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 2022, the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science has 430 members and ten honorable members. The members are specialists in a variety of fields, including mathematics, philosophy, logic, physics, psychology, and biology.
Officers
| President | Kengo OKAMOTO | |
| Vice President | Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | |
| Board Members | Tetsuji ISEDA | Jun OTSUKA |
| Kengo OKAMOTO | Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | |
| Kaori KARASAWA | Makoto KIKUCHI | |
| Katsuhiko SANO | Takayuki SUZUKI | |
| Hiroshi DEGUCHI | Kazuhisa TODAYAMA | |
| Yukihiro NOBUHARA | Shunkichi MATSUMOTO | |
| Yuko MURAKAMI | Kunihisa MORITA | |
| Mikiko YOKOYAMA | ||
| Comptrollers | Naoya FUJIKAWA | Keiichi YAMADA |
| Director for International Exchange | Mitsuhiro OKADA | |
| Council Members | Ryota AKIYOSHI | Yuichi AMITANI |
| Tetsuji ISEDA | Kazuyuki ITO（～2021.7） | |
| Ryo UEHARA | Koji OTA | |
| Jun OTSUKA | Mitsuhiro OKADA | |
| Kengo OKAMOTO | Masanao OZAWA | |
| Tatsuya KASHIWABATA | Takeshi KANASUGI | |
| Hiroshi KANEKO | Kaori KARASAWA | |
| Makoto KIKUCHI | Yuichiro KITAJIMA | |
| Minao KUKITA | Tetsuya KONO | |
| Tora KOYAMA | Reina SAIJO | |
| Katsuhiko SANO | Ikuro SUZUKI | |
| Takayuki SUZUKI | Kazuyuki TANAKA | |
| Senji TANAKA | Haruka TSUTSUI | |
| Hiroshi DEGUCHI | Yasuo DEGUCHI | |
| Kazuhisa TODAYAMA | Yukihiro NOBUHARA | |
| Shigeki NOYA | Naoya FUJIKAWA | |
| Masahiro MATSUO | Youichi MATSUSAKA | |
| Shunkichi MATSUMOTO | 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 2014. The president was elected by the board members. Their term of office lasts from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023.
Committees
The Editorial Board of the Two Journals（term of office: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023）
Editor in Chief: Kunihisa MORITA
Editorial Board Members:
Koji OTA Yuichiro KITAJIMA Hidenori KUROKAWA Ikuro SUZUKI
Senji TANAKA Yasuo NAKAYAMA
The Planning and Public Relations Committee（term of office: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023）
Committee Chairperson: Takayuki SUZUKI
Committee Members:
Yuichi AMITANI Jun OTSUKA Kengo OKAMOTO Tatsuya KASHIWABATA
Katsuhiko SANO Katsuaki HIGASHI Shunkichi MATSUMOTO
Yuko MURAKAMI Mikiko YOKOYAMA
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/