Kathleen O’Dwyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5454722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathleen O’Dwyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathleen |
| FAMILY NAME | O’Dwyer |
| SIGNATURE | O’DWYER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Independent scholar, Limerick, Ireland |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-8152-9755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Explanatory challenges and neo-Aristotelian essentialism
Camus’s Challenge
In the opening essay of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, Camus states that: “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.” He argues that all the other questions of philosophy, dealing with truth, knowledge, ethics, science, language and so on, are necessarily secondary to this question: “I therefore conc…
Nietzsche’s Challenge
Can philosophy help provide insight or understanding in relation to questions and dilemmas frequently encountered in the individual’s life? A blurring of the boundaries between the disciplines of philosophy and psychology may result in the enrichment of both schools of thought, especially as they relate to concrete human experience. This article examines how Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence may be applied to personal experience in everyda…
Nietzsche’s Challenge
Can philosophy help provide insight or understanding in relation to questions and dilemmas frequently encountered in the individual’s life? A blurring of the boundaries between the disciplines of philosophy and psychology may result in the enrichment of both schools of thought, especially as they relate to concrete human experience. This article examines how Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence may be applied to personal experience in everyda…
Nietzsche’s Challenge
Can philosophy help provide insight or understanding in relation to questions and dilemmas frequently encountered in the individual’s life? A blurring of the boundaries between the disciplines of philosophy and psychology may result in the enrichment of both schools of thought, especially as they relate to concrete human experience. This article examines how Nietzsche’s theory of eternal recurrence may be applied to personal experience in everyda…
Camus’s Challenge
In the opening essay of The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays, Camus states that: “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.” He argues that all the other questions of philosophy, dealing with truth, knowledge, ethics, science, language and so on, are necessarily secondary to this question: “I therefore conc…
Explanatory challenges and neo-Aristotelian essentialism
Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Relevance (law (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)