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Faculty
Janet Folina
Geoff Gorham
Martin Gunderson
Joy Laine
Diane Michelfelder
Karen Warren
Bill Wilcox
Visiting Faculty
Amy Ihlan
Retired Faculty
Henry West
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Faculty
Joy Laine
Adjunct Professor, Chair
Office:
Old Main 113
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1-2 or by appointment.
Telephone Number:
651.696.6353
E-mail: lainej@macalester.edu
Classes for Fall 2008:
PHIL136 Indian Philosophy
PHIL362 Philosophy of Mind
Classes for Spring 2009:
PHIL238/RELI248 Philosophy of Religion
Current Research Interests: Current Research Interests: Cross-cultural theories of persons and personal identity; Indian philosophies, particularly Hindu/Buddhist dialogue on the mind, language and world.
Sample Publications and Presentations:
Recent Presentations
- “The therapeutic aspects of logical inference in India: A Case Study in the Nyaya Darsana and the Caraka Samhita, ” paper presented at Philosophia Therapeia Conference, University of Liverpool U.K., June 2008.
- “Six Blind Men And A Prince,” keynote speaker at the Minnesota Student Philosophy Conference, April 2006.
Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Articles
- “Wittgenstein and Anscombe” forthcoming in An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
- "Indian Philosophy of Mind," “Vatsyayana,” “Uddyotakara,” and “Udayana” in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Journal Articles
- "Some Remarks on the Gunagunibhedabhanga Chapter in Udayana's Atmatattuaviveka." Journal of Indian Philosophy 21 (1993).
- “Udayana’s Refutation of the Buddhist Thesis of Momentariness in the Atmatattvaviveka,” Journal of Indian Philosophy 26 (1998).
Please see additional publications in the Faculty Publication Database.
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