A Royce Agenda:
Promising Areas of Research for Future Scholarship on the Life and Work of Josiah Royce
- Culled from Professor Jacquelyn Kegley's 2011 lecture "Philosophy as a Continual Unfolding: Interpretation and Expansion of Community: Moving Forward with a Royce Agenda"
Temporality and Process:
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Examining Royce's work on the concept of time, especially as presented in his 1910 essay "The Reality of the Temporal"
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Interactive interpreting of the relation between Royce's thought and process philosophy
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Exploring the similarities and differences between the work of process thinkers on cosmic philosophy and that of Royce and G. H. Mead on the same topic
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Examining the relation of evolutionary theory to Royce's thought
Historicity and Context:
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Connecting Royce's historical writings to disciplines other than philosophy, including American Studies
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Exploring the work of Royce's students, especially Herbert Weiner, T. S. Eliot, C. I. Lewis, and George Santayana
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Examining areas of philosophy reflected on by Royce, such as literature and education
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Analyzing Royce's work on education
Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics:
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Further exploration of Royce's philosophy of mathematics
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Further work on Royce's System Sigma
Pressing Issues in Contemporary Philosophy:
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Further examination of Royce's philosophy of mind
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Delving into Royce's psychology and social psychology, especially as related to questions of psychopathology and evil
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Connecting Royce's thought to neuroscience
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Probing the work of Royce with the Committee on Apparitions and Haunted Houses of the American Society for Psychical Research
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Exploring Royce's published work on parapsychology
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Looking at Royce's views on science and scientific method
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Further examination of Royce's connections to Husserl and his work on phenomenology, as well as connections with James and Peirce on these matters
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Further examination of Royce and Peirce on epistemological issues, particularly the notion of a third form of knowledge, i.e. interpretation [This could also be related to issues in the social sciences and also to neuroscience and the interpretation of brain waves for areas of law and mental health.]
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Exploration of the connections between one's epistemology and metaphysics and one's social and political thoughts
[See especially Raymond Boisvert, "Heteronomous Freedom" in Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture, John J. Stuhr, ed. (New York: SUNY Press, 1993).]
Issues Confronting Our Present Society and Impacting Many Lives:
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Expanding discussion of Royce and the race question with eyes on his theory of community and his life-long desire to build inclusive communities
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Looking at the resources Royce's work provides for dealing with problems of community and of relationships
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Examining the resources Royce's thought provides for re-framing democracy and democratic theory
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Continuing to explore the resources Royce's work provides for inter-cultural, inter-religious, and inter-faith dialogues
Updated 14 november 2011 |