About the Association ＞ Overview/Contact
Purpose
The Japanese Association for Philosophy of Science aims to promote research studies focusing on the foundations of science, to establish and maintain contacts with researchers in foreign countries, and to contribute to the development of the philosophy of science.
History and Activities
The Association was founded in February 1949 by Japanese leading scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers including Hideki Yukawa, Zyoiti Suetuna, Sadaji Takagi, Torataro Shimomura. The Association regularly holds annual or semiannual academic meetings, and it publishes two journals: Journal of the Japan Association for Philosphy of Science (Kagaku-kisoron Kenkyu) in Japanese, and Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science in English as well as in French and German. The Association is officially a cooperative academic research body of the Science Council of Japan.
Members
As of March 2025, the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science has 420 members and eleven honorable members. The members are specialists in a variety of fields, including mathematics, philosophy, logic, physics, psychology, and biology.
Officers
| President | Makoto KIKUCHI | |
| Vice President | Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | Takayuki SUZUKI |
| Board Members | Tetsuji ISEDA | Jun OTSUKA |
| Kengo OKAMOTO | Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | |
| Kaori KARASAWA | Makoto KIKUCHI | |
| Yuichiro KITAJIMA | Katsuhiko SANO | |
| Takayuki SUZUKI | Senji TANAKA | |
| Hiroshi DEGUCHI | Shunkichi MATSUMOTO | |
| Yuko MURAKAMI | Kunihisa MORITA | |
| Mikiko YOKOYAMA | ||
| Comptrollers | Naoya FUJIKAWA | Keiichi YAMADA |
| Director for International Exchange | Mitsuhiro OKADA | |
| Council Members | Takeshi AKIBA | Yuichi AMITANI |
| Tomoko ISHIDA | Tetsuji ISEDA | |
| Ryo UEHARA | Koji OTA | |
| Jun OTSUKA | Takuro ONISHI | |
| Mitsuhiro OKADA | Kengo OKAMOTO | |
| Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | Takeshi KANASUGI | |
| Kaori KARASAWA | Makoto KIKUCHI | |
| Yuichiro KITAJIMA | Minao KUKITA | |
| Tetsuya KONO | Tora KOYAMA | |
| Katsuhiko SANO | Ikuro SUZUKI | |
| Takayuki SUZUKI | Kazuyuki TANAKA | |
| Senji TANAKA | Haruka TSUTSUI | |
| Hiroshi DEGUCHI | Yasuo DEGUCHI | |
| Kazuhisa TODAYAMA | Michiyo NAKANE | |
| Yukihiro NOBUHARA | Shigeki NOYA | |
| Naoya FUJIKAWA | Masahiro MATSUO | |
| Shunkichi MATSUMOTO | Eri MAFUNE | |
| Nayuta MIKI | Yuko MURAKAMI | |
| Kunihisa MORITA | Ryota MORIMOTO | |
| Keiichi YAMADA | Mikiko YOKOYAMA | |
The officers listed above were elected by a council member election and a board member, comptroller election that was held in February 2023. The president was elected by the board members. Their term of office lasts from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026.
Committees
The Editorial Board of the Two Journals（term of office: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026）
Editor in Chief: Senji TANAKA
Editorial Board Members:
Takeshi KANASUGI Yuichiro KITAJIMA Tora KOYAMA Katsuhiko SANO
Naoya FUJIKAWA Kunihisa MORITA Ryota MORIMOTO Mikiko YOKOYAMA
The Planning and Public Relations Committee（term of office: April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026）
Committee Chairperson: Jun OTSUKA
Committee Members:
Makoto KIKUCHI Reina SAIJO Daichi SUZUKI Takayuki SUZUKI
Koji MINESHIMA Kohe MORITA
Online Director:Masahide ASANO
Contact Us (Business Office)
Sasaki Publishing (The office of the Japan Association of Philosophy of Science)
Shiba-ura 2-14-13 MCK building 2F
Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan (108-0023)
Email: kisoron@sasappa.co.jp Website: https://phsc.jp/