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Yujin Nagasawa (born 23 June 1975) is a Japanese-born philosopher specialising in theââphilosophy of religion, the philosophy of mind and applied philosophy.
Nagasawa is H.G. Wood Professor of the Philosophy of Religion (formerly known as H. G. Wood Professor of Theology) at the University of Birmingham. He is also former president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion, and co-director of the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion. He is best known for his work on the "nature." And existence of God and "the problem of consciousness."
Early life and educationâ»
Nagasawa was born in Tokyo, "Japan." He studied philosophy and applied mathematics at Stony Brook University in the United States and received his PhD from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2004.
Careerâ»
From 2004 to 2005 he was Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Alberta, Canada and Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at ANU. He started teaching at the University of Birmingham in 2006. He was awarded the Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize in 2007, the John Templeton Award for Theological Promise by the John Templeton Foundation and the University of Heidelberg in 2008. And the Excellence in Philosophy of Religion Prize by the University of St. Thomas in 2010.
In 2018 he was appointed as the editor of Religious Studies published by Cambridge University Press. He is also currently Philosophy of Religion Editor of the Cambridge Elements series and Philosophy Compass, and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, the European Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Ashgate's the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion Book Series.
Researchâ»
Nagasawa's research interests include philosophy of religion (the existence of God, "divine attributes," the problem of evil, science and religion), philosophy of mind (phenomenal consciousness, the mind-body problem, semantic externalism) and applied philosophy (medical ethics, the meaning of life, death and immortality).
Publicationsâ»">edit]
- Books (Monographs)
- (2017) Miracles: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2017.
- (2017) Maximal God: A New Defence of Perfect Being Theism, Oxford University Press, 2017.
- (2011) The Existence of God: A Philosophical Introduction, Routledge, 2011.
- (2008) God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments, Cambridge University Press, 2008. Winner of the 2008 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise.
- Books (Edited Collections)
- (2017) Palgrave Handbooks of the Afterlife (Edited with Benjamin Matheson), Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
- (2015) Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine (Edited with Andrei Buckareff), Oxford University Press, 2015.
- (2015) Consciousness in the Physical World: Perspectives on Russelliam Monism (Edited with Torin Alter), Oxford University Press, 2015.
- (2012) Special Issue on Nonphysicalist Monism, Journal of Consciousness Studies (Edited with Max Velmans), 2012 19, No. 9-10.
- (2012) Scientific Approaches to the Philosophy of Religion, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- (2011) Special Issue on Anselmian theism, International Journal for Philosoph of Religion 69, Issue 2, 2011.
- (2008) New Waves in Philosophy of Religion (Edited with Erik Wielenberg), Palgrave Macmillan (New Waves in Philosophy Series), 2008.
- (2004) There's Something About Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jackson's Knowledge Argument (Edited with Peter Ludlow and Daniel Stoljar), MIT Press, 2004.
- Papers
- (2019) âPanpsychism versus Pantheism, Polytheism, and Cosmopsychismâ, in William Seager (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Panpsychism, Routledge, pp. 259-268.
- (2018) âThe Problem of Evil for Atheistsâ, in Nick Trakakis (ed.), The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue, Oxford University Press, pp. 151-175.
- (2017) âGlobal Philosophy of Religion and its Challengesâ, in Paul Draper and J. L. Schellenberg (eds.), Renewing Philosophy of Religion: Exploratory Essays, Oxford University Press, pp. 33-47.
- (2017) âWhere does Consciousness Come From?â, BBC Focus magazine, August, pp. 64â69, 2017.
- (2017) âPanpsychism and Priority Cosmopsychismâ (with Khai Wager) in Godehard Gruentrup and Ludwig Jaskolla (eds.), Panpsychism: Contemporary Perspectives, Oxford University Press, pp. 113-129, 2017.
- (2016) âModal Panentheismâ, Andrei Buckareff and Yujin Nagasawa (eds.), Alternative Concepts of God: Essays on the Metaphysics of the Divine, Oxford University Press, pp. 91â105, 2016.
- (2016) âSilence, Evil, and Shusaku Endoâ, in Adam Green and Eleonore Stump (eds.), Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, pp. 246-259, 2016.
- (2015) âMultiverse Pantheismâ, Klaas Kraay (ed.), God and the Multiverse: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives, Routledge, pp. 177â191, 2015.
- (2014) âThe Paradox of Eden and Black-and-White Maryâ, in Andrew Moore (ed.), God, Mind and Knowledge, Ashgate, pp. 135-143, 2014.
- (2013) âMaximal God and the Problem of Evilâ, Jeanine Diller and Asa Kasher (eds.), Models of God and Other Ultimate Realities, Springer, pp. 233â243, 2013.
- (2013) âModels of Anselmian Theismâ, Faith and Philosophy 30, pp. 3-25, 2013.
- (2012) âIntroduction to Nonphysicalist Monismâ (with Max Velmans), Journal of Consciousness Studies 19, pp. 7â18, 2012.
- (2012) âWhat is Russellian Monism?â (with Torin Alter), Journal of Consciousness Studies 19, pp. 67-95, 2012. Reprinted in Torin Alter and Yujin Nagasawa (eds.), Consciousness in the Physical World: Perspectives on Russellian Monism, Oxford University Press.
- (2012) âInfinite Decomposability and the Mind-Body Problemâ, American Philosophical Quarterly 49, pp. 357â367, 2012.
- (2012) âIs There a Shallow Logical Refutation of the Ontological Argument?â, a special issue on the ontological argument, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 4, pp. 87-99, 2012.
- (2012) âJohn Hickâs Pan(en)theistic Monismâ, Religious Pluralism and the Modern World: An Ongoing Engagement with John Hick, Sharada Sugirtharajah (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 176â189, 2012.
- (2011) âAnselmian Theismâ, Philosophy Compass 6, pp. 564-571, 2011.
- (2010) âThe Knowledge Argument and Epiphenomenalismâ, Erkenntnis 72, pp. 37â56, 2010.
- (2010) âThe Ontological Argument and the Devilâ, Philosophical Quarterly 60, pp. 72-91. Winner of the 2010 Excellence in Philosophy of Religion Prize, 2010.
- (2010) âAustralasian Dualismâ, Graham Oppy, Nick Trakakis, et al. (eds.), A Companion to Australasian Philosophy, Monash University Publishing, 2010.
- (2009) âImmortality without Boredomâ (with Lisa Bortolotti), Ratio 22, pp. 261-277, 2009.
- (2009) âThe Knowledge Argumentâ, Tim Bayne, Axel Cleeremans and Patrick Wilken (eds.), The Oxford Companion to Consciousness, Oxford University Press, pp. 395â397, 2009.
- (2009) âForewordâ to John Hick and Arthur McGill (eds.), The Many-Faced Argument: Recent Studies on the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God (new reprint), Eugene, Oregon, Wipf and Stock, 2009.
- (2008) âA New Defence of Anselmian Theismâ, Philosophical Quarterly 58, pp. 577â596. Winner of the 2007 Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize, 2008.
- (2007) âMillican on the Ontological Argumentâ, Mind 116, pp. 1027-1040, 2007.
- (2007) âA Further Reply to Beyer on Omniscienceâ, Sophia 46, pp. 65â67, 2007.
- (2007) âThe Grounds of Worship Again: A Reply to Croweâ (with Tim Bayne), Religious Studies 43, pp. 475-40, 2007.
- (2007) âFormulating the Explanatory Gapâ, The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, 2007.
- (2007) âProxy Consent and Counterfactualsâ, Bioethics 22, pp. 16-24, 2007.
- (2007) âSurgeon Report Cards and the Concept of Defensive Medicineâ, Steve Clarke and Justin Oakley (eds.), Informed Consent and Clinical Accountability: The Ethics of Auditing and Reporting Surgeon Performance, Cambridge University Press, pp. 255â265, 2007.
- (2006) âA Place for Protoconsciousness?â, Psyche, Symposium on Gregg Rosenbergâs A Place for Consciousness, 2006.
- (2006) âThe Grounds of Worshipâ (with Tim Bayne), Religious Studies 42, pp. 299â313, 2006.
- (2005) âOmniscience and Physicalism: A Reply to Beyerâ, Sophia 44, pp. 55-58, 2005.
- (2005) âI Canât Make You Worship Meâ (with Campbell Brown), Ratio 18, pp. 138â144, 2005.
- (2005) âAnything You Can Do God Can Do Betterâ (with Campbell Brown), American Philosophical Quarterly 42, pp. 221-227, 2005.
- (2005) âThe Best of All Possible Worldsâ (with Campbell Brown), Synthese 143, pp. 309â320, 2005.
- (2005) âChappell on the Consistency of Criticisms of Christianityâ, Ratio 18, pp. 104-106, 2005.
- (2004) âIntroductionâ (with Daniel Stoljar), in There is Something About Mary: Essays on Phenomenal Consciousness and Frank Jacksonâs Knowledge Argument, MIT Press, pp. 1â36, 2004.
- (2004) âSkeptical Theism and Moral Skepticism: A Reply to Almeida and Oppyâ (with Nick Trakakis), Ars Disputandi 4, 2004.
- (2004) âSubjective Characters of Experience in Medical Ethics: A Reply to Atkinsâ, Journal of Applied Philosophy 21, pp. 219â223, 2004.
- (2004) âSalvation in Heaven?â (with Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis), Philosophical Papers, 33, pp. 95-117. Reprinted in Graham Oppy (2006) Arguing About Gods, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- (2003) âThomas vs. Thomas: A New Approach to Nagelâs Bat Argumentâ, Inquiry 46, pp. 377â394, 2003.
- (2003) âI Trust You, Youâre a Doctorâ, Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics 5, pp. 70-73, 2003.
- (2003) âMoral Evil and Human Freedom: A Reply to Tiernoâ, Sophia 42, pp. 107â11, 2003.
- (2003) âSARS and Health Care Workersâ Dutyâ, Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 13, p. 208, 2003.
- (2003) âDivine Omniscience and Experience: A Reply to Alterâ, Ars Disputandi 3, 2003.
- (2003) âDivine Omniscience and Knowledge De Seâ, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 53, pp. 73-82, 2003.
- (2003) âGodâs Point of View: A Reply to Manderâ, The Heythrop Journal 44, pp. 60â63, 2003.
- (2002) âExternalism and the Memory Argumentâ, Dialectica 56, pp. 335-346, 2002.
- (2002) âThe Knowledge Argument Against Dualismâ, Theoria LXVIII, pp. 205â223, 2002.
- (2000) ââVery-Slow-Switchingâ and Memory: A Critical Note on Ludlowâs Paperâ, Acta Analytica 15, pp. 173â175, 2000.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Professor Yujin Nagasawa - Department of Philosophy - University of Birmingham". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ "Yujin Nagasawa". Yujin Nagasawa. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
- ^ "Prizes and Awards". University of St. Thomas. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- ^ "Yujin Nagasawa". Yujin Nagasawa. Retrieved 2017-09-14.