Curriculum Vitae Masashi Kasaki

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1 Curriculum Vitae Masashi Kasaki Departmental Address H402, Ishiguro Laboratory Graduate School of Engineering Science Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyama Toyonaka, Osaka Japan Office phone: Home Address Toyonaka, Osaka Japan Mobile phone: Current Academic Post Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University Education Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Calgary Dissertation: Contextualism and the Reference Class Problem Committee: Jeremy Fantl (supervisor), Marc Ereshefsky, Mark Migotti, Murray Burke (internal external, Mathematics & Statistics Dept.), Jonathan Vogel (external, Amherst College) Ph.D. Program, Philosophy, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan (incomplete) M.A., Philosophy, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan M.A. Thesis: Husserl s Pure Logic B.A., Philosophy, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan Areas of Specialization Epistemology, Philosophical Methodology Areas of Competence Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Elementary Logic, Early Modern Philosophy, Phenomenology Publication (Refereed) - SSI and Isolated Secondhand Knowledge. Acta Analytica, forthcoming. - The Challenge from Experimental Philosophy, (in Japanese) Ouyou Tetsugaku (Contemporary and Applied Philosophy), forthcoming. - Virtue Epistemology and Environmental Luck. The Journal of Philosophical Research, forthcoming. - Internalism and the Generality Problem. (in Japanese) Kagaku Tetsugaku (Philosophy of Science), 45 (2), 2012:

2 - A Variety of Arguments for Cartesian Skepticism and Their Presuppositions. (in Japanese) Tetsugaku (Philosophy) 63, 2012: Publication (Unrefereed) - The Knowledge-Action Principle and Isolated Secondhand Knowledge. Papers of the 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium, 2011: Pragmatics and Epistemology in the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars. (in Japanese) Journal of the Literary Association of Kwansei Gakuin University LIX No. 1, 2004: Translations (into Japanese) - Terra es Animata: On Having a Life. by Gilbert Mailaender, The Hastings Center Report 23: 25 32, 1993; in M. Fuzii, H. Oomura, T. Kubodera & K. Hamano (eds.), Seimai Rinri ni okeru Syuukyou to Spirituarity (Religion & Spirituality in Bioethics), Koyo Shobo, 2010: Wie zu verstehen ist: zur Konzeption des Hermeneutischen bei Heidegger. by Günter Figal, read at 18th Meeting of Kwansei Gakuin Philosophical Society, September 26, 1999; (with S. Iizuka, T. Asano & H. Mine), Kwansei Gakuin University Journal of Philosophical Research 34, 2000: Book Review - Socratic Epistemology: Explorations of Knowledge-Seeking by Questioning. by Jaakko Hintikka, New York: Cambridge University Press, Review of Metaphysics LXII, 2008: Paper (under Review) - (with Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins) The Traditional Conception of the A Priori. Conference Presentations (Refereed) - Knowledge between Languages?: How to Do Epistemology in Japanese. (refereed by abstract) Epistemology for the Rest of the World, An International Conference on Epistemology, Linguistic Diversity & Cultural Diversity, Tokyo Satellite Office, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, August 9, Is Epistemological Disjunctivism Viable? 57th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Victoria, June 4, In Defense of the E = K Thesis. 49th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Victoria, October 21, Epistemic Standards and the Locality of Skepticism. (refereed by abstract) First Conference on Contemporary Philosophy in East Asia, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, September 9, Virtue Epistemology and Environmental Luck. 56th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Waterloo, May 27, 2012; (refereed by abstract) Canadian Society for Epistemology 2011, University of Sherbrooke, November 12, The Knowledge-Action Principle and Isolated Secondhand Knowledge. 34th International Wittgenstein Symposium, Austria, August 11,

3 - (with Gillman Payette) The Many Dimensions of Contextualism in Epistemology. (refereed by abstract) 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, University of Nancy, France, July 25, 2011 (Payette didn t attend, and I represented both of us). - (with Gillman Payette) Epistemic Closure, Contextualism and the Truth Matching Account of Knowledge. 48th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Lethbridge, October 22, 2011; 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Manitoba, May 27, 2011 (I didn t attend, and Payette represented both of us). (accepted, but the conference was cancelled because of the earthquake) - Gettier Cases and Infallibilism. (refereed by abstract, in Japanese) 3rd Annual Meeting of the Applied and Contemporary Philosophy Society Japan, Chiba University, Japan, April 24, A Solution to the Problem of Easy Knowledge. 47th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Calgary, October 31, Contextualism and Skepticism. (refereed by abstract, in Japanese) 37th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Society Japan, Kyoto University, Japan, October 2, Conference Presentations (Invited) - TBA, Tokyo Forum for Analytic Philosophy, University of Tokyo, Japan, November 21, Virtue Ethics, Situationalism, and Contextualism: The Context-Sensitivity of Virtue Attributions. (in Japanese) Moral Psychology Colloquium: 2nd Workshop Virtue Ethics and Situationism, University of Tokyo, Japan, September 28, What is Liberalism Good for? Departmental Talk, University of British Columbia, October 12, Enriching the Framework of Experimental Philosophy. International Conference, How and Why Economists and Philosophers Do Experiments: Dialogue between Experimental Economics and Experimental Philosophy, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan, March 28, Introduction to Experimental Philosophy. International Conference, How and Why Economists and Philosophers Do Experiments: Dialogue between Experimental Economics and Experimental Philosophy, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan, March 27, Introduction to Experimental Philosophy I and II. (in Japanese, Two Concussive Talks) International Conference, How and Why Economists and Philosophers Do Experiments: Dialogue between Experimental Economics and Experimental Philosophy, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan, March 26, The Challenge from Experimental Philosophy. (in Japanese) 1st Annual Meeting of the Applied and Contemporary Philosophy Society Japan, Kyoto University, Japan, April 26, Other Presentations - Reasons for Belief and Reasons for Action. Workshop on the Unity of Epistemic Reasons, 57th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Victoria, June 4,

4 - (with Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins) The Traditional Conception of the A Priori, and Recent Challenges. Conference on the Roles of Experience in A Priori Knowledge, University of Cologne, October 13, 2012; Departmental Talk, University of Alberta, November 15, 2012; Departmental Talk, University of Calgary, November 16, 2012; University of Georgia, November 30, 2012 (Jenkins is invited to these conference and talks, and I didn t attend). - Gettier Case Lotterized: Barn Case is a Lottery Case. Departmental Talk, University of Calgary, December 11, A Critical Examination of Michael Williams Epistemology. (in Japanese) 35th Forum of Young Philosophical Researchers, National Youth Center, Japan, July 22, Three Forms of Cartesian Skepticism. (in Japanese) 32nd Forum of Young Philosophical Researchers, Hachiōji Seminar House, Japan, July 18, Skepticism as an Underdetermination Problem. (in Japanese) 22nd Meeting of Kwansei Gakuin Philosophical Society, Japan, October 17, Commentaries - on Glen Hoffmann, Infallibility about the Self. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Waterloo, May 27, on Tim Kenyon, Noninferentialism and Testimony-Based Belief. 48th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Lethbridge, October 23, on Roger Clarke, Belief, Assertion, Context. 47th Annual Meeting of the Western Canadian Philosophical Association, University of Calgary, October 29, on Blake Roeber, Against the Bucket Brigade View of Testimonial Knowledge. University of Calgary Graduate Philosophy Conference, September 29, Employment Experience - Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia (under a Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship; Host Advisor: Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins), (remained in this position until March, 2013 after the tenure of the Fellowship) - Instructor, Logic I, University of Calgary, Fall Instructor, Epistemology, University of Calgary, Spring TA, Introduction to Philosophy, University of Calgary, Winter TA, Introduction to Logic, University of Calgary, Fall TA, Logic I, University of Calgary, Winter

5 Scholarships and Awards - Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship ( ) Source: Government of Canada (Value: 36,500 CAD) - Registration Fee Exemption and Free Accommodation for the 14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (2011) Source: Local Organization Committee - Ishimoto Young Scholar Research Subsidy (2010) Source: The Philosophy of Science Society, Japan (Value: 350,000 JPN) - Chancellor s Challenge Graduate Scholarship (2010) Source: University of Calgary (Value: 5,000 CAD) - Graduate Travel Grant (2009) Source: University of Calgary (Value: 1,785 CAD) - Faculty of Graduate Studies Doctoral Scholarship (2008) Source: University of Calgary (Value: 10,000 CAD) - Graduate Teaching Fellowships (2009) - Graduate Teaching Assistantships ( ) - Graduate Research Scholarships ( ) Source: University of Calgary Professional Activities - Referee for Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, the Journal of Philosophical Research, and Theoria, Ouyou Tetsugaku (Contemporary and Applied Philosophy). - Attended the 3rd Ludwig Wittgenstein Summer School on Wittgenstein: On Certainty, August 3 6, Referee for the 2011 and the 2009 Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association - Referee and Collaborator of the organizing committee for International Conference, How and Why Economists and Philosophers Do Experiments: Dialogue between Experimental Economics and Experimental Philosophy, Referee and Member of the organizing committee for the 2007 University of Calgary Graduate Philosophy Conference Coursework (at the U of C) - *Animal Ethics (Christopher Framarin) - *Neuroethics (Walter Glannon) - *Philosophy of Biology (Marc Ereshefsky) - *Perceptual Reference (Ali Kazmi & Mohan Matthen) - *The Logic and Metaphysics of Modality (Ali Kazmi) - *Kripke (Ali Kazmi) 5

6 - *A Priori Intuition and Experimental Philosophy (Jeremy Fantl) - *The Role of Context in Contemporary Epistemology (Jeremy Fantl) - Skepticism and Philosophical Method (Brian Grant) - Consciousness and Persons (John Baker) - Visual Representation in Science (Megan Delehanty) - Proseminar (Nichole Wyatt) - Logic II (Ali Kazmi) - Logic I (Elaine Landry) (* = audited) Languages Japanese (native), Reading Knowledge of German Dissertation Title: Contextualism and the Reference Class Problem Abstract: The reference class problem is typically associated only with a particular theory of knowledge type reliabilism. I argue that the reference class problem is generalizable to virtually all other theories of knowledge, and offer a version of contextualism as a general solution to it. All theories of knowledge share the probabilistic apparatus with one or another theory or interpretation of probability. It is because any theory of probability faces one or more variants of the reference class problem that the corresponding theory of knowledge cannot evade the reference class problem. The solution to the reference class problem for the theory of knowledge consists in what I call tasksensitive contextualism the position that the relevant reference class is determined by what cognitive task the attributer of putative knowledge assigns to the subject. My argument for task-sensitive contextualism consists of five independent sub-arguments: psychological study, computational theory of cognition, alleged ambiguity of know, the practical function of knowledge attributions, and our varying intuitions about epistemologically interesting cases each support task-sensitive contextualism. References - Professor Jeremy Fantl, Philosophy Dept., University of Calgary - Professor Marc Ereshefsky, Philosophy Dept., University of Calgary - Professor Mark Migotti, Philosophy Dept., University of Calgary - Professor Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, Philosophy Dept., University of British Columbia - Professor James Beebe, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York, Buffalo 6