Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Humanities
Biography
Dr. Jun Young Kim received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021. He also received his M.A. and B.A. in Philosophy and a B.A. in Religious Studies from Seoul National University. His research focuses on seventeenth-century philosophy and is primarily concerned with metaphysical questions. He is particularly interested in notions of dependence, essence, modality, and compossibility in the early modern period, with a specific focus on Leibniz. His recent publications include “Leibniz on Spinoza’s Priority by Nature” (Res Philosophica, 2024).