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Dr. Masato Ishida, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Okinawan Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy

Masato Ishida received his academic training in Japan, Canada, and the United States. He joined the department in 2009 after completing his PhD in philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in classical American philosophy, history and philosophy of logic, and traditional Japanese philosophy. Recent works include “The Sense of Symmetry: Comparative Reflections on Whitehead, Nishida, and Dōgen” (Process Studies, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 4-34, 2014) ; “The Metaphysics of Pluralistic Manifestations in James and East Asian Buddhism” (William James Studies, Vol. 10, pp. 1-7, 2014) ; “A Peircean Reply to Quine’s Two Problems” (Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 322-347, 2013).  He is a member of the Center for Japanese Studies and the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He was honored with the Excellence in Teaching Award (2021).

Educational Background

Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Email: masatoi@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-8250

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