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- The Institute of Philosophy's Spring 2024 Invited Talk, Prof. Youichi Matsusaka (Tokyo Metropolitan University) NEW
- We are pleased to announce that Sungkyunkwan University's Institute of Philosophy will host the Spring 2024 Invited International Scholar's Talk on May 3rd (Friday) from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The event will take place in Room 31406 of Toegye Hall of Humanities. At this event, Prof. Youichi Matsusaka from Tokyo Metropolitan University will deliver a talk titled "Further Words on Words: A Naturalistic Approach to the Ontology of Linguistic Entities." We invite all faculty and students to attend and engage with this topic. Title: Further Words on Words: A Naturalistic Approach to the Ontology of Linguistic Entities Abstract: In his much-discussed paper "Words", David Kaplan proposed a naturalistic approach to the ontology of words. While Kaplan's criticism of the shape-theoretic conception of words has been widely accepted, one of his central claims – that differences in sound or shape between tokens of the same word can be "just about as great as you would like" – has faced near-universal rejection from his critics. An exception to this consensus has emerged in the recent work of Una Stojnić. By taking Kaplan's suggestion that words are dynamic, worldly entities seriously, I will attempt to defend Kaplan's contested claim and compare my position to Stojnić's. In doing so, I will emphasize the role of token resemblance in the evolution of words, a factor that has been overlooked in the existing literature on this topic. Bio: Prof. Youichi Matsusaka was born in Kyoto, Japan. He completed his B.A. at Kyoto University, earned his M.S. at the University of Tokyo, and achieved his Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. Date and Time: May 3, 2024, Friday, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Location: Sungkyunkwan University, Toegye Hall of Humanities, 4th Floor, Room #31406 Schedule: 4:00~6:00 Youichi Matsusaka (Tokyo Metropolitan University) Further Words on Words: A Naturalistic Approach to the Ontology of Linguistic Entities If you have any questions regarding the event, please contact us at the information below. Research Director, Jeonggyu Lee / 02-760-0208 / jeonggyulee@skku.edu Research Assistant, Yoorim In / in.yr0805@gmail.com
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- 작성일 2024-04-20
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- Prof. Jeonggyu Lee Receives the 4th Moha Analytic Philosophy Paper Award
- Prof. Jeonggyu Lee has been awarded the 4th Moha Analytic Philosophy Paper Award. Award-winning Paper: "Authorial Intention, Readers’ Creation, and Reference Shift," published in Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 72 (2022) (https://academic.oup.com/pq/article-abstract/72/2/381/6316460?redirectedFrom=fulltext) The award is sponsored by the Moha academic fund, generously donated by the former LG Electronics President Hun-jo Lee (whose byname was 'Moha'). Every two years, the committee members from the Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy select a paper written by a Korean philosopher that they believe had made an important contribution to analytic philosophy in Korea. Congratulations!!
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Dr. Seongsoo Park Awarded the 8th Seosan Emerging Philosopher Researcher Award
- Dr. Seongsoo Park has been selected as the recipient of the 8th Seosan Emerging Philosopher Researcher Award, receiving a prize of 5 million won. The Seosan Emerging Philosopher Researcher Award is presented to outstanding researchers who have earned a doctoral degree in philosophy within the last three years in South Korea for their exceptional doctoral theses. Congratulations on the well-deserved achievement!
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Jungkyun Kim (Ph.D. Candidate) Receives the 2023 SKKU Graduate Student Thesis Award
- We are pleased to announce the results of the Philosophy department in the 2023 SKKU Graduate Student Thesis Award. Jungkyun Kim (Ph.D. Candidate): Encouragement Prize (Prize Money: 2 million won) Presentation Title: Is Giving Birth in This World Morally Wrong?: A Critique of Benatar's Anti-Natalism Congratulations on the well-deserved award!
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Prof. Jeonggyu Lee's Interview on "Reinterpretation of 'Some썸'" Featured on SBS News
- An interview with Professor Jeonggyu Lee regarding his analysis of the Korean word "썸타다" Here are the links to the two-part interview: Interview Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7WHaHJqz1o&ab_channel=%EC%8A%A4%EB%B8%8C%EC%8A%A4%EB%89%B4%EC%8A%A4SUBUSUNEWS Interview Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mgYWB0CbmA&ab_channel=%EC%8A%A4%EB%B8%8C%EC%8A%A4%EB%89%B4%EC%8A%A4SUBUSUNEWS
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Donghoon Lee (Ph.D. Candidate) Selected for Funding by the National Research Foundation (Type B)
- Donghoon Lee, a Ph.D. candidate, has been selected for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Professorship (Type B) by the National Research Foundation of Korea for his research project, "Can Artificial Intelligence Become an Outstanding Politician?" He will receive a total research grant of 20 million won over the course of one year to conduct and advance his research project. Congratulations!
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Daehwi Jeong (Master's) and Yoorim In (Master's Candidate) Have Papers Accepted for the APA Eastern Meeting
- Daehwi Jung (Master's) and Yoorim In (Master's Candidate) have had their papers accepted for the Colloquium session at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting, scheduled to take place in New York in January 2024. The titles of each graduate student's paper are as follows: Daehwi Jeong: Fictional Realism and the Problem of Negative Existentials Yoorim In: Parallelizing Universalism and Nihilism The American Philosophical Association (https://www.apaonline.org/) is one of the most prestigious societies in the analytic philosophical community, with an acceptance rate for presentation papers ranging from 20% to 25%. It is noteworthy that this marks the first time that master's students or master's candidates from Korean universities will be presenting at the conference.
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Youngsung Kim (Ph.D. Candidate) Receives the 3rd Moha Analytic Philosophy Graduate Student Paper Award
- Kim Young Sung, a Ph.D. candidate, has been awarded the 3rd Moha Analytic Philosophy Graduate Student Paper Award for his presentation titled "Normative Understanding of Some" at the Korean Analytic Philosophy Society's graduate student section. Congratulations! The Moha Analytic Philosophy Graduate Student Paper Award, presented every two years by the Korean Analytic Philosophy Society, aims to discover and recognize outstanding analytic philosophy papers by graduate students, fostering research advancements in the field among domestic graduate students. The funding for the award is provided by the Moha Academic Fund.
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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- Prof. Byeong D. Lee's Paper, "A Kantian Critique of Benatar’s Argument from the Cosmic Perspective," Featured on NEW
- Introduction on NEW WORK IN PHILOSOPHY, a platform highlighting the latest works of philosophers, features Professor Byeong D. Lee's paper titled "A Kantian Critique of Benatar’s Argument from the Cosmic Perspective." In this paper, Professor Lee criticizes David Benatar's view that refraining from procreation is preferable due to the lack of cosmic meaning in our lives and its overwhelming negativity. Professor Lee's criticism is based on a Kantian perspective. You can find the introduction and a summary of the paper at the following link: https://newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/byeong-d-lee-sungkyunkwan-university?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1185240&post_id=135341477&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
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- 작성일 2023-12-05
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