Joy Laine
Adjunct Professor, Philosophy
Focuses on the philosophy of mind and language in the context of both Western and Indian philosophical traditions
Philosophy professor Joy Laine talks about some of the great qualities of yoga, long-known for its powers to relax mind and body. Laine has been teaching yoga at Macalester for years.
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Professor Laine specializes in the philosophy of mind and language. Her work in these areas encompasses both Western and Indian philosophical traditions. She has spent extensive periods in India pursuing her own research and accompanying students on study abroad programs. She has published articles in the areas of personal identity and Indian philosophy, and has written entries for the聽Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy聽on topics in Indian philosophy. She is currently working on a book,聽Philosophical Persons, in which she examines the development of philosophical theories of personal identity and how such theories relate to broader cultural concerns.
Sample Publications and Presentations:
Recent Presentations
- 鈥淭he therapeutic aspects of logical inference in India: A Case Study in the聽Nyaya Darsanaand the聽Caraka Samhita, 鈥 paper presented at聽Philosophia Therapeia聽Conference, University of Liverpool U.K., June 2008.
- 鈥淪ix Blind Men And A Prince,鈥澛 keynote speaker at the Minnesota Student Philosophy Conference, April 2006.
Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Articles
- 鈥淲ittgenstein and Anscombe鈥 forthcoming in聽An Unconventional History of Western Philosophy: Conversations Between Men and Women Philosophers聽(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.)
- “Indian Philosophy of Mind,” 鈥淰atsyayana,鈥澛 鈥淯ddyotakara,鈥 and 鈥淯dayana鈥 in the聽Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Journal Articles
- “Some Remarks on the聽骋耻苍补驳耻苍颈产丑别诲补产丑补苍驳补听Chapter in Udayana’s聽Atmatattuaviveka.”Journal of Indian Philosophy聽21 (1993).
- 鈥淯dayana鈥檚 Refutation of the Buddhist Thesis of Momentariness in the聽Atmatattvaviveka,鈥Journal of Indian Philosophy聽聽26 (1998).
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BA: Hull University, 1974
MA: Surrey University, 1979
PhD: The Open University, Oxford, England, 1989.