Lu Teng is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, NYU Shanghai; Global Network Assistant Professor, NYU. Prior to this appointment, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Philosophical Psychology at University of Antwerp. She holds a PhD from Cornell University and a BA from Wuhan University.

Professor Teng’s research interests are Epistemology and the Philosophy of Mind. Her work has appeared in Synthese and Philosophical Topics. She was awarded by Shanghai Pujiang Program a RMB 150,000 grant for two years to study the relationship between memory and imagining.

Select Publications

• Teng, L. (2018) “Is Phenomenal Force Sufficient for Immediate Perceptual Justification?” Synthese 195 (2): 637-656
• Teng, L. (2016) “Cognitive Penetration, Imagining, and the Downgrade Thesis,” Philosophical Topics 44(2): 405-426

Education

• PhD, Philosophy, Cornell University
• MA, Philosophy, Cornell University