Jun Otsuka
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Books
- Otsuka, J. (2023). Thinking About Statistics: The Philosophical Foundations, Routledge. (English translation of 『統計学を哲学する』)
- Preview PDF (Table of Contents & Introduction)
- Book symposium at Asian Journal of Philosophy, featuring reviews by Hanti Lin, Jeanne Peijnenburg & David Atkinson, Elliott Sober, and Tung-Ying Wu.
- 大塚淳 (2020). 統計学を哲学する, 名古屋大学出版局.
- Otsuka, J. (2019). The Role of Mathematics in Evolutionary Theory, Cambridge University Press.
- Reviewed in: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 科学哲学
Refereed or Invited Articles
Evolutionary Biology
- Lehtonen, J. and Otsuka, J. (2023). Evolutionary game theory of continuous traits from a causal perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378: 20210507. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0507
- Edelaar, P., Otsuka, J., and Luque, V. (2022). A generalised approach to the study and understanding of adaptive evolution. Biological Reviews, 98(1): 352-375.
- Okasha, S., Otsuka, J. (2020). The Price equation and the causal analysis of evolutionary change, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375: 20190365. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0365
- Otsuka, J. (2019). Species as Models, Philosophy of Science, 86(5): 1075-1086
- Otsuka, J. (2019). Ontology, Causality, and Methodology of Evolutionary Research Programs, in Evolutionary Causation: Biological and Philosophical Reflections, Uller, T. and Laland, K eds, The MIT Press, 247-264.
- Otsuka, J. (2017). The causal homology concept, Philosophy of Science, 84(5): 1128-1139.
- Otsuka, J. (2016). Discovering phenotypic causal structure from nonexperimental data, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(6): 1268-1277.
- Otsuka, J. (2016). A critical review of the statisticalist debate, Biology and Philosophy, 31(4): 459-482.
- Otsuka, J. (2016). Causal Foundations of Evolutionary Genetics, The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 67 (1): 247-269.
- Otsuka, J. (2015). Using Causal Models to Integrate Proximate and Ultimate Causation, Biology and Philosophy, 30(1): 19-37.
- Otsuka, J., Turner, T., Lloyd, E.A., Allen, C. (2011). Why the Causal View of Fitness Survives, Philosophy of Science, 78: 209-224.
- 大塚淳 (2007). 結局、機能とは何だったのか (Reconciling Two Concepts of Function), 『科学哲学』, 40(1): 29-41.
Statistics, Causality, and Machine Learning
- Otsuka, J. (under review). Bridging the Gap Between Statistics and Philosophy.
- Otsuka, J. (under review). What Machine Learning Tells Us About the Mathematical Structure of Concepts.
- Taniguchi, T., Takagi, S., Otsuka, J., Hayashi, Y., Hamada, H. T. (under review) Collective Predictive Coding as Model of Science: Formalizing Scientific Activities Towards Generative Science.
- Otsuka, J., Hayashi, T., Yoshii, T., Saigo, H. (under review). Modeling Causal Processes.
- Otsuka, J. (2025) Precis of Thinking About Statisitcs. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 4:40.
- Otsuka, J. (2025) Replies to Critics. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 4:36.
- 大塚淳 (2025) AI駆動科学がもたらす科学的理念への影響 (The Impact of AI-Driven Science on Scientific Ideals). 『人工知能』40(2), 119-126.
- Yoshii, T. and Otsuka, J. (accepted). A Categorical Solution to the Grue Paradox. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
- 大塚淳 (2023) 深層学習後の科学のあり方を考える, 鈴木貴之編著『人工知能とどうつきあうか:哲学から考える』収録, 勁草書房.
- Otsuka, J. and Saigo, H. (2023). Process theory of causality: A category-theoretic perspective. Behaviormetrika, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41237-023-00197-z
- Otsuka, J. and Saigo, H. (2022). On the Equivalence of Causal Models: A Category-Theoretic Approach. Proceedings of the First Conference on Causal Learning and Reasoning, PMLR 177:634-646.
- 大塚淳 (2021). 統計学と機械学習から見る「正当化」のあり方 (Justification in statistics and machine learning), 『アステイオン』, 95: 163-175.
- 大塚淳 (2021). 統計学はなぜ哲学の問題になるのか (Why does statistics matter to philosophy?), 『哲學研究』, 606: 1-24.
- Otsuka, J. (2020). Ockham's Proportionality: A Model Selection Criterion for Levels of Explanation. in Risks and Regulation of New Technologies, Matsuda, T., Wolff, J. and Yanagawa, T. eds, Springer, pp. 47-64.
- 田口茂, 大塚淳, 西郷甲矢人(2020). 現象学的明証論と統計学–経験の基本的構造を求めて (The phenomenological Evidenzlehre and statistics: in search of the fundamental structure of experience), 『哲学論叢』, 47: 20-34.
- 大塚淳 (2019). 生命と人工知能におけるデザイン問題 (Design problems in life and AI), 『科学基礎論研究』, 46(2): 21-27.
- 大塚淳 (2010). ベイズネットから見た因果と確率 (Causality and Probability – A View from Bayesian Networks), 『科学基礎論研究』, 38(1): 39-47.
Other
- 西郷甲矢人, 大塚淳, 北島雄一郎, 田口茂 (2022). 「哲学者たちと語る圏論」, 『圏論の地平線』(西郷甲矢人編), 315-348.
- Kato, T., Kudo, Y., Miyakoshi, J., Otsuka J., Saigo, H., Karasawa, K., Yamaguchi, H., and Deguchi. Y. (2020). Rational Choice Hypothesis as X-point of Utility Function and Norm Function, Applied Economics and Finance 7(4): 65-77.
- Kato, T., Kudo, Y., Miyakoshi, J., Otsuka J., Saigo, H., Karasawa, K., Yamaguchi, H., Hiroi, Y., and Deguchi. Y. (2020). Sustainability and Fairness Simulations Based on Decision-Making Model of Utility Function and Norm Function, Applied Economics and Finance 7(3): 96-114.
- Murdock, J., Allen, C., Borner, K., Light, R., McAlister, S., Ravenscroft, A., Rose, R., Rose, D., Otsuka, J., Bourget, D., Lawrence J., Reed, C. (2017). Multi-level computational methods for interdisciplinary research in the HathiTrust Digital Library, PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184188.
- 大塚淳 (2008). 二つの目的論:スピノザの目的原因論批判をめぐって (Two sorts of teleology: Spinoza’s critique on final causation), 『哲學』, 59: 115-130.
- 大塚淳 (2005). スピノザ『エチカ』における目的論とコナトゥス (Téléologie et Conatus dans l'Etique de Spinoza), 『哲学論叢』, 32:24-35.
Non-refereed Articles and Technical Reports
- 大塚淳 (2020). 現代の科学哲学からみたアリストテレス (Aristotle in today's philosophy of science), 『アリストテレス全集第11巻 動物の発生について』月報, 1-3. 岩波書店.
- 大塚淳 (2017). 科学哲学から見た人文系メタ科学の可能性 (Perspectives on the meta-scientific analysis of humanities), 『21世紀倫理創成研究』, 10: 23-35.
- 大塚淳 (2010). 生物学における目的と機能 (Teleology and Functions in Biology), 『進化論はなぜ哲学の問題になるのか』, 松本俊吉編集, 53-74, 勁草書房.
- 大塚淳 (2010). 普遍生物学と生物学的法則:Stuart Kauffmanの自己組織化理論とその手法の検討 (Universal Biology and Biological Law: Comments on Stuart Kauffman’s Theory and Methods on Self-organization),『実証段階におけるカオス研究の哲学的考察』(平成16・17年度科学研究費補助金(基盤研究(C)(2))研究課題番号16520017).
- 大塚淳 (2008). 哲学者のためのベイジアンネットワーク入門 (A philosopher’s Guide to Bayesian Networks),『哲学論叢』, 35:106- 107.
- 大塚淳 (2007). 人工生命からシステム生物学へ (From A-Life to Systems Biology), Prospectus, 10:58-6
- 大塚淳 (2006). 生物学における機能説明 (Functional Explanations in Biology), 『哲学論叢』, 33:114-125.
Book Reviews
- 大塚淳 (2013). エリオット・ソーバー『科学と証拠:統計の哲学入門』書評 (Review of E. Sober, Evidence and Evolution), 『科学哲学』, 46(2): 60-64.
- 大塚淳 (2012). 因果と実在, Judea Pearl, Causality第二版書評 (Review of J. Pearl, Causality, 2nd ed.), 『科学基礎論研究』, 39(2): 59-65.
- 大塚淳 (2011). 証拠と推論の哲学:E. Sober, Evidence and Evolution 書評 (Review of E. Sober, Evidence and Evolution),『生物科学』, 63(1): 55-60.
Translation
- 太田紘史, 大塚淳, 田中泉吏, 中尾央, 西村正秀, 藤川直也訳 (2009). セックス・アンド・デス―生物学の哲学への招待』, 春秋社 (Japanese translation of Sterelny, K. and P. E. Griffitsh. (1999). Sex and Death – An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology)