I am a philosopher. Currently, ​I am an associate professor at Hiroshima University. 

My main research areas are philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive science, and early modern philosophy. 

​The focus of my current research is on the nature of belief and related mental states. In particular, I am interested in the philosophical and psychological issues about irrational and pathological beliefs.   

I obtained my MA (2008) and PhD (2014) from University of Tokyo. Also I was a visiting graduate student at Yale (2008-2010) and MIT (2011-2012), and a research fellow at  University of Birmingham (2013-2014) and Keio University (2015-2016). 
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​Books

Delusions and Beliefs: A Philosophical Inquiry
  • (under contract) Routledge
Philosophy of Psychology: An Introduction
  • (under contract) with L. Bortolotti, Polity.
Papers & Chapters

Does functionalism entail extended mind?  [draft]
  • (in press) Synthese​
Beliefs 
  • (forthcoming) with S. Tsugita, SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development, M. H. Bornstein (ed.) SAGE
​Book Review: Knowledge through Imagination [draft]
  • (2016) with M. Kasaki, Journal of Mind and Bahavior
Imagination and beliefThe ethics of delusional belief  [open access]
  • (2016) with L. Bortolotti, Erkenntnis​
The cognitive architecture of imaginative resistance  [draft]Recent work on the nature and development of delusions  [open access]
  • (2015) with L. Bortolotti, Philosophy Compass
Delusions as harmful malfunctioning beliefs  [open access]
  • (2015) Consciousness & Cognition
Are alien thoughts beliefs?
  • (2015) ​with L. Bortolotti, Teorema​
​Prediction-error and two-factor theories of delusion formation: competitors or allies?The causal role argument against doxasticism about delusions  [open access]
  • (2014) with L. Bortolotti, ​Avant