Where Curious Minds Learn to Think Deeply and Speak Clearly
求知,深思,明辨

About Us | 关于我们

Inquiry Academy is an education start-up that offers premium small-group seminars to middle- and high-school students.

求思学社是一家面向中学生的教育机构,提供精致型全英文小班研讨课程。


Our mission is to cultivate students’ intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and public speaking skills.

我们致力于培养学生的求知精神、批判性思维及公共表达能力。


All our tutors are selected through a highly competitive process, compensated at above-industry rates, and drawn exclusively from the world’s leading universities.

我们所有的导师均经过严格遴选,毕业于世界顶尖学府,并以高于行业标准的薪酬聘任。


We are currently offering three courses, commencing in late April:

目前我们推出以下三门课程,将于四⽉下旬开课:


  • Thinking About Right and Wrong | 思考对与错
  • Thinking About China and the World | 思考中国与世界
  • Thinking About Thinking | 思考如何思考

Each course consists of ten two-hour seminars, held weekly and in an interactive online format.

每门课程包含十堂研讨课,每周一堂,每堂两小时。课程以线上形式进行。


We will be offering trial seminars for these courses on April 18. You can apply to attend them here.

我们将于4⽉18⽇为上述课程开设免费试听课。请点击此处申请参加。

Our Team | 我们的团队

Kida Lin
Founder and Director
创始人兼总监
  • ⁠DPhil candidate in Philosophy, University of Oxford
    英国牛津大学哲学博士 (DPhil) 候选人
  • ⁠Held lectureships at University College (Oxford), Lady Margaret Hall (Oxford), and Lincoln College (Oxford)
    ⁠曾于牛津大学大学学院、牛津大学玛格丽特夫人学堂及牛津大学林肯学院担任哲学讲师
  • ⁠Served as Undergraduate Admissions Interviewing Officer at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
    ⁠曾任牛津大学玛格丽特夫人学堂本科招生面试官
  • ⁠Taught over 200 Oxford undergraduate tutorials and revision classes in Ethics, Practical Ethics, and Political Theory
    ⁠曾为牛津大学本科生讲授超两百堂教程课及复习课,领域涵盖伦理学、实践伦理学及政治理论
  • ⁠Awarded a full scholarship for doctoral research from UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
    ⁠获英国国家艺术与人文研究理事会 (AHRC) 颁发的全额博士奖学金
  • ⁠Presented research at more than 30 academic conferences hosted by over 20 universities worldwide
    ⁠曾于二十余所全球知名高校举办的三十多场学术会议上发表个人学术研究
  • ⁠BPhil in Philosophy, University of Oxford | BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Australian National University | BA in Philosophy, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
    ⁠英国牛津大学哲学硕士学位 | 澳洲国立大学哲学学士学位 (一等荣誉) | 澳洲悉尼大学哲学、政府与国际关系学士学位
  • ⁠More than ten years of experience in middle- and high-school education, including seminar teaching, private tutoring, and debating coaching
    ⁠拥有超十年中学教育经验,包括研讨课教学、私人一对一辅导及英文辩论训练
Dario Cowdery
Senior Tutor
资深导师
  • Master’s in China Studies, Peking University | BA (Hons) in Theology and Religion, University of Oxford
    北京大学中国研究硕士学位 | 英国牛津大学神学与宗教学学士学位 (一等荣誉)
  • Recipient of multiple internationally renowned scholarships, including Yenching Academy Scholarship and EU’s Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Scholarship
    获多项国际知名奖学金,包括北京大学燕京学堂奖学金及欧盟 Erasmus Mundus 联合硕士奖学金
  • Extensive professional experience in cross-cultural contexts, including at the British Chamber of Commerce in China and the Interfaith Schools Program funded by the Australian government
    拥有丰富的跨文化工作经验,曾参与英国在华商会项目,以及由澳大利亚政府资助、旨在促进不同信仰群体交流与理解的学校项目
  • Over 500 hours of teaching experience, working with students across Europe, Asia, and Oceania
    拥有超五百小时教学经验,学生遍及欧洲、亚洲及大洋洲
Jonathan Krude
Senior Tutor
资深导师
  • DPhil candidate in Philosophy, University of Oxford
    
英国牛津大学哲学博士 (DPhil) 候选人
  • Serves as Subject Ambassador for Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
    担任牛津大学基督圣体学院哲学学科大使
  • Taught dozens of Oxford undergraduate tutorials on Kant, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, and Ethics
    曾为牛津大学本科生讲授数十堂教程课,内容涵盖康德、尼采、胡塞尔、海德格尔及伦理学
  • Selected to teach a full lecture series at the Oxford Faculty of Philosophy
    于牛津大学哲学系独立开设及讲授一门完整的讲座系列课程
  • Awarded a full scholarship for doctoral research from Corpus Christi College, Oxford
    获牛津大学基督圣体学院颁发的全额博士奖学金
  • Presented research at, and co-hosted, multiple international academic conferences
    曾于多场国际性学术会议上发表个人学术研究,也曾参与主办多场此类会议
  • MA in Philosophy, Universität Potsdam | BA (Hons) in Philosophy, University of Cambridge
    德国波茨坦大学哲学硕士学位 | 英国剑桥大学哲学学士学位 (一等荣誉)
  • Undertook graduate work at Sorbonne Université and Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
    曾于法国索邦大学及意大利比萨高等师范学院从事哲学研究

Courses | 课程

Thinking About Right and Wrong
思考对与错

Tutor | 导师

Kida Lin


Class Size | 每班⼈数

3–8


Schedule | 课程安排

每周六, 16:00–18:00

4⽉25⽇–6⽉27⽇

共10次课


Course Fee | 课程费⽤

总计人民币12,000元



Register for the trial seminar, on April 18, here.

我们将于4月18日开设免费试听课; 请点击此处申请。

Right and Wrong | 对与错

Is it permissible to harm one person to save several others?

为了救更多人而伤害一个人,我们可以这样做吗?

Or: Consequentialism, Nonconsequentialism, and the Trolley Problem


Helping Others I | 帮助他人1

What, if anything, do we owe to people suffering far away?

对于远方受苦的人,我们负有什么义务?

Or: Pond, Charity, and Effective Altruism


Helping Others II | 帮助他人2

Should we always help more people rather than fewer?

人数更多,是否总意味着应当优先被帮助?

Or: Aggregation, Taurek, and the Transmitter Room


War and Peace I | 战争与和平1

Can war be morally justified, or should we be pacifists?

战争可以是正当的吗?

Or: Traditionalism, Revisionism, and Pacifism


War and Peace II | 战争与和平2

Why should civilians be spared from deliberate attacks in war?

为什么平民在战争中不应成为蓄意攻击的对象?

Or: Liability, Proportionality, and Necessity


Future People | 未来的人

What, if anything, do we owe to people who do not yet exist?

对于尚未存在的人,我们负有什么义务?

Or: The No-Difference Problem, the Non-Identity Problem, and Population Ethics


Animals | 动物

Do animals matter as much as people?

动物与人同等重要吗?

Or: Moral Status, Speciesism, and Vegetarianism


Justice, Equality, and Liberty | 正义、平等与自由

What, exactly, is objectionable about inequality?

我们究竟为什么要追求平等?

Or: Rawls, Nozick, and Cohen


Happiness and the Good Life | 幸福的定义

What does it mean to live well?

何为幸福生活?

Or: Hedonism, Preference-Satisfaction Theory, and Objective List Theory


Freedom and the Meaningful Life | 自由的定义

Are we free to do what we do?

何为自由意志?

Or: Free Will, Determinism, and Moral Responsibility


Thinking About China and the World
思考中国与世界

Tutor | 导师

Dario Cowdery


Class Size | 每班人数

3–8


Schedule | 课程安排

每周六, 10:00–12:00

4月25日–6月27日

共10次课


Course Fee | 课程费用

总计人民币12,000元



Register for the trial seminar, on April 18, here.

我们将于4月18日开设免费试听课; 请点击此处申请。

The World of Schooling 1 | 教育世界1

Is Gaokao the best way to organise educational selection in China?

高考是中国进行教育选拔的最佳方式吗?

Or: Meritocracy, Inequality, and the Purposes of Education


The World of Schooling 2 | 教育世界2

Should schools encourage individuality – or conformity?

学校应当鼓励个性,还是鼓励趋同?

Or: Socialisation, Autonomy, and Authority


The World of Schooling 3 | 教育世界3

Should talented students leave home to study elsewhere?

有天赋的学生应当离开家乡到别处求学吗?

Or: Mobility, Belonging, and the Question of Home


The Digital World 1 | 网络世界1

Is social media making us less happy?

社交媒体是否正在让我们变得更不快乐?

Or: Wellbeing, Identity, and the Attention Economy


The Digital World 2 | 网络世界2

What should we want from Artificial Intelligence?

我们究竟应当期待人工智能带来什么?

Or: Knowledge, Power, and What it Means to be Human


The Physical World | 现实世界

What makes for a good city?

什么样的城市才算是好的城市?

Or: Migration, Participation, and Opportunity


The Multicultural World | 多元世界

Should a country ask different groups to become more alike?

一个国家应当要求不同群体变得更加相似吗?

Or: Integration, Assimilation, and Diversity


The World of Nations 1 | 国际世界1

How does the world see China?

世界是如何看待中国的?

Or: Imagination, Discourse, and the Media


The World of Nations 2 | 国际世界2

Should countries always put their own interests first?

国家是否应当始终把本国利益放在第一位?

Or: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, and Justice


The World of Nations 3 | 国际世界3

Should China seek to become the world’s leading power?

中国应当争取成为世界第一强国吗?

Or: Realism, Liberalism, and the Thucydides Trap


Thinking About Thinking
思考如何思考

Tutor | 导师

Jonathan Krude


Class Size | 每班人数

3–8


Schedule | 课程安排

每周日, 16:00–18:00

4月26日–6月28日

共10次课


Course Fee | 课程费用

总计人民币12,000元



Register for the trial seminar, on April 18, here.

我们将于4月18日开设免费试听课; 请点击此处申请。

Difficult Questions | 难题

Is it possible to question too far?

追问是否也应当有其限度?

Or: Socrates, Aporia, and the Sources of Philosophy


Limits of Knowledge | 知识的边界

What can we know?

我们能够知道什么?

Or: Descartes, Scepticism, and Methodic Doubt


Thinking About Science | 思考科学

What can we learn from science?

我们能够从科学中学到什么?

Or: Demarcation Problems, Falsification, and the Problem of Induction


Worries about the Good | 对“善”的疑问

How can we say what matters?

我们该如何理解什么才是真正重要的?

Or: Hume’s Law, the Open Question Argument, and the Role of Intuitions


Language Troubles | 语言的障碍

Can we really understand each other?

我们真的能够彼此理解吗?

Or: Wittgenstein, Private Languages, and Rule-Following Paradoxes


The Weight of History | 历史的重量

Does the origin of an idea ever make a difference?

一个观点的来源重要吗?

Or: Perspectivism, Genealogy, and the Genetic Fallacy


Problems of Self-reference | 自我思考的难题

How is thinking about thinking different from thinking about other things?

思考“思考”本身,与思考其他事物有什么不同?

Or: Indexicality, the Liar Paradox, and the Cogito


Art and Philosophy | 艺术与哲学

Can art access a kind of truth that philosophy cannot?

艺术能够触及一种哲学无法触及的真理吗?

Or: Nietzsche and Heidegger, the Tragic, and the Work of Art


Technological Futures | 技术的未来

Will technology change how we can ask philosophical questions?

技术会改变我们思考哲学问题的方式吗?

Or: Transhumanism, Posthumanism, and the Metaphysics of Technology


Progress in Philosophy | 哲学的“进步”

Will the questions of philosophy ever be solved?

哲学的问题会有被解决的一天吗?

Or: Disciplines, Schools, and the Future of Philosophy


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