MURATA, Junichi

Junichi Murata (born in 1948) studied at the University of Tokyo, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, was a research fellow (DAAD) at the University of Cologne, Germany (1977-1979). A Lecturer and then Associate Professor at Toyo University (Tokyo) (1981-1991). He conducted research at the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany as Humboldt Stipendiat (1988-89). He is presently Professor at the University of Tokyo, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

His main research theme covers a wide field from the philosophy of perception and philosophy of mind to the philosophy of science and technology.

His important publications in Japanese include Perception and the Life-World [CHIKAKU TO SEIKATSUSEKAI] (The University of Tokyo Press, 1995), Philosophy of Color [SHIKISAI NO TETSUGAKU] (Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 2002), The Ethics of Technology [GIJUTSU NO RINRIGAKU] (Maruzen Publisher, Tokyo, 2006), and an English publication, Perception, Technology, and Life-Worlds (Collection UTCP 1, 2007) →download.

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●Perception, Technology, and Life-Worlds　(Collection UTCP 1)

　　　Preface 7, Acknowledgements :Murata000.pdf（PDF/69KB）

< I. Perception, Color, and the Mind-Body Problem >

1. Consciousness and the Mind-Body Problem : Murata001.pdf （PDF/111KB）
2. Perception and Action
   
3. Colors in the Life-World : Murata003.pdf （PDF/59KB）
   
4. Space and Color : Murata004.pdf （PDF/120KB）
   
5. The Multi-Dimensionality of Colors : Murata005.pdf （PDF/115KB）
   
6. The Indeterminacy of Images : Murata006.pdf （PDF/116KB）
   < II. Technology, Modernity, and Ethics >
7. Why is Technology a Fundamental Problem of Philosophy? : Murata007.pdf （PDF/84KB）
8. Technology and Life-Worlds
9. Creativity of Technology : Murata009.pdf （PDF/167KB）
10. Pragmatism and the Ethics of Technology : Murata010.pdf （PDF/112KB）
11. From Challenger to Columbia : Murata011.pdf （PDF/123KB）
    References : Murata_reference.pdf （PDF/73KB）