My name is Minseok (min-suk) Kim. I’m a (third-year) PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at Syracuse University. I completed my BA and MA in philosophy at the Chung-Ang University in South Korea.
I primarily work in Metaphysics. My primary interests within Metaphysics revolve around the topic of properties: Higher-order Metaphysics, Second-order Realism, Second-order quantification, Nominalism, and so on. I have always been (and I will be) interested in essence, modality and grounding. I also study topics in Philosophy of Language, especially those lying at the intersection with Metaphysics: Frege-Russell, Unsaturatedness, the unity of facts/propositions, Predicate-reference, and so on. My secondary interest is in Epistemology, especially pragmatic encroachment and knowledge-closure principles.
I’m currently doing Independent Study with Prof. Michael Rieppel on “Frege and Higher-order Metaphysics” and another one with Prof. Mark Heller on “Properties”.