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Owen Flanagan Jr.
James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy

Owen Flanagan was born and raised in Westchester County New York. He 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 came 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 work is in Philosophy of Mind and Psychiatry, Ethics, Moral Psychology, Cross-Cultural Philosophy

His latest book is *The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility* (pub. October 2016; Oxford 2017)

In 2016-2017 Flanagan is Berggruen Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University CA

In 2015-2016 Flanagan was Rockefeller Fellow at the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park NC

In February 2014 he gave the 77th Aquinas Lecture at Marquette University.

In the Fall of 2013, he was distinguished research professor at City University Hong Kong and lectured widely in East Asia on 21st c. Moral Psychology & East Asian Philosophy

In 2012 he was the Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) Annual Distinguished Lecturer on *Comparative Philosophy, Virtue, and Well-Being*

In 2006 he gave the Templeton research Lectures at USC in Los Angeles on *Human Flourishing in the Age of Mind Science.*

In 1998, he was recipient of the Romanell National Phi Beta Kappa award, given annually to one American philosopher for distinguished contributions to philosophy and the public understanding of philosophy.

In 1993-94 Flanagan was President of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

He has lectured on every continent except Antarctica, where however he has been. Besides enjoying writing articles, reviews, and contributing to colloquia, Flanagan has written the following books and edited several:

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),
Consciousness Reconsidered (MIT Press, 1992)
Self Expressions: Mind, Morals, and the Meaning of Life (Oxford University Press, 1996)
The Nature of Consciousness edited with Ned Block and Güven Güzeldere (MIT Press, 1998)
Dreaming Souls: Sleep, Dreams, and the Evolution of the Conscious Mind (Oxford University, 1999)
The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them*
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World* (MIT Press 200
The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized* (October, 2011), MIT PRESS.

Office Hours

On leave 2016-2017

Current Appointments & Affiliations

James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1997 - 2022
Professor with Tenure, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1993
Professor of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 1995
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014

Contact Information

201E West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
ojf@duke.edu (919) 660-3056
Homepage

Background
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2002 - 2006
- Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1993 - 1999
- Professor of Psychology: Experimental, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1993 - 1999
Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Summer Stipends Awards. National Endowment for the Humanities. 1991
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - India (Country)
- Research
  - China (Country)
  - South Korea (Country)
- Teaching
  - China (Country)
  - India (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Caruso, G, and Flanagan, O. Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, morals, and purpose in the age of neuroscience. January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Virtue Epistemology Naturalized. Edited by A Fairweather and O Flanagan. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
  - Flanagan, O. Moral Sprouts and Natural Teleology: 21st century Moral Psychology Meets Classical Chinese Philosophy. Marquette University Press, 2014.
  - Fireman, GD, McVay, TE, and Flanagan, OJ. Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology and the Brain. March 22, 2012. Full Text
  - Fireman, GD, McVay, TE, and Flanagan, OJ. Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology and the Brain. March 22, 2012. Full Text
  - Fairweather, A. Naturalizing epistemic virtue. January 1, 2012. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. The Bodhisattva’s Brain: Buddhism Naturalized. MIT Press, July 2011.
  - Flanagan, O. The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World. MIT Press, September 2007.
  - Flanagan, O. Almas Que Suenan. Oceano, 2003.
  - Flanagan, O. The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them. Basic Books, 2003.
  - Flanagan, O. Dreaming Souls. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  - The Nature of Consciousness. Edited by N Block, G Guzeldere, and O Flanagan. MIT Press, 1998.
  - Flanagan, O. Self Expressions: Mind, Morals and the Meaning of Life. Oxford University Press, 1996.
  - Flanagan, O. Consciousness Reconsidered. MIT Press, 1992.
  - Flanagan, O. Varieties of Moral Personality: Ethics and Psychological Realism. Harvard University Press, 1991.
  - Identity, Character, and Morality: Essays in Moral Psychology. Edited by O Flanagan and AO Rorty. MIT Press, 1990.
  - Flanagan, O. The Science of the Mind. MIT Press, 1984.
- Book Sections
  - Flanagan, O, and Zhao, W. "The self and its good vary cross-culturally: A dozen self-variations and Chinese familial selves." In Self, Culture and Consciousness: Interdisciplinary Convergences on Knowing and Being, 287-301. February 26, 2018. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O, and Caruso, G. "Neuroexistentialism: Third-wave existentialism." In Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience, 1-22. January 1, 2018. Full Text
  - Gyal, P, and Flanagan, O. "The role of pain in buddhism: The conquest of suffering." In The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Pain, 288-296. June 27, 2017. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Negative dialectics in comparative philosophy: The case of Buddhist free will quietism." In Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will: Agentless Agency?, 59-71. July 28, 2016. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O, Sarkissian, H, and Wong, D. "Naturalizing Ethics." In The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism, 16-33. February 5, 2016. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O, and Wallace, H. "William James and the problem of consciousness." In Consciousness and the Great Philosophers: What would they have said about our Mind-Body Problem?, 152-161. January 1, 2016. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Foreword." ix-xiv. May 15, 2015. Full Text
  - Crome, I, Wu, L-T, Rao, RT, and Crome, P. "Introduction." xxiv-xxv. 2014.
  - Flanagan, O, and Hu, J. "Han Fei Zi’s Philosophical Psychology: Human Nature, Scarcity, and the Neo-Darwinian Consensus." In The State of Nature in Comparative Political Thought: Western and Non-Western Perspectives, edited by JD Carlson and RA Fox. Lexington Books, 2014.
  - Flanagan, O. "PERFORMING ONESELF." In Philosophy of Creativity, edited by E Samuels and SB Kaufmann. Oxford University Press, 2014.
  - Flanagan, O. "Phenomenal Authority: The Epistemic Authority of Alcoholics Anonymous." In The Nature of Addiction, edited by N Levy. Oxford University Press, 2014.
  - Flanagan, O. "*It Takes a Metaphysics, Raising Virtuous Buddhists*." In *Cultivating Virtue*, edited by N Snow. Oxford University Press, 2014.
  - Flanagan, O, Ancell, A, Martin, S, and Steenbergen, G. "Empiricism and Normative Ethics What do the biology and the psychology of morality have to do with ethics?." In Evolved Morality: The Biology & Philosophy of Human Conscience, edited by FD Waal and PSCE al. Brill, 2013.
  - Flanagan, O, and Geisz, S. "Confucian Moral Sources." In The Philosophical Challenge from China, edited by B Burya. MIT Press, 2013.
  - Flanagan, O. "The Social Epistemological Normalization of Contestable Narratives:* Stories of Just Deserts." In What Happened In and To Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century, edited by FO Rourke. Notre Dame University Press, 2013.
  - Flanagan, O. "The View From the East Pole: Buddhist and Confucian Tolerance." In Religion and Tolerance, edited by S Clarke and R Powell. Oxford University Press, 2013.
  - Flanagan, B, and Flanagan, O. "Anguished Art: Coming Through the Dark to the Light the Hard Way." In Blues-Philosophy for Everyone: Thinking Deep About Feeling Low, 75-83. April 19, 2012. Full Text
  - Einstein, G, and Flanagan, O. "Sexual Identities and Narratives of Self." In Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology and the Brain. March 22, 2012. Full Text
  - Fairweather, A. "Introduction: Naturalized virtue epistemology." In Naturalizing Epistemic Virtue, 1-14. January 1, 2012. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "My Non-Narrative, Non-Forensic Dasein: The First and Second Self." In Self and Consciousness, edited by JL Liu and J Perry, 214-240. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  - Flanagan, O. "Performing Oneself." In Philosophy and Creativity, edited by E Paul and SB Kaufmann. Oxford University Press, 2011.
  - Flanagan, O. "What is it Like to be an Addict?." In Addiction and Responsibility, edited by G Graham and G Poland. MIT Press, 2010.
  - Flanagan, O. "Neuro-Eudaimonics, or Buddhists Lead Neuroscientists to the Seat of Happiness." In Oxford Handbook on Philosophy and Neuroscience, edited by J Bickle. 2009.
  - Flanagan, O. "Five Questions." In Mind & Consciousness, edited by P Grim. VIP Press, 2009.
  - Flanagan, O. "“Buddhist Persons & Eudaimonia Buddha”." In Routledge Companion to Philosophical Psychology, edited by J Symons. 2009.
  - Flanagan, O. "Moral Science? Still Metaphysical After All These Years." In Moral Personality, Identity and Character: Explorations in Moral Psychology, edited by D Narvaez and DK Lapsley, 52-78. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  - Flanagan, O. "Ethical expressions: Why moralists scowl, frown and smile." In The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, 413-434. January 1, 2009. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Where is the Happiness." In Oxford Companion to Philosophy and Neuroscience. Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008.
  - Flanagan, O, Sarkissian, H, and Wong, D. ""What is the Nature of Morality?" A Response to Casebeer, Railton, and Ruse." edited by W Sinnott-Armstrong, 45-52. MIT Press, 2007.
  - Flanagan, O, Sarkissian, H, and Wong, D. "Naturalizing Ethics." In *Moral Psychology: The Evolution of Morality*, edited by W Sinnott-Armstrong, 1-26. MIT Press, 2007.
  - Flanagan, O, Sarkissian, H, and Wong, D. ""What is the Nature of Morality? A Response to Casebeer, Railton, and Ruse"." In *Moral Psychology: The Evolution of Morality*, edited by W Sinnott-Armstrong, 45-52. MIT Press, 2007.
  - Flanagan, O. "The Bodhisattva’s Brain: Neuroscience and Happiness." In The Buddha’s Way: The Confluence of Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research in the Post-Modern Age, edited by DK Nauriyal and YB Drummond. London: Routledge, 2006.
  - Flanagan, O. "Varieties of Naturalism." In Oxford Companion to Religion and Science. OUP, 2006.
  - Flanagan, O. "The Neurobiology of Sexual Self-Consciousness: Mind and the Interplay of Brain and Body." In Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology, and the Brain, edited by G Fireman, T McVay, and O Flanagan. Oxford University Press, 2003.
  - Flanagan, O. "Emotional Expressions: Why Moralists Scowl, Frown, and Smile." In The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, edited by G Radick and J Hodges. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  - Flanagan, O. "Ethical expressions: Why moralists scowl, frown and smile." In The Cambridge Companion to Darwin, 377-398. January 1, 2003. Full Text
  - Polger, T, and Flanagan, O. "Is Consciousness an Adaptation?." In Evolving Consciousness, edited by G Mulhauser. Johns Benjamin, Amsterdam, 2001.
  - Polger, T, and Flanagan, O. "Natural Questions to Natural Answers." In Biology Meets Psychology: Constraints, Connections, Conjectures. MIT Press, 2001.
  - Flanagan, O, and Dryden, D. "Consciousness and the Mind." In Invitation to Cognitive Science, edited by S Sternberg. MIT Press, 1997.
  - Flanagan, O, and Guzeldere, G. "Consciousness: A Philosophical Tour." In Consciousness, Cognition, and Computation, edited by E Rolls. Oxford University Press, 1997.
  - Flanagan, O. "Consciousness as a Pragmatist Views It." In The Cambridge Companion to William James, edited by RA Putnam. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  - Flanagan, O. "How to Study Consciousness Empirically: The Case of Dreams." In Consciousness, Cognition, and Computation, edited by E Rolls. Oxford University Press, 1997.
  - Flanagan, O. "Moral Confidence: Three Cheers for Naturalistic Ethics." In In The Face of Facts: Moral Inquiry in American Scholarship, edited by Westbrook, Bethe-Elstain, and Fox. Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  - Flanagan, O. "Prospects For A Unified Theory of Consciousness or, What Dreams are Made Of." In Scientific Approaches to the Question of Consciousness: 25th Carnegie Symposium on Cognition, edited by J Cohen and J Schooler. Erlbaum, 1996.
  - Flanagan, O. "Moral Network." In The Churchlands and Their Critics, edited by R McCauley. Basil Blackwell, 1996.
  - Flanagan, O. "Ethics Naturalized: Ethics and Human Ecology." In Mind and Morals, edited by May, Clark, and Friedman. MIT Press, 1996.
  - Flanagan, O. "Consciousness." In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by T Honderich. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "History of the Philosophy of Mind." In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by T Honderich. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "Stream of Consciousness." In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by T Honderich. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "D. C. Dennett." In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by T Honderich. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "Behaviorism." In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy, edited by T Honderich. Oxford University Press, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "Multiple Identity, Character Transformation, and Self-Reclamation." In Philosophical Psychopathology, edited by G Graham and L Stephens, 135-162. MIT, 1995.
  - Flanagan, O. "Situations and Dispositions." In Readings in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, edited by AI Goldman, 681-695. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1993.
  - Flanagan, O. "Other Minds, Obligation, and Honesty." In Social and Cognitive Factors in Preschoolers’ Deception, edited by S Ceci, M DeSimone, and ME Putnick. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1992.
  - Flanagan, O. "Identity and Strong and Weak Evaluation." In Identity, Character, and Morality, edited by O Flanagan and AO Rorty, 37-65. 1990.
- Conference Papers
  - Flanagan, O. "Deconstructing dreams: The spandrels of sleep." 1996. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Flanagan, O. "Addiction Doesn’t Exist, But it is Bad for You." Neuroethics 10, no. 1 (April 2017): 91-98. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Does Yoga Induce Metaphysical Hallucinations?: Interdisciplinarity at the Edge: Comments on Evan Thompson’s Waking, Dreaming, Being." Philosophy East and West 66, no. 3 (2016): 952-958. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "BUDDHISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGE: REPLY TO CRITICS." Zygon® 49, no. 1 (March 2014): 242-258. Full Text
  - Flanagan Jr, O, and Lane, T. "Neuroexistentialism, Eudaimonics, and Positive Illusions." SYNTHESE Philosophy Library: Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science (2013).
  - Flanagan, O, and Geisz, S. "Confucian Moral Sources." Edited by B Burya. (2013). (Academic Article)
  - Flanagan, O. "Buddhism and The Scientific Image." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (2013). (Academic Article)
  - Flanagan, O. "The social epistemological normalization of contestable narratives: Stories of just deserts." (January 1, 2013): 358-375. (Chapter)
  - Flanagan, O. "The shame of addiction." Frontiers in Psychiatry 4 (January 2013): 120-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Jr, OF. "The View From the East Pole: Buddhist and Confucian Tolerance." Edited by S Clarke and R Powell. (2013). (Academic Article)
  - Flanagan, O. "Phenomenal and historical selves." Grazer Philosophische Studien 84 (December 1, 2012): 217-240.
  - Flanagan Jr, O, Ancell, A, Martin, S, and Steenbergen, G. "What do the Psychology and Biology of Morality have to do with Ethics?: Ethics as Human Ecology." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (2012).
  - Flanagan, O, and Hu, J. "HAN FEI ZI'S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN NATURE, SCARCITY, AND THE NEO-DARWINIAN CONSENSUS." Journal of Chinese Philosophy 38, no. 2 (June 2011): 293-316. Full Text
  - Jr, OF. "HAN FEI ZI’S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY: HUMAN NATURE, SCARCITY, AND THE NEO- DARWINIAN CONSENSUS with Jing Hu." Journal of Chinese Philosophy 38 (June 2011): 293-316. (Academic Article)
  - Flanagan, O. "Wittgenstein's Ethical Nonnaturalism: An Interpretation of Tractatus 6.41-47 and the 'Lecture on Ethics'." American Philosophical Quarterly 48, no. 2 (April 2011): 185-198.
  - Flanagan, O. "Self Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain." NATURE 469, no. 7329 (January 13, 2011): 160-161. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "Neuroscience: Knowing and feeling." Nature 469, no. 7329 (January 13, 2011): 160-161. Full Text
  - Paulson, S, Flanagan, O, Bloom, P, and Baumeister, R. "Quid pro quo: the ecology of the self." PERSPECTIVES ON THE SELF: CONVERSATIONS ON IDENTITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS 1234 (2011): 29-43. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "I, hypocrite." NEW SCIENTIST 208, no. 2791 (December 18, 2010): 44-44. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "Neuroexistentialism, with David Barack." EURAMERICA 40, no. 3 (September 2010).
  - Flanagan, O, and Williams, RA. "What does the modularity of morals have to do with ethics? Four moral sprouts plus or minus a few." Topics in Cognitive Science 2, no. 3 (July 2010): 430-453. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "“Can do” attitudes: Some positive illusions are not misbeliefs." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32, no. 06 (December 2009): 519-519. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "The Literate Ape." New Scientist (November 23, 2009). (Review) Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "The Ego Tunnel." New Scientist (March 21, 2009). (Review) Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "One Enchanted Being: Neuroexistentialism & Meaning." Zygon: journal of religion and science 44, no. 1 (March 2009): 41-49. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Where in the World is the Mind?." New Scientist 201 (January 17, 2009): 42-43. (Review) Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "The Structures of Meaningful Life Stories." Argentinian Journal of Philosophy and Psychology (2009).
  - Flanagan, O. "Your mind is more than your brain." New Scientist 201, no. 2691 (January 2009): 42-43. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Moral contagion and logical persuasion in the 'Mozi' (sic)." JOURNAL OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY 35, no. 3 (September 2008): 473-491. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "The Neural Pathway to the White House." The New Scientist (July 2008).
  - Flanagan, O. "Review: The Political Mind by George Lakoff." New Scientist 198, no. 2658 (May 2008): 48-49. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Moral Contagion and Logical Persuasion in the Mozi." Journal of Chinese Philosophy (2008): 473-491.
  - Fader, R, Flanagan, O, and et. al., . "Moral Issues of Human-Non-Human Primate Neural Grafting." Science 309, no. 5733 (July 15, 2005): 385-386.
  - Greene, M, Schill, K, Takahashi, S, Bateman-House, A, Beauchamp, T, Bok, H, Cheney, D, Coyle, J, Deacon, T, Dennett, D, Donovan, P, Flanagan, O, Goldman, S, Greely, H, Martin, L, Miller, E, Mueller, D, Siegel, A, Solter, D, Gearhart, J, McKhann, G, and Faden, R. "Ethics: Moral issues of human-non-human primate neural grafting." Science (New York, N.Y.) 309, no. 5733 (July 2005): 385-386. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "The colour of happiness." New Scientist 178, no. 2396 (December 1, 2003): 44-.
  - Flanagan, O. "Emotional Expressions." Edited by Radick and Hodge. (2003). (Academic Article)
  - Polger, T, and Flanagan, O. "A decade of teleofunctionalism: Lycan's consciousness and consciousness and experience." Minds and Machines 11, no. 1 (February 1, 2001): 113-126. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Dreaming is not an adaptation." BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES 23, no. 6 (December 2000): 936-+. Full Text Link to Item
  - Hardcastle, VG, and Flanagan, O. "Multiplex vs. multiples selves: Distinguishing dissociative disorders." MONIST 82, no. 4 (October 1999): 645-657. Full Text Link to Item
  - Jr, OF, and Guzeldere, G. ""Consciousness: A Philosophical Tour"." Edited by E Rolls. (1997). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""Consciousness as a Pragmatist Views It"." Edited by RA Putnam. (1997). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""How to Study Consciousness Empirically: The Case of Dreams"." Edited by E Rolls. (1997). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""Moral Confidence: Three Cheers for Naturalistic Ethics"." Edited by F Westbrook and Bethe-Elstain. (1997). (Academic Article)
  - Flanagan, O, and Polger, T. "Zombies and the Function of Consciousness." The Journal of Consciousness Studies 2 (1996).
  - Flanagan, O. "Consciousness and the natural method." Neuropsychologia 33, no. 9 (September 1995): 1103-1115. (Review) Link to Item
  - FLANAGAN, O. "THE MOMENT OF TRUTH ON DUBLIN BRIDGE, A RESPONSE TO PICKERING,ANDREW." SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY 94, no. 2 (1995): 467-474. Link to Item
  - FLANAGAN, O. "DECONSTRUCTING DREAMS - THE SPANDRELS OF SLEEP." JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY 92, no. 1 (January 1995): 5-27. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "The Moment of Truth on the Dublin Bridge." South Atlantic Quarterly 94 (1995).
  - Jr, OF. ""Consciousness"." Edited by T Honderich. (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""Stream of Consciousness"." Edited by T Honderich. (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""D. C. Dennett"." Edited by T Honderich. (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Jr, OF. ""Multiple Identity, Character Transformation, and Self-Reclamation"." Edited by G Graham and L Stephens. (1995): 135-162. (Academic Article)
  - FLANAGAN, O. "VALIDATION IN THE CLINICAL THEORY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS - A STUDY IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS - GRUNBAUM,A." TLS-THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT , no. 4726 (October 29, 1993): 3-4. Link to Item
  - FLANAGAN, O. "THE MALAISE OF MODERNITY - TAYLOR,C." ETHICS 104, no. 1 (October 1993): 192-194. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O. "The modularity of consciousness." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 14, no. 03 (September 1991): 446-447. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Identity, Gender, and Strong Evaluation." Noûs 25, no. 2 (April 1991): 198-198. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Virtue and Ignorance." The Journal of Philosophy 87, no. 8 (August 1990): 420-420. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Pragmatism, Ethics, and Correspondence Truth: Response to Gibson and Quine." Ethics 98, no. 3 (April 1988): 541-549. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O, and Jackson, K. "Justice, Care, and Gender: The Kohlberg-Gilligan Debate Revisited." Ethics 97, no. 3 (April 1987): 622-637. Full Text
  - FLANAGAN, O. "MATERIALISM AND IMMATERIALISM - A REPLY TO ROBINSON." CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY 31, no. 9 (September 1986): 722-722. Link to Item
  - Flanagan, OJ. "Psychoanalysis as a social activity." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 9, no. 02 (June 1986): 238-238. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Psychoanalysis and Social Practice: A Comment on Grünbaum." The Behavioral and Brain Sciences , no. Fall (1986).
  - Flanagan, O. "Admirable Immorality and Admirable Imperfection." The Journal of Philosophy 83, no. 1 (1986): 41-60. Full Text Link to Item
  - FLANAGAN, O. "CONSCIOUSNESS, NATURALISM, AND NAGEL." JOURNAL OF MIND AND BEHAVIOR 6, no. 3 (1985): 373-390. Link to Item
  - Flanagan, O, and Adler, J. "Impartiality and Particularity." Social Research 50, no. 3 (1983): 576-596. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, and, OJ. "Quinean Ethics." Ethics 93, no. 1 (October 1982): 56-74. Full Text
  - Flanagan, OJ. "Moral Structures?." Philosophy of the Social Sciences 12, no. 3 (September 1982): 255-270. Full Text
  - Flanagan, and, OJ. "A Reply to Lawrence Kohlberg." Ethics 92, no. 3 (April 1982): 529-532. Full Text
  - Flanagan, and, OJ. "Virtue, Sex, and Gender: Some Philosophical Reflections on the Moral Psychology Debate." Ethics 92, no. 3 (April 1982): 499-512. Full Text
  - Flanagan, OJ. "Psychology, progress and the problem of reflexivity: a study in the epistemological foundations of psychology." Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences 17 (January 1981): 375-386. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. "Skinnerian Metaphysics and the Problem of Operationism." Behaviorism 8, no. 1 (1980): 1-13. Full Text Link to Item
  - Flanagan, OJ, and McCreadie-Albright, T. "Malcolm and the fallacy of behaviorism." Philosophical Studies 26, no. 5-6 (December 1974): 425-430. Full Text
  - Flanagan, O. ""The Neurobiology of Sexual Self-Consciousness: Mind and the Interplay of Brain and Body"." Edited by EG Fireman, T McVay, and O Flanagan. (Academic Article)
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- NEUROSCI 555S: Topics in Philosophy of Mind 2018
- PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy 2018
- PHIL 205: World Philosophy 2018
- PHIL 555S: Topics in Philosophy of Mind 2018
- PHIL 791: FALL GRAD DIRECTED READING, SPRING GRAD DIRECTED READING 2018
- LIT 285: Existentialism 2017
- PHIL 285: Existentialism 2017
- PHIL 503S: Contemporary Ethical Theories 2017
- POLSCI 582S: Contemporary Ethical Theories 2017
Advising & Mentoring
- I love teaching undergraduates. I view myself as a teacher first and foremost. That is my vocation. I have also supervised many PhD students.

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