Wang Lu

Wang Lu (born 1955) is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Philosophy at the School of Humanities, Tsinghua University. He previously served as a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and as vice president of the Chinese Logical Society. His research focuses on logic, analytic philosophy, and metaphysics. He has long worked on Aristotelian logic, Frege's thought, and the history of analytic philosophy, and is the author of works including Aristotelian Doctrine of Logic, A Study of Frege's Thought, Stepping into Analytic Philosophy, The Concept of Logic, and "Is" and "True". He has also translated several Western philosophical classics, such as The Foundations of Arithmetic and The Origins of Analytic Philosophy, and has had wide influence in introducing and discussing issues related to analytic philosophy. Six of his works are included in the collection; besides books on Western and Eastern philosophy, they also cover essays, education, and inspirational growth, showing a side of his writing beyond academic research.