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Jim Behuniak

Title

Professor of Philosophy

Department

Philosophy

Information

Address

4559 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853

Current Courses

CRS Title Sec
PL114 Central Philosophical Issues: Nature and God A
PL114 Central Philosophical Issues: Nature and God B
PL266 Buddhist Philosophy A
PL274 Philosophy of Religion A
PL422 Philosophical Encounters: Dewey, Addams, and Social Democracy A

Education

Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Manoa
M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa
B.A., University of Southern Maine

Areas of Expertise

  • East Asian Philosophy

  • American Philosophy

  • Philosophy of Religion

 

Current Research

Jim Behuniak is currently Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Colby College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawai`i in 2002. His work focuses in the areas of classical Chinese philosophy and American philosophy, primarily Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. He is the author of John Dewey and Daoist Thought: Experiments in Intra-Cultural Philosophy, Vol. 1, John Dewey and Confucian Thought: Experiments in Intra-Cultural Philosophy, Vol. 2 (both SUNY Press, 2019), and Mencius on Becoming Human (SUNY Press, 2005). He is editor of Appreciating the Chinese Difference: Engaging Roger T. Ames on Methods, Issues, and Roles (SUNY Press, 2018). He has authored numerous articles in comparative philosophy for edited volumes and for journals such as Philosophy East and West, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, and Asian Philosophy.