2: Mateusz Tokarski
Mateusz discusses the hermeneutics of moral experience and the moral implications of discomforting experiences with wildlife.
Episode 2 of the Earth to Philosophy podcast, hosted by Andrea R. Gammon & Claire Hamlett, titled "2: Mateusz Tokarski" was published on April 19, 2020 and runs 48 minutes.
April 19, 2020 ·48m · Earth to Philosophy
Summary
Mateusz Tokarski joins us to revisit the most thrilling parts of his dissertation Wild at Home: The Ethics of Living with Discomforting Wildlife, which he defended in 2017. We talk about Val Plumwood's famous (well, in environmental philosophy circles) near-death experience with a crocodile, among other things.Mateusz is an editor, writer, translator, and researcher. He holds a BA in Film and Theatre Studies from London Metropolitan University, a MA in semiotics (Aarhus University, Denmark/Tartu University, Estonia), and in September 2017 obtained a PhD in philosophy with a thesis on human-animal relations (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)You can find Mateusz's complete dissertation, as well as other papers and presentations, on his academia page.Episode reading: Chs. 4 & 5 of Mateusz's dissertation: Wild at HomeAdditional Reading:"Being Prey," Val Plumwood - available online hereOpening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Mateusz Tokarski joins us to revisit the most thrilling parts of his dissertation Wild at Home: The Ethics of Living with Discomforting Wildlife, which he defended in 2017. We talk about Val Plumwood's famous (well, in environmental philosophy circles) near-death experience with a crocodile, among other things.
Mateusz is an editor, writer, translator, and researcher. He holds a BA in Film and Theatre Studies from London Metropolitan University, a MA in semiotics (Aarhus University, Denmark/Tartu University, Estonia), and in September 2017 obtained a PhD in philosophy with a thesis on human-animal relations (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
You can find Mateusz's complete dissertation, as well as other papers and presentations, on his academia page.
Episode reading:
Chs. 4 & 5 of Mateusz's dissertation: Wild at Home
Additional Reading:
"Being Prey," Val Plumwood - available online here
Opening music is Where it Goes by Jahzzar.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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