Professor Hu Xingming from the School of Philosophy, Nanjing University, recently published his new work A Responsibilist Account of Knowledge in Peking University Press. In the book, Hu proposes a groundbreaking theory of knowledge: knowledge constitutes correct beliefs formed through ultima facie epistemically responsible means, which he terms "responsibilist epistemology". This theory poses significant challenges to established epistemological frameworks such as evidentialism, process reliabilism and virtue epistemology.

To address potential ambiguities in the book, Hu dedicated five months to crafting an English paper, A Responsibilist Account of Knowledge, recently published in the renowned international journal Philosophical Quarterly. The article further explains responsibilist epistemology, clarifying that it entails adherence to norms based on cognitive practices, rather than rigidly following evidences or applying specific intellectual virtues from responsibilist or reliabilist theories.

As a prolific scholar, Professor Hu has published multiple papers in leading international philosophy journals, with some of his research introduced or cited in authoritative philosophical references like the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Since joining NJU in 2015, he has created an English-language course called Classical Chinese Philosophy: An Analytic Approach, disseminating fine traditional Chinese cultures to international students in an understandable and attractive way. On the other hand, he has focused on constructing China's independent epistemological framework and amplifying the joint contributions of contemporary Chinese scholars to the global academic community through his work in mainstream international publications.

Writer: Wang Siyue

Editor: Zhou Meng, Chao Yijia