philcomp.org

Mission

The misson of the Philosophy of Computation Project is to reconsider various concepts of computation innocently used in Philosophy, Mathematics, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Life Science, Social Science, etc., and reveal global problems hidden in each realms. We don't only aim to answer particular questions but also to provide universal viewpoints which are thought of important for this new subject (Sep 18, 2000).

Table of Contents

• News
• People
  • Members
  • Friends
• Research Activities
  • Papers, Articles, and Reviews (in English)
  • Papers, Articles, and Reviews (in Japanese)
  • Books (in Japanese)

News

• The serial publications of Computer Today and Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science) have been completed (Sep 19, 2003).
• The references of the serial publications of Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science) were updated (May 24, 2003).
• Gunji's new book entitled "What is My Consciousness?: the science of life II" has been published (Jan 24, 2003).
• The references of the serial publications of Computer Today were updated (Nov 16, 2002).
• Higaki's new book entitled "Deleuze: living with unsolvable questions" has been published (Oct 25, 2002).
• The Books section was added (Aug 27, 2002).
• The Papers, Articles and Reviews section was added (Aug 26, 2002).
• This English page was created (Aug 22, 2002).

People

Members

• Hiroyuki Miyoshi (Kyoto Sangyo Univeristy) (coordinator)
  • Theoretical Computer Science, Category Theory, Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Computation.
• Kazuhisa Todayama (Nagoya Univeristy)
  • Analytical Philosophy, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life and Engineering.
• Yukio-Pegio Gunji (Kobe University)
  • Theoretical and Aritificial Life Science, Cognitive Science.
• Ken Shiotani (ex Chiba Univeristy)
  • Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Time.
• Tatsuya Higaki (Osaka University)
  • Contemporary Continental and Japanese Philosophy; Thoughts of Bergson, Deleuze, Derrida and Nishida.

Friends

• Motoyoshi Irifuji (Yamaguchi University)
  • Philosophy of Time.
• Osamu Ueno (Yamaguchi University)
  • Thoughts of Spinoza.

Research Activities

For the moment, almost every research activities are in Japanese. But now we are to promote our activities to non-Japanese speakers: creating and improving English web contents, translating some papers from Japanese into English, and planning an international workshop (Aug 22, 2002).

Papers, Articles and Reviews (in English)

• Hiroyuki Miyoshi, "From Reflection to Interaction: An Indirect Aproach to the Philosophy of Computation", to appear in the Proceedings of Computing and Philosophy (CAP) in Australia 2003 Conference, The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP). (pdf, ©2003 Hiroyuki Miyoshi)

Papers, Articles and Reviews (in Japanese)

• The Philosophy of Computation Project, "Local Semantics and Computations as Phenomena" (ser. publ.), Computer Today (#00-07), Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science) (#08-10), Saiensu-Sha, 2002-2003.
  • #00 "Local Semantics and Computations as Phenomena" by Yukio-Pegio Gunji, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.1, Jan 2002, pp.40-41.
  • #01 "Reflection and the Metaphysics of Computation" by Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.2, Mar 2002, pp.38-45.
  • #02 "Computation in the World: its Kripkean turn to the 'Now-Here'" by Yukio-Pegio Gunji, Masashi Aono, Souhachi Kamiya and Kazuto Sasai, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.3, May 2002, pp.42-50.
  • #03 "Progress of Time and Computations: an introduction to our problems" by Ken Shiotani, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.4, July 2002, pp.42-48.
  • #04 "A Dialogue between an Angel and a Demon concerning Artificial Life and Computations as Phenomena" by Kazumasa Todayama, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.5, September 2002, pp.40-45.
  • #05 "What Is It like to Live ?" by Tatsuya Higaki, Computer Today, Vol.19, No.6, November 2002, pp.58-63.
  • #06 "Reflection and the Metaphysics of Computation (II)" by Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Computer Today, Vol.20, No.1, January 2003, pp.52-57.
  • #07 "A Dialogue between an Angel and a Demon concerning Whether Numbers Exist and What Mathematics Is" by Kazuhisa Todayama, Computer Today, Vol.20, No.2, March 2003, pp.66-71.
  • #08 "Consciousness as Phenomenal Computation: An Abstract Model" by Pegio-Yukio Gunji, Kazutaka Kuwamura, and Tatsuji Takahashi, Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science), Vol.41, No.6, June 2003, pp.77-83.
  • #09 "Mathematical Philosophy of Nishida Kitaro" by Tatsuya Higaki, Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science), Vol.41, No.8, August 2003, pp.78-83.
  • #10 "Computation and Observation: Philosophical Implications from Disucussions on Computaion as Execution" by Ken Shiotani, Suuri Kagaku (Mathematical Science), Vol.41, No.10, October 2003, pp.76-83.
• Hiroyuki Miyoshi, "From Reflection to Interaction: An Indirect Aproach to the Philosophy of Computation", 2003. (pdf, ©2003 Hiroyuki Miyoshi)
• Kazuhisa Todayama, "What Should Be Done in Studies of Artificial Life to Be the 'Universal Biology' ?", Kagaku Tetsugaku (Philosophy of Science), 33-2, The Philosophy of Science Society, Japan, 2000, pp.57-71.
• Kazuhisa Todayama, "Possibilities of Philosophical Naturalism", Shiso (Thought), 2003.4, No.948, Iwanami Shoten, pp.63-92.
• Tatsuya Higaki, "The Science of Life and Philosophy", Tetsugaku (Philosophy), No.53, The Philosophical Association of Japan, 2002, pp.33-46.
• Tatsuya Higaki, "Questions about Time and Life", in: T. Sakata et al. (tr. and eds.), H. Bergson, Tetsugakuteki Chokkan, hoka (Philosophical Intuitions, and other works), Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2002, pp.1-25. (amazon, bk1)

Books (in Japanese)

• Kazuhisa Todayama, "Making Logic", The University of Nagoya Press, 2000, 433p. (amazon, bk1)
• Kazuhisa Todayama, "Philosophy of Knowledge", Sangyo-Tosho, 2002, 272p. (amazon, bk1)
• Kazuhisa Todayama et al. eds., "Science and Philosophy of Mind: Possibility of Connectionism", Showado, 2003, 300p, (amazon, bk1)
• Yukio-Pegio Gunji, "Life of Becoming: the science of life I", Tetsugaku-Shobo, 2002, 265p. (amazon, bk1)
• Yukio-Pegio Gunji, "What is My Consciousness?: the science of life II", Tetsugaku-Shobo, 2003, 324p. (amazon, bk1)
• Tatsuya Higaki, "Deleuze: living with unsolvable questions", NHK Book, 2002, 126p. (amazon, bk1)