Sun-Joo Shin

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Sun-Joo Shin is a Korean-American philosopher known for her work on diagrammatic reasoning in mathematical logic, including the validity of reasoning using Venn diagrams, the existential graphs of Charles Sanders Peirce, and the philosophical distinction between diagrammatic and symbolic reasoning. [1] She is a professor of philosophy at Yale University. [2]

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Education and career

Shin was an undergraduate in Korea. There, she became interested in the philosophy of art and the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, but did not have the funding for graduate study in France. Instead, she obtained a fellowship to Ohio State University, but transferred to Stanford University a year later, in 1987, [1] after earning a master's degree at Ohio State. [3] At Stanford, under the influence of Jon Barwise and John Etchemendy, her interests shifted to logic, [1] and by 1991 she had completed her dissertation, Valid reasoning and visual representation, under the supervision of Etchemendy. [4] [5]

Shin's first faculty position was at the University of Notre Dame. [1] In 2002 she moved from Notre Dame to her present position at Yale University. [3] [6]

Books

Shin's books include:

Personal life

Shin is married to Henry E. Smith, the Fessenden Professor of Law at Harvard University. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Waszek, David (2018), "Conversation with Sun-Joo Shin" (PDF), APhEx, 17
  2. ↑ "Sun-Joo Shin", People, Yale University Department of Philosophy, retrieved 2023-09-05
  3. 1 2 "News of former students" (PDF), Logos: A newsletter from the Ohio State University Department of Philosophy: 10–11, Winter 2003
  4. ↑ Shin, Sun-Joo (1991), Valid reasoning and visual representation, Stanford University
  5. ↑ Sun-Joo Shin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ↑ Massad, Carolyn (September 20, 2002), "Recruits help round out Philosophy Dept.", Yale Daily News, retrieved 2023-09-06
  7. ↑ Reviews of The Logical Status of Diagrams:
  8. ↑ Reviews of The Iconic Logic of Peirce's Graphs:
  9. ↑ Arnsdorf, Isaac (September 29, 2008), "At Yale Law, a faculty exodus or just a cycle?", Yale Daily News, retrieved 2023-09-05
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