Ancient philosophy, Chinese philosophy

Employment

07/2026–. Lecturer in the Discipline of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, NY.
06/2026–07/2026. Visiting Scholar, Sage School of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
08/2025–05/2026. Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
07/2024–06/2025. Philosophical Review Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
07/2023–06/2024. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.

Education

09/2016–08/2023. Ph.D. in Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
09/2012–05/2016. B.A. Summa cum laude in Philosophy and Classics, Columbia University, New York City, NY.

Publications

(Forthcoming) "Representational Adequacy, Natural Selection, and Quantum Ontology: Against a Three-Dimensionally Spatial Reality," Journal of Consciousness Studies.
(2026) "Specious Present and Its Place in Spacetime: Towards a Non-Spatiotemporalist Account for Human Consciousness," Synthese, 207, No. 59.
(2024) "Time, Atemporal Existence, and Divine Temporal Consciousness: A Bimodalist Account for Divine Consciousness," International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 95, No. 3, pp. 285-305.
(2023) "Specious Present, Phenomenal Extension, and Mereological Inversion: A Problem for Physicalism about the Mind," Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30, No. 3-4, pp. 155-180.