Last updated: Oct 2026
Areas
- Areas of Specialisation — Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of AI
- Areas of Competence — Social Ontology, Scientific Understanding, History of Philosophy in Korea
Education
- Ph.D. student in Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2026 –
- M.A. in Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2026
- B.A. in Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
- B.A. in Korean Literature in Classical Chinese, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, 2024
Thesis
- M.A. thesis (2026.06): Coincidence and the Reference of Social Group Terms. Advisor: Seongsoo Park. Committee: Byeongdeok Lee, Jeonggyu Lee.
Publications
- (2025.04) “경험론과 합리론의 대립을 넘어서: 경험적 자세의 철학사적 의의” (Beyond the Opposition of Empiricism and Rationalism: The Historical Significance of the Empirical Stance), 근대철학 (Modern Philosophy) 25.
Presentations
- All you zombies: Knowing Other Minds in an Age of Generative AI — Peking University, China, Dec 2026.
- Simonelli on Assertibility of pure LLMs — 2nd Philosophical Interchange between Sungkyunkwan and Nagoya University, Nagoya University, Japan, 25 Oct 2026; Writing Sample Workshop, Yonsei University, South Korea, Aug 2026; 2026 KSPS Annual Conference, Gwacheon National Science Museum, South Korea, July 2026; Suseon Philosophy Society Reboot, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, July 2026.
- When the State Matches: State-Run Dating Apps and Infrastructural Violence — 2027 APA Eastern Division Meeting, Papers in Progress Workshop Sessions, Boston, MA, Jan 2027; Global Mobility Humanities Conference, Konkuk University, South Korea, Oct 2026.
- On the Reference of Social Groups under Reductive Materialism — 25th Colloquium of the Institute for Philosophy and Liberal Arts Education, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, Aug 2026; Philosophical Interchange between Sungkyunkwan and Nagoya University, Nagoya University, Japan, Nov 2025.
- Augmented Intellect: AI as Extended Cognition in Scientific Understanding — 2025 Global Mobility Humanities Conference, Konkuk University, South Korea, Dec 2025; 2025 Seoul Workshop in Philosophy of Machine Learning, Seoul National University, South Korea, Feb 2025.
- Frenemies in the Same Boat: A Critical Assessment of Explanatory Voluntarism and Its Implications for the DRK View of Scientific Understanding — KSPS 2025 Annual Conference, Seoul National University, South Korea, July 2025; APPSA-LMPST Taiwan 2025, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, June 2025.
- ‘절름발이’는 왜 부도덕한 표현인가? (Why is the term ‘lame’ considered morally wrong?) — The 21st KSAP Grad Division Workshop, Seoul National University, South Korea, Aug 2025; Sookmyung Research Institute of Humanities 12th Conference, Sookmyung Women’s University, South Korea, June 2025.
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Sungkyunkwan University:
- Formal Logic (형식적 논리학), Fall 2026 – present
- Logical Thinking (논리적 사고), Fall 2024 – Fall 2025, Fall 2026 – present
- Linguistic Analysis (언어논리입문), Spring 2024 – Spring 2025
- Academic Writing (학술적 글쓰기), Spring 2024 – Spring 2025
- Data Analysis and Situational Judgement (자료해석과 상황판단), Spring 2024
- Short Course Instructor — SKKU AICOSS & Songpa-gu Chaeum Class (Jamsin High School): A Philosophical Understanding of AI (5 days, 2025)
Professional Service
- 2025 – Institute for Philosophy and Liberal Arts Education, Sungkyunkwan University, Research Assistant.
- 2025–2026, 2026 – The Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University, HK researcher.
- 2025 – Korean Association for Logic, Secretary.
Grants & Awards
- 2026–2027: Samil Scholarship (Doctoral Program, Full Tuition), The Samil Foundation.
- 2026: Black Talker 2026, Young Critic of Traditional Performing Arts, Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation.
- 2025: Winner’s Scholarship, 2025 Academic Paper Competition for Emerging Scholars, Sookmyung Institute of Humanities.
- International Conference Travel Grant, Sungkyunkwan University.
- Frenemies in the Same Boat: A Critical Assessment of Explanatory Voluntarism and Its Implications for the DRK view of Scientific Understanding, APPSA-LMPST 2025. Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2024–present: TA Scholarship.
- 2024: Simsan Scholarship.
Public Writing
- (2026.05) 모든 결합이 도약인 것은 아니다: 크로스오버라는 이상한 덧셈 (Not Every Combination Is a Leap: The Strange Arithmetic of Crossover), 공진단 블랙 (Gongjindan Black) 27.
- (2026.04) 우리 핏줄에는 국악이 흐르지 않는다: 가족으로서의 국악 팬덤 (Gugak Does Not Run in Our Blood: Gugak Fandom as Family), 공진단 블랙 (Gongjindan Black) 26.