The University of Auckland - Faculty of Arts
 

Dr Koji Tanaka

Senior Lecturer

Department:
Philosophy

Email:
k.tanaka@auckland.ac.nz

Extension:
89961 (ph + 64 9 373 7599)

Location:
Arts 2
18 Symonds St
Level 2
Room 210



Research Interests

Logic, paraconsistency, Buddhist logic.

Current Research


Recent Publications

`An Introduction to Japanese and Korean Philosophy', Oxford Handbook of World Philosophy, Jay Garfield (chief editor), Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

`Don't Think! Just Act!', Philosophy and Martial Arts, Graham Priest and Damon Young (eds.), Open Court, forthcoming, co-authored with Bronwyn Finnigan.

‘A Dharmakirtian Critique of Nagarjunians’, Pointing at the Moon, Mario D'Amato, J. Garfield and T. Tillemans (eds.), Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

‘Dharmakirti and Priest on an Inconsistent Theory of Change: A Comment to Mortensen’, Philosophy East & West, Vol. 57, pp. 244-252, 2007.

‘In Defence of Priest: A Rejoinder to Mortensen’, Philosophy East & West, Vol. 57, pp.~ 57-259, 2007.


Current Teaching


Philosophy
Course Title   Availability in 2010
PHIL 101     Introduction to Logic   Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2
PHIL 216     Modal Logic   Semester 1
PHIL 315     Topics in Applied Logic   Semester 2
PHIL 755     History of Philosophy 2   Semester 1



 
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