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[Publication] Kei Yoshida, Rationality and Cultural Interpretivism

11 October, 2014 YOSHIDA Kei, Publications Permalink

Kei Yoshida, the former UTCP project lecturer, has published his monograph, Rationality and Cultural Interpretivism: A Critical Assessment of Failed Solutions, from Lexington Books.

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[Publication] Kei Yoshida “Re-politicising philosophy of science: A continuing challenge for social epistemology”

20 December, 2012 YOSHIDA Kei, Publications Permalink

Kei Yoshida, a former UTCP project lecturer, published an article, “Re-politicising philosophy of science: A continuing challenge for social epistemology,” in Social Epistemology.

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[UTCP Juventus] Kei Yoshida

3 August, 2011 YOSHIDA Kei, UTCP Juventus Permalink

During summer vacation, young scholars at UTCP will introduce their research interests and works on this series of blog, UTCP Juventus, during the vacation. This time, Kei Yoshida introduces his research.

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[UTCP Juventus] Kei Yoshida

6 August, 2010 YOSHIDA Kei, UTCP Juventus Permalink

It is now summer vacation. Young scholars at UTCP will introduce themselves on this series of blog, UTCP Juventus, during the vacation. This time, Kei Yoshida introduces himself.

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[Report] Technology Assessment Seminar

31 May, 2010 ISHIHARA Kohji, └Event Reports, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, Science, Technology, and Society Permalink

Technology Assessment Seminar was held on May 28, 2010.

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[Report] Workshop “Brain Science and Ethics”

18 May, 2010 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, TSUTSUI Haruka, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, BOKU Sutetsu, OGUCHI Mineki, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

At Florey Neuroscience Institutes in Melbourne, 6 UTCP members and Prof. Neil Levy had talks at Workshop “Brain Science and Ethics” held on March 23, 2010. This workshop was the final event of the UTCP Program in Brain Sciences and Ethics.

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[Report] Victimhood Nationalism in Contested Memories: National Mourning and Global Accountability

21 April, 2010 YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, MORITA Takahiro Permalink

On April 21, 2010, Prof. Jie-Hyun LIM gave a talk titled “Victimhood Nationalism in Contested Memories: National Mourning and Global Accountability.”

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[Report] "How Humans Became Organisms: Some Reflections on the Transition from the Soul-Body-Problem to the Organism-Milieu-Interface"

18 January, 2010 YOSHIDA Kei, Visiting Speaker Series Permalink

On December 7, Dr. Tobias Cheung (Max-Planck-Institute for the History of Science, Berlin and Institute for Culture and Science, Humboldt-University, Berlin) gave a talk "How Humans Became Organisms: Some Reflections on the Transition from the Soul-Body-Problem to the Organism-Milieu-Interface."

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[UTCP Juventus] Kei Yoshida

10 August, 2009 YOSHIDA Kei, UTCP Juventus Permalink

It is now summer vacation. Young scholars at UTCP will introduce themselves on this blog during the vacation. This time, Kei Yoshida introduces himself.

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UTCP Booklet 8 Enhancement, Society, Humanity

9 April, 2009 NOBUHARA Yukihiro, ISHIHARA Kohji, └Enhancement, YOSHIDA Kei, NAKAZAWA Eisuke, OGUCHI Mineki, TACHIBANA Koji, Short-Term Programs, Publications Permalink

We published the eighth volume of the UTCP Booklet, Enhancement, Society, Humanity.

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[Report] 11th Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable

30 March, 2009 YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

 From March 20th till 22nd, I participated in the 11th Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable held at Emory University, Atlanta. Below is its report.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 5, Session 1

22 January, 2009 └Seminar 5: Reading Hauser's Moral Minds, YOSHIDA Kei, SATO Ryoji, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 1 of this seminar, we discussed Prologue & the first half of chapter 1 (pp. xvii-31).

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Report: UTCP Seminar "Collective Intelligence, or, The Cultural Logic of Neoliberaism: Transformations of Social Intelligence through Wikipedia and Japanese Society as a Network Society"

15 December, 2008 ISHIHARA Kohji, KIMURA Tadamasa, MURATA Junichi, YOSHIDA Kei, UTCP Permalink

This article exists only in Japanese.


UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 3, Session 8

5 October, 2008 └Seminar 3: Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals, YOSHIDA Kei, SATO Ryoji, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities: In Session 8 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 5: "Dining with Cannibals".

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UTCP Booklet 4 Utopia: Here and There

26 September, 2008 NAKAJIMA Takahiro, KOBAYASHI Yasuo, YOSHIDA Kei, Dennitza GABRAKOVA, HASHIMOTO Satoru, HIRAKURA Kei, IDO Misato, Publications Permalink

We published the fourth volume of the UTCP Booklet, Utopia: Here and There.

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[UTCP Juventus] Kei Yoshida

4 August, 2008 YOSHIDA Kei, UTCP Juventus Permalink

It is now summer vacation. So young scholars at UTCP will introduce themselves on this blog during the vacation. Some will do so in English, but others will not. We are sorry about that. This time, Kei Yoshida introduces himself.

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Report: Utopia: Here and There @NYU

19 June, 2008 YOSHIDA Kei, Dennitza GABRAKOVA, HASHIMOTO Satoru, HIRAKURA Kei, IDO Misato Permalink

2008年3月28日到29日,在纽约大学召开了研讨会“Age of Comparison”,通过哲学的、方法论的考察探讨比较和比较可能性。

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 12

21 April, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 12 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 9 "The neuroscience of ethics".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 11

10 April, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 11 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 8 "Self-deception: The normal and the pathological".

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Report: UTCP in NYU, Prof. Viren Murthy's talk

10 April, 2008 KOBAYASHI Yasuo, YOSHIDA Kei, Times and the Unconscious Permalink

From March 22 to 31, Yasuo Kobayashi, Takahiro Nakajima, UTCP fellows (Dennitza Gabrakova, Misato Ido, Wang Qian, Kei Hirakura, and Kei Yoshida), and Satoru Hashimoto (the former UTCP fellow, currently Ph.D. student at Harvard University) visited New York University.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 10

13 March, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 10 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 7: "The neuroscience of free will".

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UTCP Seminar Series "Thomas Metzinger with Stephan Schleim"

10 March, 2008 YOSHIDA Kei, OGUCHI Mineki, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

From the 21st to the 29th of February we had a series of seminars with the participation of Thomas Metzinger (University of Mainz) and Stephan Schleim (University of Bonn), where we were able to discuss a variety of problems in neuroethics. Below is their brief report.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 9

6 February, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 9 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 6: "The 'self' of self-control".

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 8

10 January, 2008 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 8 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 5: 'The neuroethics of memory'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 7

8 December, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, OGUCHI Mineki, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 7 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 4: 'Reading minds/controlling minds'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 6

28 November, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, UEHARA Ryo, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 6 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 5

16 November, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 5 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation'.

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Kei Yoshida, "Sociology as a political project"

12 November, 2007 YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

On November 11, I made a presentation at the 40th annual meeting of Philosophy of Science Society, Japan (at Chuo University, Tokyo). The title of my presentation is "Sociology as a political project: Fuller, bioliberalism, value-freedom." Below is its brief report.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 4

7 November, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 4 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 2: 'Changing our minds'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 3

1 November, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 3 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 2

25 October, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

New report on our activities:
In Session 2 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind'.

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UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" Seminar 1, Session 1

20 October, 2007 └Seminar 1: Reading Levy's Neuroethics, YOSHIDA Kei, Brain Sciences and Ethics Permalink

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" started last week. In this program, we have two seminars: the 1st Seminar is "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" and the 2nd one is "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain".

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Social Perception and the Theory of Consciousness: A Personal Report

18 October, 2007 YOSHIDA Kei, Academic English Seminar Permalink

Yesterday we had a talk by Dr. John O'Dea. John is a post-doc at the University of Tokyo, and he specializes in the philosophy of mind. A caveat is in order here. I am no specialist in the philosophy of mind. Thus my report might contain some serious misunderstanding.

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