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Highlights
Milan students explore Gallagher's Phenomenological Mind
November 2009
A group at the University Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan has organized a Winter School for graduate students to discuss the Italian translation of The Phenomenological Mind, authored by Shaun Gallagher and Dan Zahavi. More information is available online here
Philosophy Gets Creative with Ethics
September 2009
Michael Strawser’s proposal on Applying Creativity to Research in Ethics has been accepted for presentation at the 2009 Florida Statewide Symposium, Engagement in Undergraduate Research on September 25, 2009. How should we think about the many ethical dilemmas that face us today? How should research in current ethical dilemmas be conducted to move beyond impasses in judgment towards developing a consensus for action? Strawser will discuss the new Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar on Case Studies in Ethics that he is currently co-teaching with Nancy Stanlick. Their course is designed to prepare UCF students to participate in the UCF Ethics Bowl, which is already a creative act of engagement, but more importantly, they hope to open new possibilities in the study of ethical dilemmas that would allow for creative problem-solving in ethics.
Gallagher attends conference with Dalai Lama
April 2009
Shaun Gallagher participated in an invitation-only conference with the Dalai Lama and eight other scientists in Dharamsala, India at the Dalai Lama's residence. The theme of the conference was Attention, Memory and the Mind and was sponsored by the Mind and Life Institute. Gallagher presented his research on embodiment and intersubjectivity and led one of the morning discussion sessions.
Dr. Shelley Park Granted Sabbatical for Spring 2010
March 2009
Dr. Park is working on a book, tentatively titled "Real (M)others: The Metaphysics of Maternity in Adoptive, Queer, and Blended Families." The central philosophical question posed by and explored in her work is "What is a real mother?" Interweaving personal narrative and theoretical reflection, Park explores the emotional and philosophical terrain of contested motherhood within the context of open and transracial adoptive families, queer and postmodern configurations of domestic space, and technological transformations of familial love. In so doing, she interrogates interpretations of "real" mothering that oppose biological and social embodiments of mothering, examines diverse social embodiments of mothering, queries the distinctions between "real" (material) and virtual motherhood and distinctions between "real" (normative) and queer domestic spaces, and explores the distinction between "real" (lived) mothering as distinguished from the idealized versions of motherhood that permeate our cultural imagination.
Dr. Nancy Stanlick Awarded First Annual UCF Creed Award for Integrity
March 2009
Dr. Nancy Stanlick has been awarded the UCF Creed Award in Integrity. The UCF Creed Award was created in an effort to honor the individuals who exemplify the tenants of the UCF Creed.
Harry Coverston Awarded CAH Undergraduate Teaching Award
March 2009
Dr. Harry Coverston was awarded the distinguished Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award this year.
Shaun Gallagher receives Distinguished Researcher Award
March 2009
Shaun Gallagher has been selected to receive the 2008-2009 Distinguished Researcher Award for the College of Arts and Humanities. Shaun Gallagher's research is conducted in the area of philosophical phenomenology, the philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences. His work is highly interdisciplinary and draws not only from philosophy, but developmental and experimental psychology, neuroscience, social theory, and robotics.
Gallagher lectures in Berlin
December 2008
Shaun Gallagher is a visiting scholar at the Zentrum für Literatur-und Kulturforschung (ZfL) in Berlin. He presents a lecture on embodied social cognition.