Arata Matsuda

Biographic Data

ID9637105
NAMEArata Matsuda
GIVEN NAMESArata
FAMILY NAMEMatsuda
SIGNATUREMATSUDA A
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Tokyo
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Philosophical Significance of Artificial Intuitions

    Open AccessKiichi Inarimori, Masashi Takeshita et al.ARTICLEErkenntnis2026

    This paper explores the ways in which large language models (LLMs) can be used in experimental philosophy. LLMs can be used in different ways for different purposes in experimental philosophy. Among others, we focus on what we call “Non-Predictive Research”, in which LLMs’ “intuitive” responses to thought experiment cases are not expected to be predictive of, or analogous to, human subjects’ intuitive responses to them. In effect, Non-Predictive …

  • What should philosophers do with “deceptive” intuition pumps? Restrictionism vs reformism

    Arata Matsuda, Masashi TakeshitaARTICLEPhilosophical Psychology2026

    Philosophers commonly use thought experiments to elicit intuitions that serve as evidence for or against philosophical theories. Daniel Dennett calls such thought experiments “intuition pumps” and expresses concern that some of them are “deceptive” in that they elicit conflicting intuitions and thus lead to conflicting conclusions. What, then, should philosophers do with “deceptive” intuition pumps? Dennett proposes what might be called restricti…