Works

Note: the citations provided below use follow APA 7th and indicate the name used as it appears in the work (typically the name I go by in that space). If necessary, you may indicate another of my names if it is necessary to show that they refer to the same individual (e.g. "Tan, J. J. [Shou, H.]").

Talks and Presentations

Tan, J. J. (2025, August 9). lon li lon lon lon lon — Anti-Realism, Subjectivism, and Truth in toki pona [Presentation]. Suno pi toki pona 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZrPoinEPsQ

I present some philosophical perspectives on minimalist languages with toki pona as an example, positing that their expressivity is supported by anti-realist theories of meaning and that they pose issues for Kripkensteinian solutions to the Rule-Following Paradox. I then dive into their pragmatics and touch on appliations to toki pona.

Translations

Li, Y. (2025). nasin anpa (soweli suli Alu pi ko lete, Trans.). lipu.pona.la. Retrieved April 3, 2026, from https://lipu.pona.la/2025/05/nasin-anpa-kon-lipu/?q=a/soweli_suli_Alu_pi_ko_lete (Original work published ca. 1661–1722)

A partial translation of the first two chapters of the Di Zi Gui into toki pona.

Other Works

soweli suli Alu pi ko lete. (2026). sitelen pi musi Lisi. https://files.snowphilosopher.xyz/misc/toki%20pona/sitelen%20pi%20musi%20Lisi.pdf

A conscript that uses valid games of Riichi Mahjong to "write" toki pona, intended to stretch the boundaries of what it means to be a "writing script".