Kunimasa SatoLecturer

■Researcher basic information

Organization

  • College of Education Training Course for School Teachers Program for Subject Education / Major in Social Studies Education
  • Graduate School of Education(Course for Professional degree ) Division of Professional Teacher Education Professional Course in School Subjects
  • Faculty of Education Domain of Language, Social,& Natural Sciences

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences, Education - general, Ethics of Education
  • Humanities & social sciences, Philosophy and ethics, Epistemology, Ethics

Research Keyword

  • Narrative testimony
  • Epistemic Injustice
  • Transformative experience
  • ethics of knowledge (belief)
  • erotetic knowledge
  • Epistemology of Ignorance
  • Non-Ideal Educational Epistemology

Degree

  • 2015年03月 博士(文学)(日本大学)
  • 2007年03月 修士(教育学)(東京大学)

Educational Background

  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2015, Nihon University, 文学研究科, 哲学専攻
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2015, 日本大学大学院, 文学研究科博士後期課程, 哲学専攻 修了
  • Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2011, Nihon University, 文学研究科, 哲学専攻
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2008, The University of Tokyo, 教育学研究科, 総合教育科学専攻
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007, The University of Tokyo, 教育学研究科, 総合教育科学専攻
  • Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2005, The University of Tokyo, 教育学部

Career

  • Apr. 2026 - Present, Chiba University, Faculty of Letters, Part time lecturer
  • Oct. 2024 - Present, The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, Part-time lecturer
  • Jul. 2023 - Present, TRiSTAR Pre-Fellowship
  • Apr. 2021 - Present, Keiai University, Faculty of International Studies, 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2021 - Present, Meiji University, School of Arts and Letters, 兼任講師
  • Apr. 2018 - Present, Sophia University, Faculty of Human Sciences, 非常勤講師
  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024, 茨城大学, 教育学研究科、教育学部, 助教
  • Feb. 2022 - Jul. 2022, CUNY Graduate Center, Philosophy, Visiting Scholar
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2021, Keiai U, International Relations, Associate Professor
  • Jul. 2013 - Jun. 2014, University of Miami, Philosophy, Visiting Scholar

Member History

  • Oct. 2025 - Present, Chair of International Committee, 教育哲学会
  • Oct. 2025 - Present, Board editor, Japanese Association of Applied Philosophy
  • Aug. 2025 - Present, Committee member, 26th World Congress of Philosophy
  • Dec. 2019 - Sep. 2025, 国際交流委員, 教育哲学会

Message from Researchers

  • (Message from Researchers)

    (1) I am primarily working on transformative injustices that prevent one from automously making new selves and on the nature of transformative selfhood.,,(2) I am constructing a non-ideal epistemic aim of education that focuses on redressing an educational varient of epistemic injustices.

■Research activity information

Paper

MISC

Books and other publications

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

Courses

  • Contemporaty Moral Philosophy               
    Apr. 2026 - Present
    Chiba University
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
    茨城大学大学院
  • Philosophy & Ethics (PEAK)               
    Oct. 2024 - Present
    The University of Tokyo
  • SPECIAL TOPICS IN EDUCATION 5: INTRODUCTION TO EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE, TRANSFORMATION, AND EDUCATION               
    Oct. 2023 - Present
    Sophia University
  • The Special Lecture in Ethics               
    Apr. 2023 - Present
    Meiji U
  • Apr. 2022 - Present
    茨城大学大学院
  • 社会科科目研究(社会と人間)               
    Apr. 2022 - Present
    Ibaraki U, Graduate Center
  • Apr. 2022 - Present
    茨城大学大学院
  • Special Seminar in Philosophy of Education               
    Apr. 2022 - Present
    Sophia U, Graduate Center
  • Ethics Special Seminar               
    Apr. 2022 - Present
    Ibaraki U
  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    茨城大学
  • Humanities               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Introduction to University Lecture               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Epistemic Injustice               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Meiji University
  • Seminar: Philosophy               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Introduction to Philosophy               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Introduction to Ethics               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Seminar: Ethics               
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Ibaraki University
  • Special Lcture on Philosophy of Education II               
    Oct. 2021 - Mar. 2024
    Sophia University
  • 敬愛大学
  • College English               
    Keiai University
  • 敬愛大学
  • 埼玉医科大学
  • 上智大学大学院
  • 上智大学
  • 東洋大学
  • 敬愛大学
  • 敬愛大学
  • Intercultural Communication               
    Keiai University
  • Philosophy               
    Keiai University

Affiliated academic society

  • Sep. 2025 - Present, American Philosophy Forum
  • 2019 - Present, 教育哲学会
  • 2012 - Present, 日本倫理学会
  • 2012 - Present, 日本哲学会
  • 2012 - Present, 応用哲学会
  • 2012 - Present, ALPE(Asian Link of Philosophy of Education)

Research Themes

Social Contribution Activities

  • NPO法人 さざなみ 副代表
    planner
    May 2020 - Present
  • 3rd Environment forum
    presenter
    NPO法人さざなみ, https://yachiyo-narashino.goguynet.jp/2026/03/10/narashinokankyo/, 14 Mar. 2026 - 14 Mar. 2026
  • ハンドメイドの環境正義? 見えることを伝え、見ることを学ぶ              
    panelist
    IBADAY哲学カフェ—茨大の哲学者&倫理学者と語らう「環境」と「正義」, 28 Feb. 2026 - 28 Feb. 2026
  • 認識的不正義とは何だろう?
    lecturer
    すぎなみ大人塾総合コース, ゲンゴカ・ラボシリーズ2025, 12 Sep. 2025 - 12 Sep. 2025
  • 哲学カフェ「アートで問いづくり」
    advisor
    茨城大学, 「まちのイバダイ2025」水戸芸術館現代美術センター「高校生ウィーク」におけるイベント企画, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Epistemic injustice in philosophy for children              
    commentator
    Meiji Institute of Philosophies (MIPs), 19 Jul. 2024 - 19 Jul. 2024
  • 絵本で問いづくりワークショップ
    lecturer
    習志野の海を守る会(NPO法人 さざなみ), 07 May 2023 - 07 May 2023
  • 自分とは?              
    lecturer
    茨城大学附属中学校, 21 Dec. 2022 - 21 Dec. 2022
  • 大学教員ってなに?              
    lecturer
    常陸大宮市, 14 Dec. 2022 - 14 Dec. 2022
  • 常陸大宮市明峰中学校2年生 「キャリア教育授業」
    lecturer
    常陸大宮市, 14 Dec. 2022 - 14 Dec. 2022
  • 不正義の是正              
    lecturer
    06 Oct. 2022 - 06 Oct. 2022
  • 功利主義              
    lecturer
    水戸桜ノ牧高校, 09 Nov. 2021 - 09 Nov. 2021
  • 生涯学習講座「学びの哲学」              
    lecturer
    敬愛大学生涯学習センター, Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2020

Media Coverage

Academic Contribution Activities

  • Knowing What It Is Like, Experience, and Testimony
    Planning etc
    Kunimasa Sato, Zoom Online, 16 May 2026 - 16 May 2026
  • Host: Epistemic injustice workshop               
    Planning etc
    立命館大学茨木キャンパス, 14 Dec. 2024 - 14 Dec. 2024
  • Host: Epistemic injustice conference (Trajectories of Epistemic Injustice)
    Planning etc
    佐藤邦政、榊原英輔、神島裕子, University of Tokyo, 06 Dec. 2024 - 08 Dec. 2024
  • Guest Editor: Asian Journal of Philosophy Topical Collection on Duncan Pritchard               
    Planning etc
    Asian Journal of Philosophy, 05 Nov. 2021 - 31 Mar. 2023
  • 『フィルカル』Vol.6, No.2&3 「徳と教育」企画編者               
    Planning etc
    31 Aug. 2021 - 31 Dec. 2021
  • 変容と信頼:証言的不正義の是正のための相互関係的アプローチ               
    Panel chair etc
    精神医学の哲学研究会(Zoomオンライン), 27 Dec. 2020 - 27 Dec. 2020