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- Philosophy Department’s 2025 Spring Hike Successfully Concluded
- The Philosophy Department’s 2025 Spring Hike took place on April 26. This year’s hike to Bugaksan brought together a wide range of participants, including Professors Emeritus Han-Gu Lee and Joa-Yong Lee, Professors Byoung Deok Lee, Min Seol, Jeonggyu Lee, and Seong Soo Park, along with 11 graduate students and 18 undergraduates. It was a meaningful occasion for intergenerational exchange and connection. Thanks to everyone’s enthusiastic participation and warm support, the event concluded successfully.
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- 작성일 2025-05-27
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- Injin Woo, Publication: "Beyond the Opposition of Empiricism and Rationalism" Korean Jouranl of Modern Philosophy
- Congratulations to Injin Woo on the publication of the paper titled "Beyond the Opposition of Empiricism and Rationalism: The Historical Significance of the Empirical Stance" in Korean Jouranl of Modern Philosophy! Link: https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003199427
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- 작성일 2025-05-27
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- 20th Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy Graduate Student Division Workshop (February 26)
- We are pleased to announce the detailed schedule for the 20th Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy Graduate Student Division Workshop, as follows: Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 13:00 ~ 17:20 (Opening Ceremony at 12:55 PM) Venue: Room 31604, Toegye Humanities Hall, Sungkyunkwan University Humanities and Social Sciences Campus Keynote Speaker: Prof. Sangsu Kim (Korean Military Academy) This workshop will feature a keynote speech by Prof. Sangsu Kim from Korean Military Academy, followed by presentations from three graduate students. Detailed Schedule and Abstracts: Opening: 12:55 PM ~ 13:00 PM Presentation 1: Min Cheol Seo (Ph.D. Student in Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University) / 13:00-13:50 (30-minute presentation, 20-minute Q&A) Title: Multi-Agent Simulative Belief Ascription Abstract: This paper presents the outline of the model of Multi-Agent Simulative Belief Ascription, (MASBA), a novel approach to model how an agent represents other agent’s belief state, incorporating belief revision to effectively address the dynamic nature of belief changes in multiagent contexts. In MASBA, each agent’s belief is represented as a distinct compartment, allowing for the sharing of beliefs through communication while maintaining their individual integrity. A key feature of MASBA is its handling of simulative beliefs, being casually characterised as ‘what would have believed if I were the case’, which may not always compatible with the ascribee’s actual belief state. When constructing the simulative belief state, the revision occurs with respect to the ascriber’s belief state but with a priority on the ascribee’s plausibility ordering. This structure enables MASBA to provide an intuitive perspective on cognitive faculty of ‘mindreading’, representing it as a mental simulation that merges our beliefs with the shared beliefs of others, thereby enriching our understanding of multi-agent belief dynamics and cognitive processes. Presentation 2: Hwiwon Daniel Lee (Master's Student in Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University) / 13:50-14:40 (30-minute presentation, 20-minute Q&A) Title: 사회적 대상으로서의 국가에 관한 추상적 인공물주의 Abstract: 사회적 대상으로서의 국가의 본성과 그 존재론적 지위를 설명하는 기존의 유력한 입장으로는 환원적 물질주의, 규범적 질료형상론, 그리고 인공물주의가 있다. 환원적 물질주의는 국가를 영토나 국민 등 특정한 물리적 요소로 환원한다. 규범적 질료형상론은 국가를 질료인 물리적 요소와 형상인 규범적 요소의 복합체로 간주한다. 인공물주의는 국가를 적절한 체현을 통해 창조된 추상적 인공물이라고 주장한다. 나는 이러한 기존의 이론들을 검토하고 비판한 뒤, 국가에 관한 인공물주의를 발전시켜 국가가 추상적 인공물로 이해된 음악 작품과 유사한 비물질적인 사회적 대상이라는 주장을 제시한다. 이에 따르면 국가는 특정한 법률 체계와 사회적 합의를 통해 창조되며, 국민들의 사회적 퍼포먼스를 통해 지속적으로 체현된다. Break: 14:40 ~ 15:00 (20 minutes) Presentation 3: Yongwoo Lee (Master's Student in Philosophy, Seoul National University) / 15:00-15:50 (30-minute presentation, 20-minute Q&A) Title: The Aligned Preference View: Revisiting the “As Judged by Themselves” Principle Abstract: Thaler and Sunstein argue that nudges should “influence choices in a way that will make choosers better off, as judged by themselves” (Thaler and Sunstein 2008, p. 5; italics in original). This is the so-called “as judged by themselves” principle, which has significantly influenced the ethics of nudging. In this paper, I argue that aligning a nudge solely with either first-order or second-order preferences is not sufficient to meet the principle. The sufficient condition for satisfying the principle is aligning it with both preferences, a perspective I refer to as the “aligned preference” view. I then demonstrate that this alternative account offers a better guideline than the “informed preference” view, which has been developed by Thaler and Sunstein. Keynote Speech: Prof. Sangsu Kim (Korean Military Academy) / 15:50-17:20 (60-minute presentation, 30-minute Q&A) Title: The Ontological Status of Collectives: A Dominant Sortal Approach to Collective Identity Abstract: The ontological status of collectives remains a contested issue in contemporary metaphysics, particularly in relation to their individuation, persistence conditions, and moral agency. Are collectives ontologically reducible to the sum of their individual members, or do they constitute distinct entities with their own identity criteria? This presentation proposes a novel approach to collective agency by drawing upon Michael Burke’s doctrine of dominant sortals within the material constitution debate. Just as Burke attempts to resolve the puzzle of coinciding objects by appealing to a dominant sortal that determines an object’s identity, I argue that a similar framework can be applied to collectives in order to delineate their ontological status. A central challenge in the metaphysics of collectives is whether their identity persists despite the continuous change in their individual composition. The dominant sortal framework allows us to conceptualize collective identity as governed by an overarching sortal that determines what kind of entity the collective is. For example, the persistence conditions of a military unit or a corporation may not depend solely on the continuity of its members but on its structural and functional identity as prescribed by its dominant sortal. This account helps us distinguish between mere aggregates of individuals and bona fide collective agents, clarifying when and how a collective ceases to exist or undergoes ontological transformation. Moreover, this framework raises critical implications for collective moral responsibility. If a collective is a distinct entity by virtue of its dominant sortal, then attributing responsibility to the collective cannot be merely a summation of individual culpability. Instead, the collective itself may bear moral accountability in ways that are irreducible to its members’ actions. Conversely, if a collective lacks a stable dominant sortal, its moral agency may be fundamentally indeterminate, thereby challenging legal and ethical doctrines that presuppose the moral culpability of institutions and organizations. By integrating the dominant sortal framework into the ontology of collectives, this study advances a refined understanding of collective identity, continuity, and responsibility. Closing: 17:20 ~ 17:25
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- 작성일 2025-03-30
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- Jungkyun Kim Receives the 2024 SKKU Graduate Student Thesis Award
- We are pleased to announce the results of the Philosophy department in the 2024 SKKU Graduate Student Thesis Award. Jungkyun Kim (Ph.D. Candidate): Encouragement Prize (Prize Money: 2 million won) Presentation Title: Can Only the Innocent Cast the First Stone? A Pragmatic Explanation for Dismissing the Hypocrite’s Blame Congratulations on the well-deserved award!
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- 작성일 2024-12-09
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- The Korean Society of Analytic Philosophy 2024 Fall Conference (December 14)
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The Korean Society of Analytic Philosophy 2024 Fall Conference, co-hosted with the Institute for Philosophy and Liberal Arts at the Department of Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, will be held on Saturday, December 14, from 1:55 PM to 5:50 PM in Room 31503, Toegye Humanities Hall, Sungkyunkwan University. The details are as follows: Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024 (1:55 PM – 5:50 PM) Venue: Room 31503, 5th Floor, Toegye Humanities Hall, Sungkyunkwan University Schedule: 1:55–2:00 Opening Remarks: Shin Kim (President, Korean Society of Analytic Philosophy)
2:00–2:55 Kyutae Kang (Seoul National University) A Critique of Perceptualism about Meaning: Based on an Empirical Study of Visual Word Form Areas 2:55–3:50 Beyong Deok Lee (Sungkyunkwan University) Which is More Fundamental: Reasons or Reasoning? 4:00–4:55 Jeonggyu Lee (Sungkyunkwan University) Group Names are Ordinary Names 4:55–5:50 Philolab (Junyeol Kim, Nikolaj Pedersen, SeongSoo Park, Dongyong Choi, Ana Ha), Representative: Junyeol Kim Is the Knowledge that Hesperus is Phosphorus Propositional Knowledge about Venus? Kyutae Kang Title: 의미에 대한 지각주의 비판: 시각 단어 형태 영역에 대한 경험적 연구를 바탕으로 Abstract: 의미에 대한 지각주의에 따르면, 익숙한 언어로 된 발화를 듣거나 글을 읽을 때 우리는 의미를 지각 경험한다. 다시 말해 우리는 발화의 음성적 특성을 듣거나 글자의 모양을 보고 의미를 추론하지 않고, 청각 혹은 경험을 통해 의미를 직접적으로 경험한다. 나는 지각주의에 대해, 시각 단어 형태 영역(Visual Word Form Area)에 대한 신경과학 연구에 근거를 둔 반론을 제시한다. 시각 단어 형태 영역은 의미를 처리하지 않으며, 의미를 처리하기 전 영역이다. 또한, 시각 단어 형태 영역은 지각 경험의 신경상관자가 아니며, 지각 경험의 신경상관자 이후 영역이다. 따라서, 시각으로 들어온 글 정보는 뇌에서 지각 경험의 신경상관자, 시각 단어 형태 영역, 의미 처리 영역 순서로 전달된다. 결론적으로, 의미는 지각 경험 형성 이후에 처리되므로 지각 경험에 표상되지 않는다. Byeong Deok Lee Title: Which is more fundamental: reasons or reasoning? 초록: Which is more fundamental: reasons or reasoning? The reasons-first view asserts that reasons are more fundamental than reasoning, while the reasoning-first view claims the opposite. In this paper, I argue that neither reasons nor reasoning is more fundamental than the other. In addition, drawing on a Sellarsian social practice theory of justification, I explain why neither reasons nor reasoning is more fundamental. Moreover, I argue that the fact that neither is more fundamental does not pose any serious problem for a Sellarsian social practice of justification, which is a coherence theory of justification. Although we cannot provide a reductive account of reasons and reasoning, we can offer conceptual explications of these concepts. Besides, within our social practice of justification, we can, at least in principle, determine what currently counts as good reasons and good reasoning. Jeonggyu Lee Title: Group Names are Ordinary Names Abstract: This paper deals with the semantics of names for social groups. My primary aim is to argue that social group names, such as “Blackpink” and “Real Madrid,” are ordinary names, such as “Biden” and “Mona Lisa”: like other ordinary names, a social group name directly refers to an object, whatever it may be, and its semantic content is the object itself. I first present some compelling evidence supporting the view that group names are ordinary names. Then, I introduce what I will call extensionalism on social groups, along with extensionalists’ usual strategy for addressing the main objections to their view. This strategy relies on the semantic claim that social group terms, including group names, are flexible role terms, more akin to definite descriptions than ordinary names. I criticize such a strategy by arguing that there is no convincing reason to regard group names as role terms and that the strategy itself rather creates some tension with extensionalism. The lesson, I conclude, is that when we examine the nature of a social group, it is methodologically advisable to use a group name and investigate the object referred to by it. Philolab (Junyeol Kim, Nikolaj Pedersen, SeongSoo Park, Dongyong Choi, Ana Ha), Representative: Junyeol Kim Title: Is the Knowledge that Hesperus is Phosphorus Propositional Knowledge about Venus? Abstract: We develop an argument that the knowledge of identity cannot be propositional knowledge. We start with several assumptions about identity, identity statements, and knowledge ascriptions, which are arguably plausible and seem to be widely accepted by theorists. If these assumptions are true and the knowledge of identity is propositional knowledge, the knowledge of identity is propositional knowledge of a particular type—the type we call ‘nominal objectual propositional knowledge’. Our argument is that the knowledge of identity cannot fall under the category of nominal objectual propositional knowledge. We argue that denying any of the assumptions about identity, identity statements, and knowledge ascriptions is not plausible, and suggest a way to accommodate the idea that the knowledge of identity is non-propositional. -
- 작성일 2024-12-09
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- The Philosophy Department's 2024 Fall Hiking Event Concludes Successfully
- The 2024 fall hiking event for the Philosophy Department took place on October 26. Participants included Professors Emeriti Han-Gu Lee and Joa-Yong Lee, as well as Professors Byoungdock Lee, Min Seol, Jeonggyu Lee, and Seong Soo Park. In addition, lecturers, 13 graduate students, 15 undergraduate students, and the department staff joined the hike on Bukhansan, enjoying a rich and meaningful time of philosophical exchange. Thanks to everyone's enthusiastic participation, the event concluded successfully.
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- 작성일 2024-11-13
- 조회수 349
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- Donghoon Lee, Presentation of a Paper at the Southeastern Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Workshop
- Donghoon Lee, currently a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech, had his paper, "A Critique of A.I. Politics from Hannah Arendt's Point of View," accepted to the Southeastern Ethics and Philosophy of Technology Workshop, where he presented it on October 19. Congratulations!
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- 작성일 2024-11-13
- 조회수 408
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- Yoorim In Have Papers Accepted for the APA Pacific Division Meeting
- Yoorim In's paper, "Why This Performance Is a Performance of That Musical Work: Essential Properties of Musical Works," has been accepted for the Colloquium session at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, and is scheduled to be presented at the San Francisco meeting in April 2025. (https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025Pacific) The American Philosophical Association (https://www.apaonline.org/) is the most prestigious association in the field of Anglo-American philosophy, with an acceptance rate of approximately 20-25% for conference papers. Congratulations!
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- 작성일 2024-10-20
- 조회수 489