Christian Coseru
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| FirstName / namefirst | Christian |
| LastName / namelast | Coseru |
| MainNamePhon | Christian Coseru |
| SortName | Coseru, Christian |
| bio | I am an associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Charleston. I work in the fields of philosophy of mind, Phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Indian and Buddhist philosophy in dialogue with Western philosophy and cognitive science. I have recently published a book, Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Cognition in Buddhist Philosophy (OUP, 2012) that develops a view of Buddhist epistemology, in the tradition of Dignaga and Dharmakirti, as continuous with the phenomenological methods and insights of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, as well as with naturalistic approaches to epistenology and philosophy of mind. In 2012 I co-directed (with Jay Garfield and Evan Thompson) an NEH Summer Institute exploring the convergence of analytic, phenomenological, and Buddhist perspectives in the investigation of consciousness. I am currently completing a book manuscript on the intersections between perceptual and affective consciousness, tentatively entitled Sense, Self-Awareness, and Subjectivity.
Before joining the Philosophy Department at the College of Charleston, I taught in the Centre for Asian Societies and Histories at the Australian National University. I received my Ph.D. from the Australian National University in 2005; I also hold a B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from the University of Bucharest. While at ANU, I also worked on a proof of concept model for parsing Sanskrit based on the Interlingua System (the project was funded by an ARC grant). I have and continue to travel extensively for my research. I spent four and a half years in India in the mid 1990s pursuing studies in Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy. While in India, I was affiliated with several research institutes, including the Asiatic Society in Calcutta (1995-1996), the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and De Nobili College in Pune (1993), and the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi (1995-1997). I was a visiting scholar at Queens' College, Cambridge University in 2000, and at the Institut de Civilisation Indienne, Paris in 2001. I grew up on the banks of the Danube in Galati, Romania. I now live in Charleston, and am married to my colleague, philosopher and author Sheridan Hough. |
| BornIn | Galati, Romania |
| associatedwebsite | http://coseruc.people.cofc.edu/ |
| languagetranslation | Sanskrit; Tibetan |
| languagetarget | English |
| affiliation | College of Charletson |
| currentworks | I am currently completing a book manuscript on the intersections between perceptual and affective consciousness, tentatively entitled Sense, Self-Awareness, and Subjectivity. |
| phduniversity | Australian National University |
| education | Ph.D., Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Maîtrise ès letters, University of Bucharest, Bucharest. |
| IsInGyatsa | No |
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Past Teaching Positions[edit]
- Teaching Assistant at Australian National University
- Teaching Assistant at University of Sydney
- Lecturer at Australian National University
- In India: Asiatic Society in Calcutta (as a Research Fellow, 1995-1996), the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and De Nobili College in Pune (1993), and the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, Varanasi (1996). Source
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Metaphysical and epistemological issues in Indian and Buddhist Philosophy
- Phenomenological and Cognitive Science perspectives on consciousness, intentionality, perception, and the self
- Issues in cross-cultural and comparative philosophy particularly regarding the translation and transmission of Indian and Buddhist philosophy to the West
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Book
- Perceiving Reality: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Cognition in Buddhist Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Selected Papers
Recent Publications
"Taking the Intentionality of Perception Seriously: Why Phenomenology is Inescapable," Philosophy East and West 65 (3): 227-248.
"Buddhism, Comparative Neurophilosophy, and Human Flourishing," Zygon 49 (1): 208-219.
"Reason and Experience in Buddhist Epistemology," in Emmanuel, S., ed. A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
"Dignāga and Dharmakīrti on Perception and Self-Awareness," in Powers, J., ed. The Buddhist World, Routledge, 2013.
"Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2009 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
"Naturalism and Intentionality: A Buddhist Epistemological Approach," Asian Philosophy, 19/3 (November 2009): 239-264.
"Buddhist Foundationalism and the Phenomenology of Perception," Philosophy East and West, 59:4 (October 2009): 409-439.
Selected Book Reviews
Review of Simon P. James, Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics, Sophia (April 2008) 47, 1: 75-77.
Review of David E. Cooper and Simon P. James, Buddhism, Virtue, and Environment, Sophia (July 2007) 46, 2: 207-209.
"A Restricted Interpretation of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy," Review of John Dunne, Foundations of Dharmakīrti's Philosophy, H-Buddhism Reviews, March 2006.
A Review Essay of Destructive Emotions: How Can We Overcome Them? A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. Journal of Buddhist Ethics 11/1 (2004): 98-102.
Conference Papers and Invited Talks (selected)
"How Embodiment Shapes Consciousness and Cognition," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, D.C. December 2011.
"A Buddhist Phenomenological Account of Intentional Objects: Vasubandhu and Dignāga on artha-pratibhāsa," American Academy of Religion, Yogācāra Studies Consultation, Theme: Analyzing Vasubandhu’s Twenty Verses (Viṃśatikā): Causes, Objects, Appearances, Aspects, San Francisco, November 19, 2011.
"Reasons and Causes: A Naturalized Account of Dharmakīrti's Kāryānumāna Argument", XVIth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan, June 2011
"Taking the Intentionality of Perception Seriously: Why Phenomenology is Inescapable," Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy, Columbia University, New York, 10 December 2010.
"Buddhist Philosophy and Discourse Analysis," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Boston, December 2010
"The View from Everywhere: Consciousness, Intentionality, and Naturalized Phenomenology," Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2010
"Naturalism and Intentionality: A Buddhist Epistemological Approach," American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, Vancouver, April 2009
"Naturalizing Buddhist Epistemology," The XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, June 2008