Seungil Lee

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Hello, I’m an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), South Korea. Before joining HUFS, I served as a Lecturer and Academic Advisor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where I also earned my Ph.D.

My main research interest lies in the intersection between contemporary physics and metaphysics. In particular, I am interested in examining how quantum mechanics can shed light on metaphysical questions related to objects, properties, and relations.

Currently, I am working on the following subjects:

• Quantum Indeterminacy
• Explainable Artificial Intelligence
• Relational Quantum Mechanics
• Permutation Symmetry

• Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  Dissertation: ‘Essays on Properties, Relations, and (Quantum) Objects’
  Committee: Noël Saenz (chair), Dan Korman, Christopher Weaver, Jonathan Livengood, Paul G.Kwiat (physics department), and Philip Phillips (physics department)
• B.Phil., Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK
  Thesis: ‘Restricted Material Composition’
  Supervisor: Antony Eagle
• B.A., Philosophy, Yonsei University, S. Korea

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Recent Publications

• ‘Bundle Theory and Weak Discernibility’, Analytic Philosophy 64(3), 2023
• ‘Is the Principle of Recombination Humean?’, Journal of Philosophical Ideas 25(2), 2022
• ‘The Rate Question and Special Relativity’, The Korean Journal for the Philosophy of Science 83, 2022

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Recent Presentations

• Metaphysical Mayhem August 2023
• Korean Society for Philosophy of Science June 2022
• APA Eastern January 2022
• APA Pacific April 2021
• APA Central February 2020
• APA Central, Society of Asian and Comparative Philosophy February 2020
• Illinois Philosophical Association November 2019
• Central States Philosophical Association October 2019
• North Carolina Philosophical Society March 2019
• APA Central February 2019
• Indiana Philosophical Association August 2018

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