HighlightsBridges Western and East Asian philosophical traditions with methodological rigor and intercultural sensitivity; recognized for advancing comparative philosophy as a discipline; significant influence on critical thinking education in Singapore; active in international scholarly networks and editorial roles; combines deep theoretical insight with practical curriculum development.
Focused research areas include Comparative philosophy between Western (continental) and East Asian (primarily Daoist and Confucian) traditions; critical thinking pedagogy; intercultural philosophy; philosophical methodology; intersections of language, imagination, and ethics in philosophical traditions.
- Van Beek Travel Fund for research on Master Thesis in 1997 in Java, Indonesia.
- National University of Singapore Research Scholarship from 2002-2006.
- Travel bursary from the National University of Singapore for semester at University of Hawai'i in 2004.
- Internal Research Grant for research conducted in Singapore Management University in 2015, from the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 1.
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- S BurikFilozofia: Journal for Philosophy 81 (1), 85, 2026
- S BurikJOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY, 2025
- S BurikJournal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 1-15, 2025
- S BurikComparative and Continental Philosophy, 1-22, 2024
- S BurikDao: a Journal of Comparative Philosophy 22 (1), 153-157, 2023
- Chai, David, ed., Dao Companion to Xuanxue (Neo-Daoism) Dordrecht: Springer, 2020, x + 529 pages [2023]S BurikDao 22 (1), 153-157, 2023
Dr Steven Burik is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy at Singapore Management University. He holds a PhD in comparative philosophy from the National University of Singapore. His research interests are mainly in comparative philosophy, continental philosophy (Heidegger, Derrida), Chinese philosophy (Daoism), and Critical Thinking. He is the author of The End of Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking (SUNY Press), editor of Comparative Philosophy and Method: Contemporary Practices and Future Possibilities, (co-edited with Ralph Weber and Robert Smid, Bloomsbury), which brings together leading scholars thinking about the methodology in comparative philosophy, and has co-authored a textbook in Critical Thinking. Aside from these he has published numerous articles in various journals and books, including Philosophy East and West, Dao: a Journal of Comparative Philosophy and Comparative and Continental Philosophy.
Qualifications
- PhD in Comparative Philosophy, National University of Singapore, 2006
- MA (Philosophy), Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1999
Research Interests
- Continental Philosophy
- Chinese Philosophy
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Critical Thinking in Real World
- Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy
- Interdisciplinary Perspectives & Methods