About Me

I received a B.A. in Philosophy and Korean Literature in Classical Chinese. I’m most interested in ontology and meta-ontology, especially ontological nominalism and ontological deflationism, as well as in inferentialism on meaning. I’m also interested in Skepticism and Buddhism. Outside philosophy, I enjoy reading and memorizing 18th-century Korean literature and Song dynasty literature. Also love to listen to 80s jazz music, heavy metal, and Korean traditional music. I play Guitar/Piri(a Korean traditional instrument) if there is time left.

you can contact me at jaegoi53@gmail.com

Interests

Ontology, Metaontology, Scientific Understanding, Pyrrhonian Skepticism, Buddhism, Confucianism.

Publications

• (2025.04) “경험론과 합리론의 대립을 넘어서: 경험적 자세의 철학사적 의의” 근대철학, 25.
  • Beyond the Opposition of Empiricism and Rationalism: The Historical Significance of the Empirical Stance

Work in Progress

• Thesis on Materialism in Social Ontology.
• A paper on Scientific Understanding.
• A paper on Stance Voluntarism applied to the History of Philosophy.

(Upcoming) Presentations

Augemented Intellect: AI as Extended Cognition in Scientific Understanding

(Abstract)

• 2025 Seoul Workshop in Philosophy of Machine Learning, Feb 2025, (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Frenemies in the Same Boat: A Critical Assessment of Explanatory Voluntarism and Its Implications for the DRK view of Scientific Understanding

(Abstract) (Slides)(Handout)

• APPSA-LMPST Taiwan 2025, June 2025 (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
• KSPS 2025 annual Conference, July 2025 (Seoul National University, South Korea)

‘절름발이’는 왜 부도덕한 표현인가? (Why is the term ‘lame’ considered morally wrong?)

(draft) (Slides)(in Korean)

• 2025년 숙명인문학연구소 제12회 정기학술대회 <신체적 소수자와의 공감과 공존>(Sookmyung Research Institute of Humanities 12th Conference, <Empathy and coexistence with physical minorities>), June 2025,(Sookmyung Women’s University, South Korea)

Comments

• On Social and Applied Hinge Epistemology (Annalisa Coliva)
  • AI Epistemology Seminar, Feb 2025 (Yonsei University, South Korea)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

• Linguistic Analysis (언어논리입문)
  • Spring 2024 – Spring 2025.
• Academic Writing (학술적 글쓰기)
  • Spring 2024 - Spring 2025.
• Logical Thinking (논리적 사고)
  • Fall 2024 - Spring 2025.
• Data Analysis and Situational Judgement (자료해석과 상황판단)
  • Spring 2024.

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Professional Service

• 2025– Institute for Philosophy and Liberal Arts Education, Sungkyunkwan University, Administrative Assistant (철학과 인문교육 연구소, 간사)
• 2025– The Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University, Research Assistant (모빌리티인문학 연구원, 연구보조원)

Education

B.A. Philosophy SungKyunKwan University, South Korea, 2024.

B.A. Korean Literature in Classical Chinese SungKyunKwan University, South Korea, 2024.

Grants & Awards

• 2024 - 2025: TA Scholarship
• 2024: Simsan Scholarship
• 2025: Winner, 2025 Academic Paper Competition for Emerging Scholars, Sookmyung Institute of Humanities

Name

우인진, 禹仁眞, Injin Woo.

Birthplace

Taebaek, Korea