- Inter-cultural Philosophies of the Sea: Cultivating a Pragmatist Transoceanic Consciousness in Addressing Settler Allyship in Hawai’i
I hope to develop a pragmatist inspired analysis of a transoceanic consciousness that (a) locates philosophical analysis that addresses particular and situated social and political problems in Hawaiʻi and its reverberations throughout Oceania and (b) articulates a specific metaphysics, epistemology and ethics of the ocean. A transoceanic consciousness emerges as a response to the ongoing histories of settler … Continue reading Inter-cultural Philosophies of the Sea: Cultivating a Pragmatist Transoceanic Consciousness in Addressing Settler Allyship in Hawai’i - Capstone Conference
Please join us for the upcoming Capstone Conference, showcasing the work of our graduating Undergraduate Philosophy Majors! https://hawaii.edu/phil/wp-content/uploads/2021-Dec-Undergraduate-Capstone-Conference-Flyer_1-scaled.jpg - On Thich Nhat Hanh, Fear of Death and the Consolations of Science
This talk critically examines Thich Nhat Hanh’s attempt to interface Buddhist views about fear with science. - Embodied Perspectives, Affective Bias,and Some Norms of Attention
In this talk I present an argument that the pervasiveness of affective bias on our conscious attention makes our attention normatively accessible in various ways.