Joseph Lynch
Associate Professor
Contact Information
- Office: Bldg. 47, Rm 34C
- Phone: 805-756-2064
- Email: jlynch@calpoly.edu
- Website: www.calpoly.edu/~jlynch
About Joseph Lynch
Professor Lynch has the following degrees: B.A. Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A. Religion, Ph.D. Philosophy, The Claremont Graduate School (1992). Prof. Lynch teaches Buddhism, Critical Thinking, Philosophical Classics, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion. His professional interests include philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion.
Education
- Ph.D., Philosophy, The Claremont Graduate School (1992)
- M.A., Religion, The Claremont Graduate School
- B.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
Professional Interests
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of religion
Courses Taught
- PHIL 422: Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 342: Philosophy of Religion
- PHIL 320: Asian Philosophy
- RELS 307: Buddhism
- PHIL 231: Philosophical Classics - Ethics & Political Philosophy
Selected Publications
- Review of Michael Murray’s Nature: Red in Tooth & Claw for Faith and Philosophy 29 No. 4, October 2012.
- Review of Animals as Biotechnology by Michael Twine in Journal of Animal Ethics 2, 2, Fall 2012.
- “Buddhism, Daoism, and Dudeism” in The Big Lebowski and Philosophy (ed. Peter S. Fosi), Wiley-Blackwell. 2012.
- Confessions of a Tattooed Philosopher” in I Ink Therefore I Am: Philosophy and Tattoos (ed. Robert Arp), Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- “Suffering, Spirituality, and Sensuality: Religion and the Blues,” in The Blues and Philosophy, (ed. Abrol Farweather and Jesse Steinburg.) Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
- “God, Zombies, and Animals,” Agora 30, 2, Fall 2011.
- “Plato Versus Shaolin Warriors on the Nature of the Self” in Beatings and Nothingness: Martial Arts and Philosophy (ed. Priest and Young) Open Court Press 2010.
Chief Editor: Between the Species
Chair of the Society for the Study of Philosophy and the Martial Arts