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Associate professor
Graduate School
Graduate School of Humanities
Title
Associate professor
Contact information
External link
IWATA Naoya
Degree 3
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Doctor of Philosophy （ 2015.7 University of Cambridge ）
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Master (Letters) （ 2009.3 Kyoto University ）
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Bachelor (Integrated Human Studies) （ 2007.3 Kyoto University ）
Research Interests 7
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Aristotle
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Greek mathematics
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Plato
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Euclid
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ancient philosophy
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metaphysics
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epistemology
Research Areas 1
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History of thought / ancient philosophy
Research History 9
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Nagoya University Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Associate professor
2024.4
Country：Japan
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Nagoya University Graduate School of Humanities Associate professor
2023.4
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Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Part-time Lecturer
2021.8
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Kyushu University Graduate School of Humanities Part-time Lecturer
2021.4 - 2021.9
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Fukuoka University Faculty of Humanities Lecturer
2020.4 - 2023.3
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University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
2018.3 - 2020.3
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Faculty of Classics University of Cambridge Overseas Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2016.1 - 2018.1
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University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ancient Philosophy (Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies)
2015.1 - 2015.12
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Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters JSPS Doctoral Research Fellow (DC1)
2009.4 - 2011.9
Education 3
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University of Cambridge Faculty of Classics PhD in Ancient Philosophy
- 2015
Country： United Kingdom
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Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters Master in Ancient Philosophy
- 2009
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Kyoto University Faculty of Integrated Human Studies Bachelor
- 2007
Professional Memberships 9
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The Japan Society for Artificial Intelligence
2024
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Chubu Philosophical Association
2023.6
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Nagoya University Philosophical Association
2023
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The Philosophical Association of Western Japan
2020
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The Society of Ancient Philosophy, Japan
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International Plato Society
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THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
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CLASSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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The Kansai Phirosophical Association
Committee Memberships 7
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The Society of Ancient Philosophy Editorial Board Member
2023.8
Committee type：Academic society
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Philosophical Association of Japan Editorial Board Member
2023.7 - 2027.6
Committee type：Academic society
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The Classical Society of Japan JASCA Editorial Board Member
2023.5 - 2026.5
Committee type：Academic society
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Nagoya University Philosophical Association Editorial Board Member
2023
Committee type：Academic society
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西日本哲学会 編集委員
2021.7 - 2025.7
Committee type：Academic society
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古代哲学会 編集事務委員
2009.8 - 2010.8
Committee type：Academic society
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古代哲学会 会計
2007.8 - 2009.8
Committee type：Academic society
Awards 1
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Total exemption from returning a scholarship loan for the Master's course in honour of an outstanding achievement
2009 Japan Student Service Organization (JASSO)
Naoya Iwata
Papers 13
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Utilizing Large Language Models for Research and Education in Western Classics Reviewed
Naoya Iwata, Ikko Tanaka, Jun Ogawa
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of JSAI Vol. 38 2024.5
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Aristotle on Geometrical Potentialities Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
Journal of the History of Philosophy Vol. 59 ( 3 ) page： 371 - 397 2021.7
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(Forthcoming) What is the process of division for? Reviewed
Naoya Iwata
Plato’s Sophist: Selected Papers of the Thirteenth Symposium Platonicum 2025
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Aristotle's Concepts of Analysis Reviewed
Naoya Iwata
Journal of Classical Studies Vol. 70 page： 13 - 24 2023.2
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Socrates' First Voyage in the Phaedo Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis Vol. 24 ( 2 ) page： 243 - 67 2021.12
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The Attunement Theory of the Soul in the Phaedo Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
JASCA (Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity) Vol. 4 page： 35 - 52 2020.3
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Plato's Recollection Argument in the Philebus Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
Rhizomata Vol. 6 ( 2 ) page： 189 - 212 2018.11
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Plato's Hypothetical Inquiry in the Meno Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 24 ( 2 ) page： 194 - 214 2016.3
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Plato on Geometrical Hypothesis in the Meno Reviewed International journal
Naoya Iwata
Apeiron Vol. 48 ( 1 ) page： 1 - 19 2015.1
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Naoya Iwata
A Journal for Ancient Philosophy (Methodos) Vol. 42 page： 31 - 48 2010.6
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Individuality and universality of knowledge: on the concept of the objects of Techne and Dynamis in Plato's early and middle dialogues
Naoya Iwata
The Proceedings of the Department of Ancient Philosophy at Kyoto University (Hypothesis) Vol. 15 page： 26 - 50 2010.1
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The Object and Value of a Craft: Plato's Gorgias
Naoya Iwata
Master's Thesis, Kyoto University 2009.3
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Poetry and craft: an interpretation of Plato's Ion 532c5-d3 Reviewed
Naoya Iwata
A Journal for Ancient Philosophy (Methodos) Vol. 40 page： 45 - 60 2008.6
MISC 10
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Book Review of Sarah Broadie, Plato’s Sun-Like Good: Dialectic in the Republic Invited
Naoya Iwata
Journal of Classical Studies in Japan 2024.2
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Some Potential Uses of Generative AI in Classical Research Invited
Naoya Iwata
Journal of Classical Studies in Japan 2024.2
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Book Review of Kentaro Sakai, Aristotle's Theory of Knowledge Invited
Naoya Iwata
Journal of International Philosophy Vol. 11 page： 9 - 14 2022.4
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Book Review of Catherine Rowett, Knowledge and Truth in Plato: Stepping Past the Shadow of Socrates Invited
Naoya Iwata
Classical Review Vol. 69 ( 1 ) page： 56 - 58 2019.4
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Book Review of D. Bronstein, Aristotle on Knowledge and Learning: the Posterior Analytics Reviewed
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Vol. 37 ( 2 ) page： 467 - 471 2017.12
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Japanese Translation of Lindsay Judson, ‘Hylomorphism, Teleology and Zeno’s Paradoxes in Aristotle’s Physics’
Naoya Iwata
Appendix Leaflet to Aristotle’s Physics in New Complete Works of Aristotle (in Japanese) 2017.11
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Naoya Iwata
British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 25 ( 1 ) page： 200 - 202 2017.3
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Japanese Translation of the entries ‘Good’ and ‘Neoplatonism’
Naoya Iwata
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas 2016.1
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Book Review of Catalin Partenie (ed.), Plato's Myths
Naoya Iwata
Journal of Classical Studies (in Japan) Vol. 59 page： 167 - 170 2011.3
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Book Review of T. Nakazawa, Socrates and Philosophia
Naoya Iwata
A Journal for Ancient Philosophy (Methodos) Vol. 41 page： 48 - 53 2009.6
Presentations 49
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Aristotle's Theory of Perception and Truth
Naoya Iwata
The 36th Annual Research Conference of the Nagoya University Philosophical Association 2024.4.13
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Utilizing Large Language Models for Research in Western Classics
Naoya Iwata
Inaugural Symposium for the Establishment of the Center for Advancement of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences: 'Carving out the Future of Humanities with AI 2024.3.28
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Aristotle's Theory of Perception and Truth International conference
Naoya Iwata
Accounts of Truth and Falsehood in Ancient Philosophy 2024.3.14
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Research on the Development of Educational Materials and Tasks for the Healthy Use of Generative AI: From the Perspective of Discriminatory and Prejudicial Information Generation
Ikko Tanaka, Jun Ogawa, Naoya Iwata
The 30th University Education Research Forum 2024.3.13
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The Two Forms of Godlikeness in Plato
Naoya Iwata
The 2nd Workshop of the Ancient Philosophy Research Network 2024.2.20
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Preliminary Considerations for Constructing Entrepreneurial Ethics
Yasuhiro Ikeuchi, Katsufumi Matsui, Naoya Iwata
The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs: 26th Symposium 2023.12.10
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The Cause of Intelligence and Formal Causes in the Phaedo Invited
Naoya Iwata
The Philosophical Association of Western Japan 2023.12.2
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The Possible Uses of AI Chatbots for Research on Classics Invited
Naoya Iwata
The Classical Society of Japan: 73rd Conference 2023.6.3
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What is the Process of Division For? International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Plato Society: Symposium Platonicum XIII 2022.7
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Aristotle's Concepts of Analysis
Naoya Iwata
The 72th Annual Conference of the Classical Society of Japan 2022.6
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The Paradox of Inquiry and Plato's Theory of Recollection
Naoya Iwata
71st Annual Conference of the Philosophical Association of Western Japan 2020.12
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Recollection and the Theory of Forms in the Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Workshop 2014.3
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Social Justice and Individual Happiness: the Philosophers in Plato’s Republic International conference
Naoya Iwata
Kyoto Erasmus Program Workshop 2011.8
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Socrates' First Voyage in the Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
4th Canadian Colloquium for Ancient Philosophy 2018.10
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Socrates' First Voyage in the Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Mini-conference 2019.3
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Socrates’ Criticism of Material Causes in the Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
11th London Ancient Science Conference 2017.2
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Socrates’ First Voyage in the Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Workshop 2012.12
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The Generation of Desire: Plato's Philebus and Timaeus International conference
Naoya Iwata
9th London Ancient Science Conference 2015.2
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The Generation of Desire: Plato’s Philebus and Timaeus International conference
Naoya Iwata
Emotions in Plato: Joint Workshops in Ancient Theories of Soul and Knowledge 2017.3
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The Recollection Argument in the Phaedo Invited International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Workshop 2015.10
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The Recollection Argument in the Phaedo Invited International conference
Naoya Iwata
History of Philosophy Colloquia 2020.2
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Recollection and Equal Necessity in the Phaedo
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Forum (Ilissus Seminar) 2019.3
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The Theory of Recollection in the Philebus Invited
Naoya Iwata
Workshop in commemoration of Prof. Masashi Nakahata's sixtieth birthday 2017.9
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Aristotle on Geometry and Disposition
Naoya Iwata
Philosophical Association of Japan 2017.5
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An introduction to Craft Analogy: on the problem of techne and value in Plato's Republic 1 and Gorgias
Naoya Iwata
Society of Ancient Philosophy 2010.7
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Syrianus on Aristotle’s Metaphysics 13–14
Naoya Iwata, Yohei Nishimura, Satoshi Horie, Yuko Takagi
Japanese Society for Neoplatonic Studies 2012.9
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Plato’s Form of the Good and other Forms
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Forum (Ilissus Seminar) 2012.9
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The Paradox of Inquiry into Definitions and Plato's Theory of Recollection Invited
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Lecture Series 2022.6
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Geometrical Analysis and Plato's Methods
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Network in Japan: The First Workshop 2023.2
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Individuality and universality of knowledge: on the concept of the objects of Techne and Dynamis in Plato's early and middle dialogues
Naoya Iwata
a meeting for a joint review of HYPOTHESIS 15 2010.3
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Qualia and Perception in Ancient Philosophy
Naoya Iwata
2023.3
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Poetry and craft: an interpretation of Plato's Ion 532c5-d3
Naoya Iwata
Society of Ancient Philosophy 2008.7
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Plato’s Form of the Good and other Forms: the Simile of the Sun International conference
Naoya Iwata
Graduate Interdisciplinary Seminar 2012.5
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Analysis of the Objects: Plato’s Epistemology in Republic V International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Plato Society: Symposium Platonicum IX 2010.8
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Aristotle on Abstract Dispositions International conference
Naoya Iwata
Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies Project Seminar 2016.5
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Aristotle on Geometry and Potentiality: Metaphysics Θ9, 1051a21-33 International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Mini-conference 2018.6
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Collection and Division and the Method of Hippocrates in Plato's Phaedrus International conference
Naoya Iwata
Atelier International de la Société d’Etudes Platoniciennes 2015.6.25
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Collection and Division and the Method of Hippocrates in Plato's Phaedrus International conference
Naoya Iwata
42nd Ancient Philosophy Workshop 2019.3
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Collection and Division and the Method of Hippocrates in Plato’s Phaedrus International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Conference: Platonic Dialectic—Inquiring Into the Nature of Things 2018.6
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Collection and Division and the Method of Hippocrates in the Phaedrus International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Seminar 2019.3
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Collection and Division in the Phaedrus Invited International conference
Naoya Iwata
Ancient Philosophy Workshop 2019.12
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Collection and Division in the Sophist International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Workshop on Plato's Method of Collection and Division 2019.9
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Equal Necessity in Plato’s Phaedo 76e–77a International conference
Naoya Iwata
Paris-Cambridge Seminar 2013.4
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Philolaus and the Attunement Theory in Plato’s Phaedo International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Association for Presocratic Studies Fourth Biennial Conference 2014.6
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Plato and Geometrical Analysis International conference
Naoya Iwata
Greek Geometrical Analysis: Problems and Prospects 2020.3
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Plato on Geometrical Hypothesis in the Meno International conference
Naoya Iwata
8th London Ancient Science Conference 2014.2
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Plato on Geometrical Hypothesis in the Meno International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Conference: Revolutions and Continuity in Greek Mathematics 2014.5
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Plato's Upward Path in the Republic International conference
Naoya Iwata
International Conference for Young Researchers: A New Perspective on Plato and his Philosophical Methods 2015.3
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Plato’s Analogy between the Form of the Good and the Sun International conference
Naoya Iwata
Classical Association Annual Conference 2013.4
Other research activities 8
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Co-organizer of PLATO and GODS International Plato Society 4th Asia Regional Meeting (IPS Mid-Term Meeting Part I)
2024.9 -
Ancient Philosophy Career Workshop
2024 -
Workshop on Entrepreneurial Ethics: Using ChatGPT as a Case Study
2023 -
Summer School for Ancient Philosophy
2023 -
Japanese Network for Research in Ancient Philosophy
2022 -
Organizer of an international workshop
2019.9 -
Organizer of an international young reseracher conference
2015.3 -
Organizer of an international graduate conference
2013.4
KAKENHI (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research) 7
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Promotion of Research and Education in Western Classics Utilizing Large Language Models
2024.4 - 2025.3
Authorship：Principal investigator
Grant amount：\2000000 （ Direct Cost: \1980000 、 Indirect Cost：\20000 ）
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西洋古代における定義探求とその基盤――感覚知覚と生得概念をめぐる諸問題の考察
Grant number：23K00035 2023.4 - 2028.3
科学研究費助成事業 若手研究 若手研究
Authorship：Principal investigator
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Plato and the concept of becoming like a god
Grant number：23K00035 2023.4 - 2027.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Ikko Tanaka, Naoya Iwata
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Competitive
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A Study on the Relation between Ancient Greek Geometrical Analysis and Plato's Philosophical Methods
Grant number：20K21948 2020.9 - 2023.3
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Naoya Iwata
Authorship：Principal investigator
Grant amount：\2860000 （ Direct Cost: \2200000 、 Indirect Cost：\660000 ）
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The Ancient Origin of Analytic Methods
2018.3 - 2021.2
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Naoya Iwata
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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A Study on the First Principles of Knowledge in Western Ancient Thought
2016.1 - 2018.1
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellow
Naoya Iwata
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
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Plato on Poetry and Craft: Investigation into Rhetoric and Mimesis
Grant number：09J03681 2009.4 - 2011.9
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Naoya Iwata
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Competitive
Teaching Experience (Off-campus) 28
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History of Western Philosophy Seminar I / II (Plato's Theaetetus in Greek)
2024 （Nagoya University）
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Introduction to Epistemology
2023 （Nagoya University）
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The History of Ancient Philosophy II
2023 （Nagoya University）
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The History of Ancient Philosophy I
2023 （Nagoya University）
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Intermediate English
2023 （Nagoya University）
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Seminar on Aristotle's De Anima II
2023 （Nagoya University）
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Seminar on Plato's Hippias Major
2023 （Nagoya University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar IV&VI (Topics in Philosophy)
2022 （Fukuoka University）
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Thought and Culture Reading Class (Plato's Crito in Greek)
2022 （Fukuoka University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar III & V (Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Books 1-3)
2022 （Fukuoka University）
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History of Western Philosophy (Special Lectures) 'The Ancient Origin of Analytic Methods'
2021.8 （Kyoto University）
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Ancient Philosophy (Seminar I) 'History of Ancient Philosophy'
2021.4 - 2021.9 （Kyushu University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar II (Plato's Phaedo)
2021 （Fukuoka University）
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Thought and Culture Reading Class (Marcus Aurelius: Meditations)
2021 （Fukuoka University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar I (Plato's Symposium)
2021 （Fukuoka University）
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Logic A & B (Critical Thinking Basics & Intermediate)
2020 - 2022 （Fukuoka University）
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Ancient Greek A & B
2020 - 2022 （Fukuoka University）
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History of Ancient Philosophy
2020 - 2022 （Fukuoka University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar IV & VI (Plato's Republic)
2020 （Fukuoka University）
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Thought and Culture Reading Class (Plato's Phaedo)
2020 （Fukuoka University）
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Cultural Studies Seminar III & V (Plato's Republic)
2020 （Fukuoka University）
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(Supervisions) MSt thesis on Plato
2019 （University of Oxford）
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(Lectures) An Introduction to Aristotle
2019 （University of Oxford）
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(Tutorials) Lucretius: De Rerum Natura IV in Latin
2018 - 2019 （University of Oxford）
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(Tutorials) Plato: Republic in translation
2018 （University of Oxford）
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(Lectures) Aristotle's Philosophy of Science
2018 （University of Oxford）
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(Tutorials) Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics in Greek
2018 （University of Oxford）
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(Lecture) Plato's Theory of Forms
2014 （University of Cambridge）
Social Contribution 19
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Evaluator in Humanities for High School Students' International Symposium
Role(s)：Advisor
Glocal Academy Incorporated Association 2024.2
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Trial Lecture 'Exploring with Socrates: What is Philosophy? An Introduction to Philosophy for High School Students'
Role(s)：Lecturer
Center for Higher Education Transitions (CHET) Graduate School of Education and Human Development Nagoya University, JAPAN Learning Society: Academic Course 2023.8
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Trial Lecture, 'Is an undetected crime just?'
Role(s)：Lecturer
Fukuoka University Fukuoka Municipal High School and Fukuoka University joint programme 2022.12
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模擬講義「哲学の起源としての古代ギリシア」
Role(s)：Lecturer
福岡大学 附属若葉高等学校模擬講義 2021.10
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模擬講義動画「古代哲学における意志の弱さ」
Role(s)：Lecturer
福岡大学 福岡大学オープンキャンパス2020 2020.8
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Public Talk: 'Weakness of Will in Ancient Greek Philosophy'
Role(s)：Lecturer
President's Seminar, Wolfson College (Oxford)) 2019.5
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高校生向け研究留学説明会
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ大学・旭丘高校 2017.7
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高校生向け研究留学説明会
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ大学・愛知県スーパーサイエンススクール指定校 2017.3
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Public Talk: 'Aristotle's Philosophy of Science'
Role(s)：Lecturer
Clare Hall Colloquium (Cambridge) 2016.10
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高校生向け研究留学説明会
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ大学・旭丘高校 2016.7
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Public Lecture: 'The Philosophy of Socrates'
Role(s)：Lecturer
UCL-Japan Young Challenge 2016.7
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（一般向け講演）「哲学とは何かーその成立の現場から」
Role(s)：Lecturer
オックスフォード日本人会 2016.5
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（一般向け講演）「古代ギリシアにおける科学と倫理の関係」
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ日本人会 2016.5
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高校生向け研究留学説明会
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ大学・愛知県スーパーサイエンススクール指定校 2014.3
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高校生向け研究留学説明会
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ大学・七尾高校 2013.10
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（一般向け講演）「イギリス文系大学院」
Role(s)：Lecturer
米国大学院学生会・京都大学 海外大学院留学説明会 2012.12
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海外大学院留学説明会パネリスト
Role(s)：Panelist
米国大学院学生会・大阪大学 海外大学院留学説明会 2012.12
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（一般向け講演）「プラトンの唯物論批判とイデア論」
Role(s)：Lecturer
ケンブリッジ十色会 2012.1
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海外大学院留学説明会
Role(s)：Panelist
米国大学院学生会・東京大学 2011.12
Academic Activities 2
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（研究書プロポーサル査読）Routledge
Role(s)：Peer review
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(Academic Refereeing) Ancient Philosophy (2), Apeiron (2), Annual Review of the Philosophical Association of Western Japan, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Classical Quarterly, Dialogoi (2), JASCA (Japan Studies in Classical Antiquity), Journal of the History of Philosophy, Mediterranean Review, Méthexis, Methodos, Polis, The Southern Journal of Philosophy
Role(s)：Peer review