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Research output per year
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Professional Information
Lynn University (Current)
- Associate Professor, Lynn University, October 2023-Present
Lynn University (Previous)
- Chair - Department of Humanities, Lynn University, January 2001-August 2007. He was a member of the original Dialogues of Learning Task Force.
External Affiliations
- Co-Editor of the journal Contemporary Pragmatism
- Co-editor of Pragmatism and Justice (Oxford, 2017) and The Rorty Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), in addition to two volumes of Richard Rorty’s work: What Can We Hope For? Essays on Politics (Princeton, 2022) and On Philosophers and Philosophy: Unpublished Papers, 1960-2000 (Cambridge, 2020).
Professional Organizations
- Secretary of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
- Founding President of the Richard Rorty Society
Previous employer
- Graduate Faculty, Union Institute & University, January 2007-October 2023
Awards and Honors
- Union Institute & University Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2016
- Herbert L. and Dr. Beth I. Alswanger Gopman Research Fund Award, 2015
- Union Institute & University Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2013
- Fulbright Scholar, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 2012
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Political Science, B.A., State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton
Political Science, M.A., State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton
Political Philosophy, Ph.D., The New School for Social Research
Research Interests
- Pragmatism and American Philosophy
- Ethics
- Social Justice
- Critical Social Epistemology
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Building Democratic Relations as a Remedy for Post-Truth Polarization: Dewey and Addams on Educating for Sympathetic Knowledge
Voparil, C., Feb 24 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference session
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American Pragmatism, Democratic Ethics, and Education
Waks, L., Voparil, C. J. & Torrance, J., Mar 7 2024, The Cambridge Handbook of Ethics and Education. Fraser-Burgess, S., Heybach, J. A. & Metro-Roland, D. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 186-212 27 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Somaesthetics, Foucauldian Aesthetics of Existence, and Living Ethically as White
Voparil, C., Jan 2024, Foucault's Aesthetics of Existence and Shusterman's Somaesthetics: Ethics, Politics, and the Art of Living. Antoniol, V. & Marino, S. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 145-164 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Truth Won't Save Democracy
Voparil, C. J., Sep 24 2024, In: The Institute of Art and Ideas (iai) News.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Jane Addams and Richard Rorty: The Philosophy and Practice of Pragmatist Social Ethics
Voparil, C. J., Aug 18 2022, The Oxford Handbook of Jane Addams. Shields, P. M., Hamington, M. & Soeters, J. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 93-110 18 p. (Oxford Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Précis of Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists
Voparil, C. J., Oct 2022, In: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 58, 4, p. 303-308 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists
Voparil, C., Jan 25 2022, New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 392 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Rorty, Science Studies, and the Politics of Post-Truth
Voparil, C. J., Sep 1 2022, In: Common Knowledge. 28, 3, p. 402-423 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rorty and the Ethos of the Pragmatic Community: Replies
Voparil, C. J., Oct 2022, In: Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society. 58, 4, p. 352-384 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rorty and the Question of Normativity: Replies to Commentators on Reconstructing Pragmatism
Voparil, C. J., 2022, In: Contemporary Pragmatism. 19, 4, p. 430-459 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Awards
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Fulbright U.S. Scholar, 2012
Voparil, C. J. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: National/international honor › Fulbright Scholar
Press/Media
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Between the Lines: ACUE's Talk Hour | Featuring Chris Voparil
2/27/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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