Associate Professor Bronwyn Finnigan
BA Hons. (Melbourne), MA (Sydney), PhD (Auckland)
Associate Professor, School of Philosophy
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
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Research interests
Bronwyn Finnigan is an Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy in the RSSS. Her research primarily engages philosophy of mind, moral psychology, and ethics in Western and Asian philosophical traditions.
Researcher's projects
Bronwyn is currently working on two related research projects funded by the Australian Research Council: a study of the meta-ethical foundations of Buddhist ethical thought, and a critical examination of Buddhist moral psychology with an interdisciplinary focus on the nature of fear, the regulatory function of trusting relationships, and the nature of self and subjectivity as it bears on psychological well-being.
Publications
- Finnigan, B (2023), 'Fear is Anticipatory: A Buddhist Analysis', Journal of Consciousness Studies, vol. 30, no. 7-8, pp. 112-138.
- Finnigan, B (2022), 'Karma, Moral Responsibility, and Buddhist Ethics', in Manuel Vargas and John M. Doris (ed.), Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 7âC1.P109.
- Finnigan, B (2021), 'On being a good friend to Buddhist philosophy', APA Newsletter on Asian and Asian American Philosophers and Philosophies, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 15-18.
- Finnigan, B (2021), 'The Paradox of Fear in Classical Indian Buddhism', Journal of Indian Philosophy, vol. 49, pp. 913-929.
- Finnigan, B (2019), 'Santideva and the moral psychology of fear', in Jonathan Gold & Douglas Duckworth (ed.), Readings of Santideva's Guide to Bodhisattva Practice, Columbia University Press, New York, United States, pp. 221-234.
- Finnigan, B 2018, 'Buddhist idealism', in Tyron Goldschmidt, Kenneth L. Pearce (ed.), Idealism: New Essays in Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 178-199.
- Finnigan, B (2018), 'Buddhism and the moral status of animals', ABC Religion & Ethics, 21 November 2018 (https://www.abc.net.au/religion/buddhism-and-the-moral-status-of-animals/10518728)
- Finnigan, B (2018), 'Madhyamaka Ethics', in Daniel Cozort and James Mark Shields (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 162pp-183pp.
- Finnigan, B (2018), 'Is Consciousness Reflexively Self-Aware? A Buddhist analysis', Ratio, 31, pp.389-401
- Finnigan, B (2018), 'Can we Reinvent Ourselves? A Buddhist View', IAI News, pp. 1pp-4pp (https://iai.tv/articles/reinventing-ourselves-according-to-the-buddha-auid-1108)
- Finnigan, B (2017), 'Buddhism and Animal Ethics', Philosophy Compass, 12(7): 1-12
- Finnigan, B (2017), 'The Nature of a Buddhist Path', in Jake H. Davis (ed.), A Mirror is for Reflection: Understanding Buddhist Ethics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 33-52.
- Finnigan, B (2015), 'Madhyamaka Buddhist Meta-ethics: The justificatory grounds of moral judgments', Philosophy East & West, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 765-785.
- Finnigan, B (2015), 'Review of Dan Arnold's Brains, Buddhas and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive Scientific Philosophy of Mind', Journal of Religion.
- Finnigan, B (2015), 'Phronesis in Aristotle: Reconciling Deliberation with Spontaneity', Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 91(3): 674-697.
- Finnigan, B (2014), 'Examining the Bodhisattva's Brain', Zygon, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 231-241.
- Finnigan, B (2011), 'Buddhist metaethics', Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. 33, no. 1-2, pp. 267-297
- Finnigan, B & Tanaka, K (2011), 'Carnaps Pragmatism and two Truths', in (ed.), Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 221-231.
- Finnigan, B & Tanaka, K. (2011), 'Ethics for Madhyamikas', in (ed.), Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 221-231.
- Finnigan, B (2011), 'How Can a Buddha Come to Act? The Possibility of a Buddhist Account of Ethical agency', Philosophy East & West, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 134-160.
- Finnigan, B (2011), 'A Buddhist Account of Ethical Agency Revisited: Reply to Garfield and Hansen', Philosophy East & West, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 183-194.
- Finnigan, B & Tanaka, K (2010), 'Don't Think! Just Act!', in (ed.), Martial Arts and Philosophy, Carus Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, United States, pp. 25-33.
- Finnigan, B (2006), 'The Dialectical Method in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics', Phronimon, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-15.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Buddhist Meta-Ethics and Moral Psychology (Primary Investigator)
