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Christopher Kelley
Christopher Kelley


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cdk2001@columbia.edu

Christopher Kelley

Biography

I am currently a doctoral candidate in Buddhism at Columbia University.  I received a B.A. in Anthropology and Sociology from Lafayette College (1997), and an M.A. in Religious Studies from Columbia University (2003).  My research interests include the intersection of contemporary philosophy of mind and Buddhism.  I'm particularly interested in Indian and Tibetan theories regarding 'self' and self-consciousness, Indo-Tibetan doxography, and issues of metaphilosophy (i.e. the aim and function of philosophical theory and method).

Last year I directed a team that produced a rigorous two-day event entitled "Mind and Reality: A Multidisciplinary Symposium on Consciousness." The proceedings of which are available online as an e-seminar (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/mindandreality/index.html).  I'm currently the editor of the Center for Buddhist Studies weblog(http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/), rapporteur for the Buddhist Studies Seminar, and co-founder of the Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy (http://www.cbs.columbia.edu/cscp).

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