Jaegwon Kim

American philosopher (1934–2019)

Jaegwon Kim (Daegu, September 12, 1934 – November 27, 2019) was a Korean-American philosopher. He was an emeritus professor at Brown University, but who also taught at several other leading American universities. He was best known for his work on mental causation and the mind-body problem. His issues are well represented by the papers collected in Supervenience and Mind: Selected Philosophical Essays (1993).

Jaegwon Kim
Born(1934-09-12)September 12, 1934
Daegu,
Korea (now in S. Korea)
DiedNovember 27, 2019(2019-11-27) (aged 85)
Alma materDartmouth College
Princeton University
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
Doctoral advisorsCarl Gustav Hempel
Main interests
Philosophy of mind
Metaphysics · Epistemology
Action theory
Philosophy of science
Notable ideas
Reductive physicalism
Weak supervenience[1]
Influenced
Jaegwon Kim
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Jaegwon
McCune–ReischauerKim Chaegwǒn

Kim died on November 27, 2019 at the age of 85.

References change

  1. Kim, Jaegwon. (1984). "Concepts of supervenience," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 45(2): 153–176.