CURRICULUM VITAE

SHIMIZU, Tetsuro

CV
Born in 1947.
1965-69
Studied natural sciences (especially Astronomy) at Tokyo University.
[Apr.1969: B.A.(natural science)]
1970-72
Studied philosophy at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
[Mar.1972: B.A.(humanity)]
1972-77
Studied philosophy at Graduate School, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
[Mar.1974: M.Litt.]
1977/Jun.-80/Aug.
Instructor, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
1980/Aug.-82/Aug.
Lecturer of Western Philosophy, Hokkaido University.
1982/Aug.-93/Mar.
Associate Professor of Western Philosophy, Hokkaido University.
1990/Mar.
D.Litt(PhD). from Tokyo Metropolitan University
1990/Oct.-91/Jun.
Visiting Associate of Clare Hall, Cambridge, U.K. (Life Member of the college from 91 on.)
1993/Apr.-96/Mar.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tohoku University.
1996/Apr.- 2007/Mar.
Professor of Philosophy, Tohoku University.
2007/Apr.-
Professor, Uehiro Chair for Death and Life Studies, The Center for Evolving Humanities,
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo.
Publications In English:
In Japanese:

1. books

  • Logico-linguistic Philosophy of Ockham, Keiso-Shobo, Tokyo, 1990.
  • Can Gohum Doubt Everything? Usage of Doubts, Fukuinkan, Tokyo, First Published in 1993 as a volume of ``A Lot of Wonder'' (monthly magazine for children), Published again in 1998 as a book.
  • Philosophy Facing Medical Activities, Keiso-Shobo, Tokyo, 1997.
  • Philosophy Facing Medical Activities II: We Human Beings Sharing Language, Keiso-Shobo, Tokyo, 2000.
  • Logico-linguistic Philosophy of St.Paul, Iwanami-Shoten, Tokyo, 2001.

  • Shimizu T et al., The World of Zero-bit , Iwanami-Shoten, Tokyo, 1991.(author: Sign and its transcendence, 1-71.)
  • Shimizu T, ed., Logos: its death and revival, Iwanami-Shoten, Tokyo. (author: Itinerancy of Logos, 1-71.)
  • Shimizu T and Isaka S, Ethics of Biological and Biographical Life, Hoso-daigaku-shinkokai, 2005.

2. papers

    Sorry! The list is now in preparation, which contains more than 120 papers on:
  • medieval philosophy,
  • origin of christian thought,
  • philosophy of language (based on the theory of language games), and
  • medical philosophy / clinical ethics,
    some of which will be presented with English abstracts.
    If you can read Japanese, please go to The whole list of publications (in Japanese)!


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