PROFILE

Tetsuya Kono's
Philosophy and Ethics Office

Kono Tetsuya

Kono, Tetsuya
Professor at Rikkyo University, Department of Education
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo, 171-8501 Japan.
Tel. +81-3-3985-3569
Date of Birth : January 21 1963 at Tokyo, Japan. 
　

Short Profile
Professor at Rikkyo University, Department of Education, Tokyo, Japan
PhD (philosophy), Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Specialties: Philosophy, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Psychology, Ethics.

He is a member of the executive board of many academic societies, including the Philosophical Association of Japan, the Philosophy of Science Society of Japan, and the Japanese Society for Philosophical Practice.

Major publications (books, all in Japanese):

  • Ma’ai as distancing: An Exploration of Ecological Phenomenology (2022), 
  • Thinking by oneself and speaking by oneself: Philosophy lessons for raising children) (revised edition)（2021）,
  • When People Talk, They Are Not Thinking: A Philosophy of Dialogue and Thought (2019),
  • Phenomenology of the Environment (2016),
  • Phenomenology of Body and Special Needs Education (2015),
  • etc.

EDUCATION

  • 11987-1993 Institute of Philosophy (doctor course), Keio University (Tokyo, Japan).
  • 1990-1991 Institute supérieure de la philosopie, L’Université Catholique de Louvain
  • (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgique).
  • 1985-1987 Institute of Philosophy (master course), Keio University (Tokyo, Japan).
  • 1981-1985 Department of Philosophy, Keio University (Tokyo, Japan).

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 1995 D.Lit. in Philosophy
  • 1987 M.A. in Philosophy
  • 1985 B.A. in Philosophy

ACADEMIC AND RELATED EXPERIENCE

  • 2014 Aug -2015 March Visiting Scholar at University of North Texas, Center for Environmental Philosophy
  • 2014 From April to July Visiting Scholar at Paris-Diderot, Centre de recherché sur les civilizations de l’Asie orientale (CRCAO)
  • 2010 to present Visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Department of History and Philosophy of Science (Tokyo).
  • 2010 March Visiting professor at L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France).
  • 2008 to present Professor at Rikkyo University, Department of Education (Tokyo).
  • 2004-2008 Associate professor at Tamagawa University, Department of Human Sciences Tokyo.
  • 1998-2004 Associate professor at Japan National Defense Academy, Department of Human Sciences (Kanagawa).
  • 2002-2003 Research fellow at York University, Department of Philosophy (Toronto, Canada).
  • 1997-1998 Lecturer at Japan National Defense Academy, Department of Human Sciences (Kanagawa).

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

  • 2000 Yamazaki Award for the Promotion of Human Sciences by the Yamazaki Foundation
  • 1995-1997 Scholarship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 1990-1991 Bourse d'etudes du Gouvernement Belge.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

He is a member of the executive board of many academic societies, including the Philosophical Association of Japan, the Philosophy of Science Society of Japan, and the Japanese Society for Philosophical Practice.