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Jonathan McKinney, MA
University of Cincinnati
Departments of Philosophy & Psychology
Center for Cognition, Action, & Perception
Education
University of Cincinnati, 2016 - 2022
PhD in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Dissertation: “The Philosopher’s Path to San José: Toward a Cross-Cultural
Radical Embodied Cognitive Science
Committee: Tony Chemero (Chair), Elena Cuffari, Masato Ishida, Paula Silva, & Melissa Jacquart
Qualifying Exam: Early Modern Philosophy
MA in Ecological Psychology, 2018 - 2022
Advisors: Paula Silva & Tony Chemero
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, 2014 - 2016
MA with honors in Philosophy
Thesis: Apoha and Affordances
Committee: Arindam Chakrabarti (Chair), Steve Odin, Vrinda Dalmiya
University of Central Oklahoma, 2007 - 2012
BA with honors Magna Cum Laude in Psychology
BA in Philosophy
Teaching and Professional Experience
Courses Taught
University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy
The Quest for World Philosophy, Spring 2021
Supervisor: Melissa Jacquart
Philosophies Around the World, Spring 2020, 2019, 2018
Supervisors. Dr. Vanessa Carbonell & Dr. Tony Chemero
Environmental Philosophy, Fall 2019
Supervisor: Dr. Vanessa Carbonell
Introduction to Philosophy of Mind, Fall 2018, Summer 2017
Supervisor: Dr. Zvi Biener
Graduate Co-Instructor:
Introduction to Cognitive Studies, Fall 2020
Co-Teacher: Dr. Tony Chemero
Professional Employment & Community Outreach
Engaged Philosophy
Affiliate Scholar, Fall 2022 - Present
Cincinnati Ethics Center
Dungeons, Dragons, & Ethics Program Coordinator, Summer 2022 - Present
Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
Assistant Director, Summer 2021
Kialo Inc. (www.kialo-edu.com)
Education Consultant, 2017 - Present
Red Rock Children’s Crisis Center
Mental Health Education Program Team Lead, 2011-2014
Mental Health Technician, 2010-2011
Teaching Assistantships
University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy
How Science Works, Fall 2020
MAPs Officer, Fall 2018
Big Data Analytics, Fall 2017
Philosophy Through Film, Spring 2017
Sex and Death, Fall 2016
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Department of Philosophy
EPOCH Project Research Organizer, 2016
Undergraduate Outreach Community Advocate, 2016
Philosophy for Children (p4c) Hawai’i Facilitator, 2014-2015
University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Psychology
BioSocial Psychology (Capstone), Fall 2012
Abnormal Psychology, Spring 2012
Writing for Psychology, 2010 - 2011
Social Psychology, 2008 - 2009
Publications
Published Works
McKinney, J. (2021). "The Philosopher's Path to San José: Toward a Cross-Cultural Radical Embodied Cognitive Science,” in Sato, M. (Ed.) 5E (Embodied, Enactive, Extended, Embedded, and Ecological) Cognition in the Age of Virtual Environments and Artificial Intelligence. University of Tokyo Booklet Series.
McKinney, J. & Sato, M. (2021). “Preface – What is it to be Human?" in Sato, M. (Ed.) 5E (Embodied, Enactive, Extended, Embedded, and Ecological) Cognition in the Age of Virtual Environments and Artificial Intelligence. University of Tokyo Booklet Series.
McKinney, J. (2021). “The Philosopher’s Path: Nondualism, Distributed Cognition, and Imagination,” in Matsui, N. (Ed.) Globally Shared Common Sense from the Philosophy of Imagination: Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives. Aji Books.
McKinney, J. (2020). “Non-dualism in Ecological and Enactive Cognitive Science," in Di Paolo, E., Chemero, A., Heras-Escribano, M., & McGann, M. (Eds.) Enaction and Ecological Psychology: Convergences and Complementarities. Frontiers in Psychology.
McKinney, J., Sato, M., & Chemero, A. (2020) “Habit, Ontology, and Embodied Cognition Without Borders: James, Merleau-Ponty, and Nishida,” in Caruana, F. & Testa, I. (Eds.) Pragmatist Approaches from Cognitive Neuroscience to Social Science. Cambridge University Press.
McKinney, J. (2018). “Calkins and Nishida,” Southwest Philosophical Review. Vol. 34(2).
McKinney, J. (2017). “An Elaboration on Embodied Creativity through Japanese Philosophy.” in Ames, R., Ishida, M., Nakajima, T., & Kajitani, S. (Eds.) UTUH Comparative Philosophy. The University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy (UTCP).
Online Resources
McKinney, J. (Ed.) (Forthcoming). Open Access Web Resource on: What’s Next!? The Future of Embodiment. University of Cincinnati Press.
McKinney, J. (Producer) (2021) The Quest for World Philosophies “Podcast.” (10 episode Socratic-style cross-cultural philosophy podcast with scholars around the world). Anchor.fm. <https://anchor.fm/questworld>
Publications in Progress
Sato, M. & McKinney, J. (Submitted). "The Enactive and Affective Dimensions of AI: Ingenuity and Imagination through the Lenses of Art and Music," Artificial Life, MIT Press.
McKinney, J. “Languaging and Basho: Bio-Ecologies and the Concept of Place in Japanese Philosophy,'' in Steffensen, S., Cowley, S., & Döring, M. (Eds). Ecolinguistics: A Vision for Ecocivilisations in the 21st Century.
McKinney, J. “Apoha and Affordances," Philosophy East-West, University of Hawai'i Press.
McKinney, J. & Mansour, C., B. "Gendered Objectification and Shifting Focus of Attention (FRA): Body Comportment and the Distribution of Social Constraints.”
McKinney, J. & Wilson, A. “The Questing Philosopher: A Quest RPG Role,” 9th Level Games.
Grants, Fellowships, & Research Experience
Grant and Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant: EPOCH Project Spring 2016
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Supervisor: Dr. Arindam Chakrabarti
Research Assistant: The Self, Motivation, and Virtue Grant 2014-2015
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Primary Investigators: Dr. Cindy Scheopner & Dr. Roxanne Raine
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Taft Competitive Dissertation Fellowship 2021-2022
Taft Research Center Competitive Lecture Grant 2020
Taft Graduate Enrichment Scholarship 2018
Whittingslow Philosophy Essay Prize 2016
UH Philosophy Department Tuition Award 2014-2016
Department of Psychology Tuition Scholarship 2012
Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society 2008-Present
National Forensic League 2004-Present
Certifications
SUT Summer School on 4E Approaches in CogSci Sept. 2020
Center for Philosophy of Science of Sharif University of Technology
ATI Non-Linear Methods for Psychological Science 2017
American Psychological Association Advanced Training Institute
Conference Organization
International Philosophy Colloquium Organizer Spring 2021
University of Cincinnati and University of Tokyo
Title: 54th Annual Philosophy Colloquium - What's Next!? - Embodiment and the Future
Built upon the international collaboration between the Center for Cognition, Action, and Perception at the University of Cincinnati and the Tokyo Center for Philosophy to explore the implications of the major social, epistemological, technological, and moral upheaval of modern times in an interdisciplinary forum.
Collaborators: Taraneh Wilkinson (Univ. Cincinnati) & Tony Chemero (Univ. Cincinnati)
International Cross-Collegiate Workshop Co-Organizer Fall 2018
University of Tokyo and University of Cincinnati
Title: 5E Cognition: Virtual Embodiment and Artificial Intelligence
Co-Organize an international collaborative project between the Center for Cognition, Action, and Perception at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy to promote both interdisciplinary and cross-cultural methods in philosophy of mind and cognitive science. This required vetting and recruiting speakers, reviewing presentation submissions, facilitating discussions, drafting organizational documents, and securing funding.
Co-Organizer: Maki Sato (Univ. Tokyo)
Partial List of Presentations
Invited Presentations
“Everyday Aesthetics as Environmental Ethics: A Comparative Approach” Colombian-Japanese Research Project, Virtual: May 2021
“Humane AI and Distributed Cognition in a Virtual World,” in the East-West Center’s Symposium on Humane Artificial Intelligence, Honolulu, HI. May 2021.
“The Philosopher’s Path to San Jose: Nondualism, Distributed Cognition, & Imagination,” in the Globally Shared Common Sense from the Philosophy of Imagination: Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives workshop. Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University, February 2021.
“The Self in Conflict: A Dialogue Between East and West,” Southwest Philosophical Society (SWPS): Waco, TX. November 2017.
“Selfie, Self-ish, and Selfless: A Conversation About Selfhood,” Psyence Friday at the University of Central Oklahoma: Edmond, OK. October 2017.
Presentations on Teaching
“Co-Creating a Place for Online Community-Based Inquiry through a Kialo Podcast” in Collaborative Assignments and Community in Online Classes, AAPT/APA Teaching Hub, APA Central, February 2021.
“Shifting Your Teaching Online: Teaching in the Time of COVID19” University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Resource Center. Live webinar discussing rapidly adjusting to online teaching in response to the global pandemic: Online, March 2020. <https://telegra.ph/Webinar-on-shifting-your-teaching-online-03-13>
“Kialo: Debates with Depth in the Language Classroom,” University of Hawai’i Language Flagship Technology Innovation Center. Webinar on Kialo Edu as a tool for online education: Online. November 2019. <https://vimeo.com/373291048>
“Kialo and Education through Public Discussion,” University of Hawai’i Center for Language and Technology. Presentation and discussion of Kialo as an online discussion tool for language education: Honolulu, Hawai’i. October 2019.
“Pedagogical Technology and Experimental Psychology,” The Center for Cognition, Action, and Perception at the University of Cincinnati: Cincinnati, Ohio. January 2018.
Research Presentations
“Nondualism and the Ecological~Enactive Complementarity,” in the Embodied Cognitive Science Without Borders panel at East-West Philosophers’ Conference: Honolulu, HI. May 2022.
“Joy as Ecological Activism” Cross Currents: Uehiro Graduate Philosophy Conference: Virtual. March 2021.
“Extinction, Joy, and Eco-Linguistic Activism” The Fifth International Conference on Ecolinguistics (ICE-5), Online: April 2021.
“Nondualism in Japanese Philosophy and Radical Embodied Cognitive Science” American Oriental Society (AOS) 231st Annual Conference, Online: March 2021.
Sato, M. & McKinney, J. “The Quest for Basho.” 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy (IAJP) Conference: Kyoto, Japan. March, 2021.
“Ecological Mindfulness and Joy as Activism” American Philosophical Association (APA Central) IAJP Panel, Online: February 2021.
Sato, M., & McKinney, J. “Heart-mind, Body-mind, and Habitual Action,” 4th International Association for Japanese Philosophy Conference: Honolulu HI. October 2019.
“The Developmental Constraint” The 111th Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology: Cincinnati OH. March 2019.
McKinney, J. & Sato, M. “In the Quest of the Place of Kokoro” International Association for Japanese Philosophy Panel at the annual American Philosophical Association Eastern Conference: New York NY. January 2019.
“Ecological Enactivism and the Distributed Mind” 5E Cognition, Virtual Environments, & Artificial Intelligence (5EVEAI) Workshop: Tokyo, Japan. December 2018.
“Ecological Enactivism and Buddhist Epistemology.” 4th International Conference on Interactivity, Language & Cognition (CILC4): Honolulu, HI. August 2018.
“Zen, Beauty, and Living with the Planet,” East West Philosophers Conference: Honolulu, HI. May 2016.
“Apoha and the World of Meaning,” Cross Currents: Uehiro Graduate Philosophy Conference: Honolulu, HI. March 2016.
“Apoha and the World of Knowledge,” International Graduate Student Conference: Honolulu, HI. February 2016.
“E-mergence of Person-ality with Nishida Kitaro toward E-motional A.I.,” EPOCH Colloquium: E-Motion, Technology, and the Future: Honolulu, HI. November 2015.
“Elaboration as Embodied Creativity through the Buddhist Imagination,” Uehiro Summer Institute in Comparative Philosophy: Japanese Buddhism: Kyoto, Japan. July 2015.
“Dominion as Seen Through the Atmosphere,” Uehiro Graduate Philosophy Conference: Environmental Panel: Honolulu, HI. March 2015.