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Owen Flanagan Jr.

Owen Flanagan Jr.

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Philosophy
ojf@duke.edu
Duke Box 90743, Durham, NC 27708-0743
201E West Duke Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours On leave 2016-2017  

Scholarly Works - Books

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE AN ADDICT?: Understanding Substance Abuse

Book · January 1, 2025 In What Is It Like to Be an Addict?, Owen Flanagan, an internationally acclaimed philosopher of mind and ethics, offers a state-of-the-art assessment of addiction science and proposes a new integrated model for understanding and explaining substance addict ... Full text Cite

How to Do Things with Emotions: THE MORALITY OF ANGER AND SHAME ACROSS CULTURES

Book · January 1, 2021 The world today is full of anger. Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, we witness political leaders and others who lack any sense of shame, even as they display car ... Cite

Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, morals, and purpose in the age of neuroscience

Book · January 1, 2018 Existentialism is a concern about the foundation of meaning, morals, and purpose. Existentialisms arise when some foundation for these elements of being is under assault. In the past, first-wave existentialism concerned the increasingly apparent inability ... Full text Cite

The moral psychology of anger

Book · December 21, 2017 The Moral Psychology of Anger is the first comprehensive study of the moral psychology of anger from a philosophical perspective. In light of the recent revival of interest in emotions in philosophy and the current social and political interest in anger, t ... Full text Cite

Narrative and Consciousness: Literature, Psychology and the Brain

Book · March 22, 2012 The evocation of narrative as a way to understand the content of consciousness, including memory, autobiography, self, and imagination, has sparked truly interdisciplinary work among psychologists, philosophers, and literary critics. Even neuroscientists h ... Full text Cite

Naturalizing epistemic virtue

Book · January 1, 2012 An epistemic virtue is a personal quality conducive to the discovery of truth, the avoidance of error, or some other intellectually valuable goal. Current work in epistemology is increasingly value-driven, but this volume presents the first collection of e ... Full text Cite

Almas Que Suenan

Book · 2003 Spanish translation of DREAMING SOULS. ... Cite

Dreaming Souls

Book · 1999 Cite