Soyeong An

Contact Information

Education

• Ph.D. in Philosophy, Ohio State University, 2023 
• Ph.D. program in Philosophy, Yonsei University, 2013-2015 (left the program with good standing to join the doctoral program at OSU.) 
• M.A. in Philosophy, Ewha Womans University, 2012 
• B.A. in Philosophy and English Language and Literature, Ewha Womans University, 2010 

Professional/Academic Experience

• 2023-2024: Senior Instructor, The Ohio State University
• 2021-2023: Instructor, The Ohio State University
• 2019-2020: Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University
• 2015-2016: Research Assistant, Transdisciplinary Research Program: Big Data, Computer Science and Philosophy, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
• 2013-2014: Teaching Assistant, Yonsei University

Research/Areas of Interest

• Specialization: philosophy of science, metaphysics 
• Competence: epistemology 

Publications/Creative Works

• Towards A New Non-Ontic Conception of Scientific Explanation - Doctoral Dissertation, 2023
• “Living Without Ontic Explanation” - Currently under revision; its earlier version was presented with the title “Challenging the Ontic Conception of Scientific Explanation” at Philosophy of Science Association 27th Biennial meeting (PSA 2021).
• “Towards A Cognitive Approach to Scientific Explanation” - Currently under revision; Presented with the same title at the 10th Biennial Conference of the Asia-Pacific Philosophy of Science Association (APPSA 2023).
• “A New Epistemic Conception of Scientific Explanation” - Currently under revision; Will pe presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Asia-Pacific Philosophy of Science Association (APPSA 2025) and the 2025 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Association for Logic, Methodology, Philosophy of Science and Technology (LMPST Taiwan 2025).

Honors and Awards

• Ohio State University Fellowship, 2017-2018
• Best Dissertation Award, Ewha Womans University, 2012