Michael B Walker
Biographic Data
| ID | 181005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael B Walker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael B |
| FAMILY NAME | Walker |
| SIGNATURE | WALKER M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9083-6594 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Nature, Obligation, and Transcendence
This paper addresses the relation between Luce Irigaray’s work and politics by asking what it means to read her work locally, in place. The philosophical work of Indigenous scholar, Mary Graham, on the law of obligation, serves to ground such a local reading presenting, simultaneously, a case for a uniquely Australian philosophy. By way of suggesting possible connections between the work of Irigaray and Graham, the paper places Graham’s work on o…
Writing
Writing offers a privileged access to the culture of revolt, a kind of radical questioning that has the potential to unsettle illegitimate forms of authority and sense. Writing bequeaths a future and a society capable of creative thought, and this is all important in societies where questioning and critical thought is increasingly under threat. This work explores the importance of writing in relation to questioning and revolt in two markedly diff…
Affect and Porosity
In her posthumously published work The Transmission of Affect, Teresa Brennan challenges the modern ego’s understanding of itself as self-contained. This illusion, she argues, is supported by what she refers to as the “foundational fantasy”. In explaining what this means, Brennan rejects a bounded sense of the self, arguing that affect (both positive and negative) circulates energetically between subjects. In patriarchal cultures, mothers (and “f…
Love, Ethics, and Authenticity
Beauvoir's distinction between romantic and authentic love offers us an opportunity for thinking through the complex relations among philosophy, reading, and love. If we accept her account of romantic love as a flawed, dependent mode of being, and her suggestion that an authentic love—one that engages maturely with the other—is possible, then we might take the risk of thinking of reading in these terms
Responsibility, Giving and Maternal Work
Problems in Measuring the Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy for Pathological Gambling
The prevalence of problem and pathological gambling
Irrational thinking among slot machine players
Communicating Affect
The role of nonverbal signals in communicating affect is not well understood. Recent research has both emphasised and played down the importance of the nonverbal signals relative to what is said. A careful examination of the evidence shows that the data in favour of and against nonverbal dominance come from two different empirical approaches. It is argued that both approaches are methodologically unsound. A new approach to the question is develop…
Feminism and the humanities year at the humanities research centre, ANU
Switching pauses in cooperative and competitive conversations
The Role of Nonverbal Signals in Co-Ordinating Speaking Turns
In a conversation between two people, a smooth transition from listener to speaker occurs when the listener takes the floor without interrupting but also without leaving a perceptible pause before speaking. According to Kendon (1967), as many as 50% of transitions in casual conversation may be smooth. This high frequency of smooth transitions in casual conversation implies a signalling system with which the speakers co-ordinate their turns. Sever…
Caplow's theory of coalitions in the triad reconsidered
Switching pauses in cooperative and competitive conversations
Communicating Affect
The role of nonverbal signals in communicating affect is not well understood. Recent research has both emphasised and played down the importance of the nonverbal signals relative to what is said. A careful examination of the evidence shows that the data in favour of and against nonverbal dominance come from two different empirical approaches. It is argued that both approaches are methodologically unsound. A new approach to the question is develop…
The Role of Nonverbal Signals in Co-Ordinating Speaking Turns
In a conversation between two people, a smooth transition from listener to speaker occurs when the listener takes the floor without interrupting but also without leaving a perceptible pause before speaking. According to Kendon (1967), as many as 50% of transitions in casual conversation may be smooth. This high frequency of smooth transitions in casual conversation implies a signalling system with which the speakers co-ordinate their turns. Sever…
Love, Ethics, and Authenticity
Beauvoir's distinction between romantic and authentic love offers us an opportunity for thinking through the complex relations among philosophy, reading, and love. If we accept her account of romantic love as a flawed, dependent mode of being, and her suggestion that an authentic love—one that engages maturely with the other—is possible, then we might take the risk of thinking of reading in these terms
Caplow's theory of coalitions in the triad reconsidered
Caplow's theory of coalitions in the triad reconsidered
Switching pauses in cooperative and competitive conversations
The Role of Nonverbal Signals in Co-Ordinating Speaking Turns
In a conversation between two people, a smooth transition from listener to speaker occurs when the listener takes the floor without interrupting but also without leaving a perceptible pause before speaking. According to Kendon (1967), as many as 50% of transitions in casual conversation may be smooth. This high frequency of smooth transitions in casual conversation implies a signalling system with which the speakers co-ordinate their turns. Sever…
Feminism and the humanities year at the humanities research centre, ANU
Communicating Affect
The role of nonverbal signals in communicating affect is not well understood. Recent research has both emphasised and played down the importance of the nonverbal signals relative to what is said. A careful examination of the evidence shows that the data in favour of and against nonverbal dominance come from two different empirical approaches. It is argued that both approaches are methodologically unsound. A new approach to the question is develop…
Irrational thinking among slot machine players
The prevalence of problem and pathological gambling
Problems in Measuring the Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy for Pathological Gambling
Responsibility, Giving and Maternal Work
Love, Ethics, and Authenticity
Beauvoir's distinction between romantic and authentic love offers us an opportunity for thinking through the complex relations among philosophy, reading, and love. If we accept her account of romantic love as a flawed, dependent mode of being, and her suggestion that an authentic love—one that engages maturely with the other—is possible, then we might take the risk of thinking of reading in these terms
Affect and Porosity
In her posthumously published work The Transmission of Affect, Teresa Brennan challenges the modern ego’s understanding of itself as self-contained. This illusion, she argues, is supported by what she refers to as the “foundational fantasy”. In explaining what this means, Brennan rejects a bounded sense of the self, arguing that affect (both positive and negative) circulates energetically between subjects. In patriarchal cultures, mothers (and “f…
Nature, Obligation, and Transcendence
This paper addresses the relation between Luce Irigaray’s work and politics by asking what it means to read her work locally, in place. The philosophical work of Indigenous scholar, Mary Graham, on the law of obligation, serves to ground such a local reading presenting, simultaneously, a case for a uniquely Australian philosophy. By way of suggesting possible connections between the work of Irigaray and Graham, the paper places Graham’s work on o…
Writing
Writing offers a privileged access to the culture of revolt, a kind of radical questioning that has the potential to unsettle illegitimate forms of authority and sense. Writing bequeaths a future and a society capable of creative thought, and this is all important in societies where questioning and critical thought is increasingly under threat. This work explores the importance of writing in relation to questioning and revolt in two markedly diff…
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