I am mainly interested in the question of how our language and thought relate us to various objects. Much of my research has dealt with questions about names, references, and thoughts: the conditions for singular thought, predicativism about names, and the contingent a priori. Currently, I am working on topics related to fictional names and entities such as "Spider-Man" and Spider-Man.
Journal Articles
• "Fictional Creationism and Negative Existentials" (forthcoming) The Canadian Journal of Philosophy
• "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Table" (2023) Philosophies (Special Issue on Fiction and Metaphysics)
• "Referential Intentions and Ordinary Names in Fiction" (2023) Philosophical Studies 180: 1059-1079.
• "Singular Thoughts, Singular Attitude Reports, and Acquaintance" (2023) Analytic Philosophy 64: 126-142.
• "Authorial Intention, Readers' Creation, and Reference Shift" (2022) The Philosophical Quarterly 72: 381-401. [Winner of the 4th Moha Analytic Philosophy Award]
• "The Contingent A Priori, Linguistic Stipulation, and Singular Thought" (2021) Theoria 87: 1020-37.
• "Against Predicativism about Names" (2020) Philosophical Studies 117: 243-61.
• "Some썸: Epistemic Uncertainty or Volitional Indecisiveness?" (in Korean) (2021) The Journal of Korean Studies 77: 123-146
• "An Analysis of the Application Condition for the Newly-coined Korean Word '썸타다some-ta-da'" (in Korean) (2019) Philosophical Analysis 41: 61-80.
• "In Defense of Hume's Skeptical Argument against Induction" (2015) Korean Journal of Philosophy 123: 153-169.
• "Contextualism, Relativism, and the 'Faultless Disagreement'" (2012) Philosophical Analysis 26: 45-73.
• "On the Problem of Fixing the Reference of a Name and a New Description Theory" (in Korean) (2010) Korean Journal of Philosophy 102: 81-107.
Education
Ph.D. (Philosophy) University of California, Santa Barbara (2018)
M.A. (Philosophy) University of California, Santa Barbara (2015)
M.A. (Western Philosophy) Seoul National University
B.A. (Philosophy) Seoul National University
B.S. (Physics Education) Seoul National University
Experience
Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University (2020.3 ~ present)
Director, Institute of Philosophy and Humanities Education at SKKU (2021.9 ~ present)
Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Philosophy (2021.9 ~ present)
Executive Committee, Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy (2021.3 ~ 2023.2)
Honors / Awards
The 4th Moha Analytic Philosophy Award, Korean Society for Analytic Philosophy (2023)
The Aida and Philip F. Siff Prize in Philosophy for Best Essay, UCSB (2018)
The Woogok Grand Prize for the Best M.A. Thesis, Department of Philosophy, SNU (2009)
The Myungkyung Grand Prize for the Best B.A. Thesis, Department of Philosophy, SNU (2007)
Conference Paper
(2024)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Table.
2024 American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2024)
Retroactive Continuity and Fictional Facts.
The 7th Meeting of the Eastern Hemisphere Language & Metaphysics Network.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2023)
Retroactive Continuity and Fictional Facts.
2023년 한국분석철학회 여름 학술발표회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2023)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Table.
2023 한국철학자연합대회 분석철학회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2023)
There Might Have Been No Such Thing as Sherlock Holmes: Creationism and Negative Existentials.
2023 American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2022)
The Causal Theory of Ordinary Names in Fiction.
2022 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting.
CANADA
(2022)
There Might Have Been No Such Thing as Sherlock Holmes: Creationism and Negative Existentials.
제14회 한국분석철학회(KSAP) 대학원 분과 발표회 (키노트 스피커).
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2022)
Authorial Intention, Readers’ Creation, and Reference Shift.
2022 American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2021)
허구에서 나타나는 일상 이름에 대한 인과 이론 (The Causal Theory of Ordinary Names in Fiction).
세계선도 중점학과 육성사업 분석철학 초청강연.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Authorial Intention, Readers' Creation, and Reference Shift.
한국분석철학회 2021년 겨울 학술발표회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
The Contingent A Priori, Linguistic Stipulation, and Epistemic Justification.
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2019)
Singular Thought, Singular Attitude Reports, and Acquaintance.
한국분석철학회 2019년 여름 학술발표회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2019)
The Myth of Descriptive Names: We Still Do not Know When Newman2Will Be Born.
The Society for Exact Philosophy Annual Meeting.
CANADA
(2019)
Tracking down the Conditions for Singular Thought.
American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2018)
Tracking down the Conditions for Singular Thought.
Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia.
TAIWAN
(2018)
Against Predicativism about Names.
the Society for Exact Philosophy.
UNITED STATES
(2018)
Against Predicativism about Names.
American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2017)
Against Predicativism about Names.
Central States Philosophical Association Meeting.
UNITED STATES
