Sotaro Tanigawa is a PhD student at Chiba University, working mainly in epistemology, a branch of philosophy.
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Publications (mostly in Japanese)
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Epistemological Issues Regarding Curiosity
[paper]
Chiba University Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs Research Project Reports, Number 383, 2024
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Internalism and Externalism About Understanding
[paper]
Japanese Student Research Notes of Philosophy of Science, Number 6, 2023
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On the Factivity of Understanding in Epistemology
[paper]
Chiba University Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs Research Project Reports, Number 359, 2021
Talks (mostly in Japanese)
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How to Become a Wise Person: Virtue Theory and Consequentialism
[slides]
2024 Japan Forum for Young Philosophers, National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, July 14, 2024
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On the Value of Understanding and Compression
[paper]
56th Annual Meeting, Philosophy of Science Society, Japan, University of Tsukuba, December 3, 2023
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Do All Epistemic Values Derive From the Value of Truth?
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2023 Japan Forum for Young Philosophers, National Olympics Memorial Youth Center, July 16, 2023
Education
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Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs, Chiba University, April 2022 – Present
PhD Student in Philosophy
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Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs, Chiba University, April 2020 – March 2022
MA in Philosophy, Thesis: A Critical Study of Internalism About Understanding
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Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University, April 2016 – March 2020
BA in Philosophy, Thesis: On the Certainty of Empirical Knowledge
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Aiko Junior/Senior High School, April 2009 – March 2015
Professional Experience
- Assistant Technical Staff, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University, Summer 2023
- Assistant Technical Staff, Graduate School of Humanities, Chiba University, Summer 2022
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Fellow, Linguistic Philosophy, Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs, Chiba University, Spring 2024
- Teaching Assistant, Philosophy, General Education, Chiba University, Spring 2024
- Teaching Assistant, Philosophy, General Education, Chiba University, Spring 2023
- Teaching Assistant, Environmental Ethics, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Fall 2022
- Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Philosophy C, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Spring 2021
- Teaching Assistant, Seminar in Foundations of Science A, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Fall 2020
- Teaching Assistant, Seminar in History of Science C, Faculty of Letters, Chiba University, Spring 2020
- International Student Tutor, Graduate School of Humanities and Studies on Public Affairs, Chiba University, April 2022 – March 2023