Updated Oct 2023

Yukinori Onishi
Lecturer*,
Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science (RCIES),
SOKENDAI/ The Graduate University for Advanced Studies.
Shonan Kokusaimura, Hayama, Miura, Kanagawa 240-0193 Japan.
Office: #301B, RCIES building
Telephone: +8146-858-1643
Email: oonishi_yukinori@soken.ac.jp*

Position between asst. and assoc. professor.

AOS: Philosophy of Science
AOC: Epistemology, Research Integrity, STS, Logic

Education
2007

B.S.

Kyoto University

2009

M.A.

Kyoto University

2015

Ph.D

Kyoto University

Employment
2009−2010

TA, Kyoto University

2010−2012

JSPS Research Fellow

2012−2015

Part-time lecturer, Kyoto University
Part-time lecturer, Setsunan University

2013−2014

Fulbright Research Fellow (University of Miami Visiting Fellow)

2015−2021

Assistant Professor, SOKENDAI

2021−PresentLecturer, SOKENDAIAwards2013

Ishimoto Award

Philosophy of Science Society Japan1

Fellowships & Grants
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research grant & fellowship（2010‐2012）
Fulbright doctoral dissertation research grant & fellowship（2013‐2014）
International workshop by young researchers, Kyoto University（¥1.9M, 2016）“Analyzing ‘models of data’ based on theories of scientific representations and its implications to thescientific realism debate.” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-aid for young researchers（Principal Investigator, 2018‐2020, ¥3M）
“Reconsidering the scientific realism debate from historical perspectives.” Japan Society for the Promotionof Science, Grants-in-aid for scientific research, Category B（Cooperating Investigator, 2018‐2020, ¥8M）
“Update of epistemological approach to the scientific realism debate.” Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience, Grants-in-aid for scientific research, Category C（Principal Investigator, 2023‐2027, ¥2.8M）

Publications (JA: in Japanese)
Doctoral dissertation
Epistemological Analysis of the Scientific Realism Debate, Doctoral dissertation thesis submitted to Kyoto
University, 2015.
Committee：Tetsuji Iseda (Kyoto U)，Kazuyuki Ito (Kyoto U)，Yasuo Deguchi (Kyoto U)
Refereed Articles“Deep learning-aided research and the aim-of-science controversy.” Journal for General Philosophy ofScience. (forthcoming)“Homeostatic Property Cluster Theory without Homeostatic Mechanisms: Two Recent Attempts and theirCosts.” (with Davide Serpico). Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 2021 (Online-first).
“The likelihood ratio measure and the logicality requirement.” (with Otávio Bueno). Erkenntnis, 2020
(Online-first).
(JA) “Philosophy of science and research integrity.” Journal of Japanese Geotechnical Society, Vol. 67-9:
52-59, 2019. (Invited).
“Defending the selective confirmation strategy.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Part A. Vol.
64: 1‐10, 2017. (DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.07.001)(JA) “Analyzing the scientific realism debate from the the coherentists’ point of view.” PHS Studies, Vol. 6:
39‐59, 2012．
(JA) “Analyzing the scientific realism debate from the contextualist's point of view,” Kagaku Tetsugaku Vol.
44: 65-81, 2012.
(JA) “Constructive empiricism and voluntaristic epistemology: What is meant by ‘rational butsupererogatory’ ?” PHS Studies Vol. 4: 65-83, 2010.
Non-refereed Articles(JA) “A New Approach to the Problem of Unobservable Entities: An analysis from the reliabilists’ point of2

view,” Nagoya Journal of Philosophy Vol. 10: 37-57, 2011. (Invited)(JA) “Many forms of semantic conception of theories: A short survey,” PHS Studies Vol. 2: 101-116, 2008.
(Survey)Book reviews and Other writings(JA) “Conference report: The Problem of Relativism in the Sociology of (Scientific) Knowledge,”
Philosophy of Science Society Japan Newsletter No.47, 2011.
(JA) “Book review: Anjan Chakravartty, A Metaphysics for scientific realism: Knowing the unobservable,”
PHS Studies Vol. 5: 123‐126, 2011.
(JA) “Book review: Bas C. Van Fraassen, Scientific representation: Paradoxes of perspective,” PHS Studies
Vol. 4: 146‐148, 2010.

Presentations (R: Refereed / I: Invited)2023“A typology of unconfirmed claims.” Tuesday seminar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Online, May 30th,
2023. (I)2022
“What is science?: Report from the perspectives of philosophy of science.” At the online workshop II“Rethinking science: bringing together insights from various perspectives.” The Japan Association for theAdvancement of Science (JAAS) kick-off meeting, Jun 20th, 2022. (I)Comments on: Soohyun Ahn, “Creating an maintaining scientific categories: Values and entrenchment.” The
9th online event of the Asian Epistemology Network, May 27, 2022. (I)2021“Does the augmentation of our cognitive capacity through GANs provide an effective response to theproblem of uncoceived alternatives?” Workshop: The Past, Present, and the Future of the Scientific Realism
Issue. Annual meeting of Philosophy of Science Society Japan. Online, Nov. 28th, 2021. (R)2019“Analyses of observation instruments in the scientific realism debate.” Workshop: Observation, Visualization
and Reality. Annual meeting of Philosophy of Science Society Japan. Keio University, Tokyo, Nov. 10th,2019. (R)“Deep Neural networks and the aim-of-science dispute.” CLMPST 2019. Czech Technical University,Prague, Czech, Aug 9th, 2019. (R)“Is everything fine if natural kinds are nodes in causal networks?” (with Davide Serpico), GWP 2019,Universitäte zu Köln, Germany, Feb 25th, 2019. (R)

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2018
“Neural networks and the aim-of-science dispute.” Workshop on the Diversity of the Scientific RealismDebate. Japan Association for Philosophy of Science Fall annual meeting, Nihon University, Tokyo, Nov
10th, 2018. (R)2017“Overview of the scientific realism debate and the points of issue.” The 6th Meeting of Quantum Foundation
Club, Tokyo, Mar 7th, 2017. (I)“Deeper Understanding through a Broader Perspective: Report of Research Integrity Education at
SOKENDAI” (with Nozomi Mizushima, Kaori Iida, and Kenji Ito). Asia and Pacific Rim Research Integrity
Network (APRIN) Meeting, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong. Feb 21st, 2017. (R)2016“Defending the selective confirmation strategy,” International Workshop on Scientific Realism, Kyoto
University, Jul. 30th, 2016.
“What is the scientific realism debate?” Interdisciplinary Seminar，SOKENDAI, Kanagawa, May 18th, 2016.
(I)“Philosophical interests in visual representations in science,” Workshop: Toward the epistemology of visual
representations in science, Annual meeting of Japan Association for Contemporary and Applied Philosophy,
Keio University, Tokyo, May 7th, 2016. (I)“Defending selective confirmation strategy,” GWP 2016, Universitäte zu Düsseldorf, Germany, Mar 11th,
2016. (R)“Philosophical interests in computer simulations in science,” Workshop: Science studies on computer
simulations, National Science Museum, Tokyo, Mar 5th, 2016. (I)2014“A technical problem of likelihoodism” (with Otávio Bueno), Young Philosophers of Science Meeting,Kyoto University, Sep 28th, 2014.
“Misconception as a form of acceptance,” Southern American Japan Seminar, Florida International
University, Mar.7, 2014. (I)2013“The no refuge argument as a base rate fallacy,” Annual meeting of Japan Association for Philosophy ofScience, Osaka University, Osaka, Jun 13th, 2013. (R)2011“Red herring or not: the new problems raised by the new induction,” Workshop: Reconsidering the aspects ofscientific realism debate, Ad hoc meeting of Japanese Association for the Contemporary and Applied
Philosophy, Kyoto University, Sep.25, 2011. (R)“The Scientific Realism Debate from the Epistemological Viewpoint,” the 14th CLMPS, Nancy, France, Jul
19 - 26, 2011. (R)4

“Analyzing the Scientific Realism Debate from the Epistemological Viewpoint,” The First Japan-Korea
Workshop on Philosophy of Science, Kyoto University, Feb 21-22, 2011．
2010“Analyzing the scientific realism debate from the reliabilists’ point of view,” Nagoya Philosophy Forum,Nanzan Universiry, Aichi, Sep 11th, 2010. (I)“Analyzing the scientific realism debate from the contextualist's point of view,” Kyoto Colloquium for
Philosophy of Science, Kyoto University Hall, Jul 25th, 2010.
2009“The scientific realism debate from the epistemological viewpoint," Annual meeting of Philosophy ofScience Society Japan, Takachiho University, Tokyo, Nov 21st, 2009. (R)Community Service
Respondent for Consecutive surveys on Science and Technology, Science and Technology Foresight Centre,
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, 2017.
“Under the veil: what science tells us,” ESB Public Lecture Series, SOKENDAI Hayama Campus, Kanagawa,Nov 3rd, 2017.
Resource person at the orientation for new Fulbright grantees, Tokyo, Jun 6th, 2016.
Judge for the Florida Statewide Japanese Speech & Skit Contest，Florida International University, Mar 29,
2014.

Refereeing
Synthese/ International Studies in the Philosophy of Science/ The Southern Journal of Philosophy/ Asian Journalof Philosophy/ Kagaku Tetsugaku (the Journal of Philosophy of Science Society Japan)/ Kagaku Kisoron Kenkyu(the Journal of Japan Association for Philosophy of Science) / Book chapter of edited volume (Oxford
University Press) / Book manuscript (The MIT Press)

Workshop/Symposium organizing
Online Book Sympo: What Philosophy of Science has to Say, Seiji Matsuou, Morikita Publishing, 2020.
Workshop: Toward the philosophy of data assimilation: learning from research practice. Japan Associationfor Philosophy of Science Fall annual meeting, Nihon University, Tokyo, Nov. 30th, 2019.
Symposium Organizing Committee. The 10th Anniversary International Symposium, Evolutionary Studies ofBiosystems: History, the cutting edge and the future. Shonan Village Center, Feb 26-27, 2018.
Workshop: International Workshop on Scientific Realism. Kyoto University. Jul 30-31, 2016. Invited
speakers: Juha Saatsi, Timothy Lyons, Teru Miyake, Ruey-Lin Chen, Karen Yan, Jonathon Hricko, Minwoo5

Seo, Rei Nouchi, Tomoko Ishida, Satoshi Kudo.
Symposium Organizing Committee. Toward the better relations between science and society, Tokyo
Convention Hall, Tokyo, Feb 20th, 2016.
Workshop: Representation, reality, and the philosophy of special sciences. Japan Association for Philosophyof Science Fall annual meeting, Nihon University, Tokyo, Nov 6th, 2011. Invited Speakers: Szu-Ting Chen,
Hisashi Nakao, Rei Nouchi.
Workshop: Reconsidering the aspects of scientific realism debate, Ad hoc meeting of Japanese Association
for the Contemporary and Applied Philosophy, Kyoto University, Sep.25, 2011.

Teaching Experience (J: in Japanese/ E: in English)
SOKENDAI
Research Integrity, as a part of Freshman Course (J/E)
Philosophy of Science, as a part of Science, Technology and Society I, II (J/E)
Philosophy of Science, as a part of Life Sciences and Society I (J)Argumentation, as a part of Introduction to Science and Society Sub-thesis (J)Other institutions
Research Integrity, at Tokyo Denki University, Tohoku University, National Taiwan University (J/E)
Philosophy of Science, at NARA Institute of Science and Technology (J)Math Literacy, at Setsunan University (J)6