Metaphysics

형이상학

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I am specialized in metaphysical problems concerning personal identity. I am also interested in the issues interconnected between metaphysics and ethics such as the evil of death and freedom and moral responsibility.

Major research field

Personal Identity, Death, Moral Responsibility

Desired field of research

Personhood and AI

Research Keywords and Topics

1. Personal identity: the debates between psychological approach versus biological approach regarding our persistence conditions
2. The question of what we are: are we essentially human persons or human animals?
3. Why is death bad?
4. How can we explain our asymmetrical attitudes toward early birth and late death?
5. Does moral responsibility requires freedom to do otherwise?
6. Is free will compatible with determinism?

Research Publications
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1. Yi, Huiyuhl (2022). “Lucretian Symmetry and the Content-based Approach,” Philosophia, Vol. 50, No. 2. [A&HCI]
2. Yi, Huiyuhl (2016). “The Symmetry Argument Against the Deprivation Account,” Philosophia, Vol. 44, No. 3. [A&HCI]
3. Yi, Huiyuhl (2013). “Fischer on the Fragilist Account of Alternative Possibilities,” Dialogue, Vol. 52, No. 4. [A&HCI]

Patents

N/A

국가과학기술표준분류

  • HB. 철학/종교
  • HB04. 서양철학
  • HB0406. 영미현대철학