[Owen Flanagan] “Truth and Sanity”
- 성균유학동양철학연구원
- Hit1763
- 2019-01-22
Biography
Owen Flanagan received his Ph.D. in 1978 from Boston University. He taught for sixteen years (1978-1993) at Wellesley College as Class of 1919 Professor of Philosophy. In 1993 he moved to Duke where he is James B. Duke University Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Philosophy. He also holds appointments in Psychology and Neuroscience, and is a Faculty Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience and a steering committee member of the “Philosophy, Arts, and Literature” (PAL) program, and an Affiliate of the Graduate Program in Literature. His primary areas of research are Philosophy of Mind and Psychiatry, Ethics, Moral Psychology, and Cross-Cultural Philosophy.
His latest book is The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility (Oxford 2017).
Recent short review of Professor Flanagan's latest book:
http://readingreligion.org/books/geography-morals
Among his numerous other books are:
- The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (MIT Press, 2011)
- The Science of the Mind (MIT Press, 1984; 2nd edition, 1991)
- Identity, Character, and Morality: Essays in Moral Psychology, edited with Amelie O. Rorty (MIT Press, 1990)
- Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism (Harvard University Press, 1991)
A Brief Description of “Truth and Sanity”
This talk concerns false beliefs that might be good for us, including ideas of oneness inspired by East and South Asian traditions, but also general religious beliefs, positive illusions, and metaphysical hallucinations. William Clifford and William James’ views about the ethics of belief will be noted and discussed but I will present a new line of argument about what it might be good to believe.
Date and Time
2019. 02. 15 (Fri) 4-6pm
Place
International Hall 9B114
연사 약력
Owen Flanagan은 1978년 보스턴 대학에서 박사학위를 받았습니다. 웰즐리(Wellesley) 대학 철학 교수로서 1978년도부터 1993년도까지16년간 학생들을 가르쳤습니다. 1993년 듀크대학교로 옮겨 James B. Duke 철학과 교수 겸 비교철학센터의 공동 책임자로 재직중입니다. 심리/신경과학 교수직을 겸임하며 인지신경과학과 '철학, 예술 그리고 문학' 프로그램 운영위원회 위원, 문학과 대학원 과정 참여 교수로 활동하고 있습니다. 주요 연구분야는 정신과 정신의학, 윤리, 도덕 심리학, 비교문화철학입니다. 최근 저서로는 The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility (Oxford 2017)가 있으며, 이와 관련한 서평은 아래의 링크를 참조해주시길 바랍니다.
http://readingreligion.org/books/geography-morals
이 밖에 대표저서는 아래와 같습니다.
- The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized (MIT Press, 2011)
- The Science of the Mind (MIT Press, 1984; 2nd edition, 1991)
- Identity, Character, and Morality: Essays in Moral Psychology, edited with Amelie O. Rorty (MIT Press, 1990)
- Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism (Harvard University Press, 1991)
"진리와 온전한 정신" 간략한 해설
이 강연은 동아시아와 남아시아의 전통에서 영감을 받은 하나됨 (oneness) 뿐만 아니라 일반적인 종교적 신념, 긍정적인 환상, 형이상학적인 환각과 같은 잘못된, 그러나 우리에게 도움이 될 수도 있는 믿음에 관한 내용입니다. 믿음의 윤리에 대한 윌리엄 클리포드 (William Clifford)와 윌리엄 제임스(William James)의 관점을 논의하고, 어떤 것을 믿는 것이 좋은가에 대한 새로운 주장을 제시할 예정입니다.
일시
2019. 02. 15 (금) 4-6pm
장소
국제관 9B114호