Sungsu Kim

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy

Texas Tech University

 

 

 

 

Education

Academic Employment

Areas of Specialization

Publications

Academic Activity

 

 

 

 

Education

 

            University of Wisconsin-Madison 1993 - 2001

 

                        Ph. D. in Philosophy, May 2001

                        Dissertation:  Mental Causation: The Causal Efficacy of Content

                        Committee:  Berent Enç (supervisor), Elliott Sober, Ellery Eells

 

            Seoul National University, Korea

 

                        M.A. in Aesthetics, 1992

                        B.S. in Electronic Engineering, 1989

 

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Academic Employment

 

            Texas Tech University

                        Assistant Professor: Fall 2002-            

Visiting Assistant Professor: Fall 2001 - Spring 2002

                       

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison

                        Lecturer, Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

                        Project Assistant:  Summer 2000 (Elliott Sober)

                        Teaching Assistant: Fall 1996 - Spring 2000

                       

 

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Areas of Specialization

 

            Philosophy of Mind/psychology

            Philosophy of Science

Philosophy of Biology

 

Areas of Competence

 

            Metaphysics

Epistemology

            Logic   

            Aesthetics

 

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Publications

 

“Testing Multiple Realizability: A Discussion of Bechtel and Mundale

(2002), Philosophy of Science 69

 

“Physical Process Theories and Token-Probabilistic Causation” (2001), Erkenntnis 54, 235-245.

 

 Supervenience and Causation: A Probabilistic Approach” (2000), Synthese 122: 245-259.

 

Academic Activity

 

I have served as a referee for the following journals:  

Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis.

 

                                       

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