Michael Berman
Associate Professor
Philosophy
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Michael Berman is an associate professor in the Brock University Philosophy Department, publishing in the fields of Continental, Asian, and Comparative Philosophy. His current teaching interests include comparative religious thought and Empiricism, and he is working on a book about Merleau-Ponty and God.
Research Interest
"Area of specialization: Continental, Asian and Comparative philosophy, Phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty and Nagarjuna Area of competence: Immanual Kant, Empiricism, Logic, World Religions, Bioethics, History of Philosophy, Psychoanalytic Theory "
Publications
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“Locke the Hermenaut and the Mechanics of Understandingâ€, Humanitas, (Volume 19, Nos. 1 and 2, 2006).
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“A Metaphysics of Morality: Kant and Buddhismâ€, Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, (No. 2, pp. 18-41, 2006).
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“Merleau-Ponty and Nagarjuna: Enlightenment, Ethics and Politics†(revised), Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism, edited by Jin Y. Park and Gereon Kopf, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2009), Chapter 11.
