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James McGuirk

James McGuirk

center director

Academic profile

MA Philosophy (NUIM, Ireland); PhD Philosophy (KU Leuven, Belgium). Formerly Assistant/Associate Professor at NUIM, Ireland and UiS Stavanger. Professor and formerly Centre leader at the Centre for Practical Knowledge 2007-2022. Currently Professor II at the same institution. Director of Centre for Diaconia & Professional Practice at VID Specialized University since 2022.

Fields of expertise

Theory of knowledge
Hermeneutics
Theory of Science
Phenomenology of the body
Practical knowledge
Value theory

Scientific publications

2023

On the Role of the ‘Call’ in Professional Work and Practical Knowledge Exploring Practical Knowledge: Life-World Studies of Professionals in Education and Research 2023 - James Nicholas McGuirk
Studies in Practical Knowledge. Discipline, philosophy, plurality Exploring Practical Knowledge: Life-World Studies of Professionals in Education and Research 2023 - Eva Schwarz, James Nicholas McGuirk
Introduction. The Rise & Fall of Friendship as Philosophical Theme: The Work of James McEvoy Love & Friendship in the Western Tradition: From Plato to Postmodernity 2023 - James Nicholas McGuirk
Love & Friendship in the Western Tradition: From Plato to Postmodernity 2023 - James Nicholas McGuirk
Paying attention alone and together: The role of attention in the formation and cultivation of habits Knowing our Ways About in the World. Philosophical Perspectives on Practical Knowledge 2023 - James Nicholas McGuirk

2021

Introduction: The competences of not being in control Philosophy of Improvisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory and Practice 2021 - Susanne Ravn, Simon Høffding, James Nicholas McGuirk
Philosophy of Improvisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory and Practice 2021 - Susanne Ravn, Simon Høffding, James Nicholas McGuirk
Improvisation in the Classroom: Towards an Aspectual Account of Improvisatory Practice Philosophy of Improvisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Theory and Practice 2021 - James Nicholas McGuirk
Embedded rationality and the contextualisation of critical thinking 2021 Journal of Philosophy of Education - James Nicholas Mcguirk
Det vitenskapelige essayet i profesjonsforskning: en kritisk utprøvende metode 2021 Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid - Catrine Torbjørnsen Halås, James Nicholas McGuirk

Other publications

2024

Fellesskap som motgift mot stipendiatens ensomhet 2024 - Birgitta Haga Gripsrud, Karianne Nyheim Stray, James Nicholas McGuirk
Praktisk kunnskap og profesjonsutdanningene 2024 - James Nicholas McGuirk, Catrine Torbjørnsen Halås, Kåre Sigvald Fuglseth
Vi må tenke annerledes om offentlig innovasjon 2024 - Karianne Nyheim Stray, Charlotte Wegener, Birgitta Haga Gripsrud, James Nicholas McGuirk

2018

Institution and the Values of the School 2018 Sodertorn Staff Seminar - James Nicholas McGuirk
Jordan Peterson's critique of postmodernism 2018 Hvem er Jordan Peterson? - James Nicholas McGuirk
Social Reality, Institution, Values: Searle, Tomasello, and Ingarden 2018 Australasian Association of Philosophy - James Nicholas McGuirk
Social Reality and the Institution of Values 2018 Notre Dame Guest Speaker Series - James Nicholas McGuirk
Suffering’s double disclosure and the structure of normality in experience 2018 Philosophy Seminar Series - James Nicholas McGuirk
The Normal and the Abnormal as Phenomenological Categories in Merleau-Ponty 2018 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle - James Nicholas McGuirk
The Social Being of the Person in Edith Stein's Der Aufbau der menschlichen Person 2018 Workshop on E. Stein's Der Aufbau der menschlichen Person - James Nicholas McGuirk
Values, Institutions, and the School 2018 Masterclass Series, University of Queensland - James Nicholas McGuirk