About

I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. My research interests are in phenomenology and philosophy of mind and language, broadly construed. My work is based in the phenomenological tradition and contemporary embodied cognitive science. I am interested in how animal and human sociality and cognition are rooted in our sensing, feeling, moving bodies. My research has recently been featured in Continental Philosophy Review, Synthese, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, and Environmental Philosophy.

Book: Human Flesh. My book, Human Flesh (Ohio UP, 2026), proposes the “social body hypothesis,” arguing that human sociality is rooted in intercorporeity—how our senses and physical bodies connect us—rather than just the brain and social intelligence narrolwy understood. Combining phenomenology and empirical research, it explores how this sensory, social body enabled higher cognition, language, and culture. The book redefines humans as Homo invisibilis, focusing on our profound dependence on the minds and symbolic worlds of others.

Environmental philosophy. I also have an interest in environmental philosophy, and have recently published in the field in Environmental Philosophy and the Routledge Handbook of Eco-Phenomenology. Along with Daniele Fulvi, I am editor of book reviews for Environmental Philosophy. Please contact me if you are interested in reviewing a title for the journal.

Yoga. I am a long-time yoga practitioner and am increasingly interested in incorporating insights from yogic practice and philosophy into my research in phenomenology and embodiment. My research on these topics has recently been featured in Philosophy East and West and the Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology and Mindfulness.

You can follow my work at academia.edu, ResearchGate, PhilPeople, and Google Scholar.

Email contact: hkee[at]cuhk.edu.hk