Faculty Members: Academic Areas and Research Topics
Graduate School of Humanities Major in Philosophy
Yuuki Andou
Professor
Mathematical logic
Studies of modal logic fundamentals and examinations of methods for handling modalities such as inevitability and possibility in logic systems from the dual aspects of semantics and syntax
Kazuo Okuda
Professor
Ancient Greek philosophy
Current continuing theme is Plato’s political philosophy
Takeshi Sakai
Professor
Research into Georges Bataille, history of Gothic culture, Western art history
Research into Georges Bataille, art theory, western European art history
Tatsubumi Sugasawa
Professor
Kant’s ethics, modern Western thought
Modern German thought, Kantian moral philosophy
Atsushi Naito
Professor
Philosophy of law
Research on human rights and the basis of the Constitution; research on human nature from the perspective of evolutionary psychology
Kouichi Nakagama
Professor
Philosophy of language, philosophy of science
Possibilities of modern metaphysics and perspectivism
Yasuaki Kimijima
Associate Professor
Phenomenology and hermeneutics, philosophy of technology
Critical investigation of Heidegger's historical view of western philosophy, research on technology and human relations
Masato Sato
Associate Professor
French Philosophy and Early Modern Western Philosophy
Comprehensive study of Descartes' philosophy, its place and development in early modern Western philosophy, and study of the concept of nature
Shunta Nishizuka
Associate Professor
History of Japanese thought
Research into modern Japanese philosophy, particularly the philosophy of the Kyoto School
Mariko Uchiyama
Lecturer
Western Medieval Philosophy
The Analogical Thought and Ontology of Thomas Aquinas, Philosophy of Language in the Western Middle Ages
Keisuke Yoshida
Lecturer
Social philosophy, philosophy of religion
Kierkegaard's thought, critical theory of Adorno and Horkheimer, modern and contemporary German thought