Sun Kyeong Yu, Ph.D.

 

Associate Professor                                                                     photo  

Department of Philosophy

Minnesota State University, Mankato

227 Armstrong Hall

Mankato, MN 56001

501-389-2901            

sun.yu@mnsu.edu

mavweb.mnsu.edu/yus

 

 

Areas of Specialization        Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of                                                                     Mind

 

Areas of Competence            Cognitive Science, Logic,  Medical Ethics

 

Education

 

Philosophy:

2008                        Ph.D.  Philosophy, Duke University

2005                        M.A. Philosophy, Duke University

 

Biology:

1990                       M.Sc. in Molecular Developmental Biology, Seoul National University,

                                  Seoul, Korea

1988                        B.Sc. in Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

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Teaching

Joined the Department in Fall 2007

Courses in Fall 2012

PHIL101W                             Mind-Body Problems 

PHIL101W Online             Mind-Body Problems 

PHIL481/581                       Philosophy of Biology

 

Courses in Spring 2011

PHIL101W Online             Mind-Body Problems 

PHIL358W Online            Eastern Philosophy

 

  

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Research Topics

Reductionism, Emergence, Explanatory Pluralism, The Concept of the Gene, and others.