Associate Professor Kwek Sui-Kion Adrian

Selected Publications

Journal Articles:

• Kwek, A. “Involuntary and Irresistible Inferences from Publicly Available Information.” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. Vol. 29, 835-850, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-026-10573-9 
• Kwek, A. “The "Risks of Routine Tests” and Analogical Reasoning in Assessments of Minimal Risk.” The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine. Vol. 49, Issue 1, 2024.
• Kwek, A., Peh, T., Tan, J. & Lee, J. X. “Distractions, Analytical Thinking and Falling for Fake News: A Survey of Psychological Factors.” Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. Vol. 10, Article Number 319, 2023.
• Kwek, A. “Crowdsourced Research: Vulnerability, Autonomy and Exploitation.” Ethics & Human Research. Vol. 42, No. 1, 2020. 
• Kwek, A. “The Indispensability of Labelled Groups to Vulnerability in Bioethics.” Bioethics. Vol. 1, Issue 9, 2017.
• Kwek, A. “Dworkin and the Archimedean’s Lever.” Journal of Philosophical Research. Special Conference Supplement: Ethical Issues for the 21st Century. Charlottesville, VA: Philosophy Documentation Press, 2005.
  
  

Book Chapter:

• Kwek, A. “The Pedagogical Contributions of the Peripheral Spaces of Walks: Fort Canning and Tiong Bahru.” Cultural Heritage and Peripheral Spaces in Singapore. By Lim Tai Wei. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
  
  

Conference Presentations:

• Kwek, A. “What is critical thinking that we may teach it in the age of AI?” 3-5th November 2026. Andragogy for Impact 2026, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore.
• Kwek, A. “An Argument Model for Teaching Critical Thinking.” 26-27th November 2024. SUSS SoTL Symposium 2024, Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore. 
• Kwek, A. “On the Violation of Privacy by Deliberate Inference.” 7-11th July 2024. Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference 2024, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. 
• Kwek, A. “Justifying a Disinformation Response Competency Test Instrument.” Winter 2020. eLearning Forum Asia 2020, Virtual Conference on Zoom, Hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK.
• Kwek, A. “The Vulnerability Heuristic.” Summer 2019. Oxford Global Health and Bioethics International Conference 2019, Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
• Kwek, A. “The Indispensability of Labels to a Theory of Bioethical Vulnerability.” Summer 2016. 13th World Congress of the International Association of Bioethics, Edinburgh International Conference Centre; and Institute of Medical Ethics Conference 2016, Institute of Medical Ethics, Edinburgh, UK.
• Kwek, A. “Downward Causation as Role Causation.” Summer 2014. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
• Kwek, A. “The Malfunction Problem and the Functional Individuation of Biological Traits.” Fall 2011. The Sixth Annual Mark L. Shapiro Graduate Philosophy Conference, Brown University. Commentator: Miquel Miralbés del Pino (Brown University). Spring 2012. The 86th Annual APA Pacific Division Meeting, Westin Seattle, Seattle, Washington, USA. Commentator: Shawn A. Miller (University of California at Davis).
• Kwek, A. “The Predictive Character of Causal Explanations and Fodor’s Cross-Context Test.” Spring 2010. Southeast Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Florida at Gainesville. Commentator: Andreas Falke (University of Florida at Gainesville). Spring 2010. Inter-Mountain West Student Philosophy Conference, University of Utah. Spring 2010. Graduate Student Philosophy Conference, Intersections with the Philosophy of Language, Brandeis University. Commentator: Richard Sandlin (Brandeis University).
• Kwek, A. “Knowing Which and Being Located.” Spring 2007. The 31st Annual Mid-South Philosophy Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Commentator: Mylan Engel Jr. (Northern Illinois University).
• Kwek, A. “Dworkin and the Archimedean’s Lever.” Fall 2001. Morality in the 21st Century, conference jointly sponsored by the American Philosophical Association and the University of Delaware, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
  

Commentaries:

• Kwek, A. “AI can uncover others’ secrets. Can we resist judging and sharing?” The Straits Times. 28th September 2026.
• Kwek, A. & Tan, J. “Commentary: How to ‘Vaccinate’ Youth Against Believing Fake News.” TODAY. 13th March 2023. https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/commentary-how-vaccinate-youth-against-believingfake-news-2126831.
• Kwek, A. “Commentary: Safeguarding Vulnerable Youths in their Interactions with Law Enforcement Authorities.” TODAY. 9th November 2021. https://www.todayonline.com/commentary/safeguarding-vulnerable-youths-their-interactions-law-enforcement-authorities.
• Kwek, A. “Implicit Bias and the Cultivation of Racial Harmony.” The Straits Times. 7th August 2020. 
• Kwek, A. “Fanning the Flames: When Attempts to Call Out Misinformation Backfire.” The Straits Times. 19th April 2019.
• Kwek, A. “Sweet Spot in Informed Consent Lies in Idea of ‘Core Disclosures’.” The Straits Times. 15th March 2019.
• Kwek, A. “To Fight Fake News, Build Character and Critical Thinking Skills.” The Straits Times. 1st March 2018.
• Kwek, A. “Encourage Civic Friendship for Social Harmony.” The Sunday Times. 25th October 2015.
  

Others:

• Kwek, A. “Don't Judge It's Fallacious Until You Know How They're Reasoning.” Paradigm. Centre for University Core. 16th December 2020. https://paradigm.suss.edu.sg/dont-judge-its-fallacious-until-you-know-how-theyre-reasoning/.
• Kwek A. “The Need for Ethical Review in Non-Biomedical Human Subject Research.” Paradigm. Centre for University Core. 13th May 2019. https://paradigm.suss.edu.sg/the-need-for-ethical-review-in-nonbiomedical-human-subject-research/.
• Kwek, A. “What Theory of Knowledge is About.” Forum letter in The Straits Times. 21st January 2014.