Yuki NORITATE

March 1996:	Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
April 1996:	Joined the Faculty of Letters, Shikoku Gakuin University
April 2014:	School of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
April 2019:	Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

　Philosophy/Semiotics

1) Pragmatism

　Research on the theory and genealogy of pragmatism from the late 19th century to the present.

2) Ch. S. Peirce, W. James, A. N. Whitehead

　Research on classical pragmatism and related fields from the late 19th to the early 20th century.

3) Semiotics (Semeiotic)

　Research on semiotics with a focus on Peirce.

4) Metaphysics

　Research on metaphysics since modern philosophy.

　My main research interests are in the philosophy of the English-speaking world from the modern era up to the present. In particular, the classical pragmatism and related areas from the late 19th to the early 20th century, such as the philosophies of Peirce, James, and Whitehead. Among them, I am interested in the important concepts that link Peirce's pragmatism, semiotics, and metaphysics, such as habit, the real possibility and vagueness, evolutionary cosmology, and the concept of the "cosmos." I am also interested in the question of what meaning and application these debates can have in the present day.