Associate Professor
Department of Educational Counselling and Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS)
Dr. Weber is an interdisciplinary researcher, combining philosophical expertise with empirical research (psychology, pedagogy, sociology) and community engagement. For example, her three single authored books (2013) discuss the topics of human rights, empathy and reason from a straight philosophical perspective as well as psychology and education. Dr. Weber is also one of the leading figures in the area of Engaged Philosophical Inquiry and has published and edited many central journals/books.
Contributions:
Single Authored Book: 2013 Zwischen Vernunft und Mitgefühl: Jürgen Habermas und Richard Rorty im Dialog über Wahrheit, politische Kultur und Menschenrechte (Between Rationality and Sympathy: Jürgen Habermas and Richard Rorty on Human Rights, Political Culture and Truth), Freiburg: Alber Publisher.
Single Authored Book: 2013 Vernunft, Mitgefühl und Körperlichkeit: Eine phänomenologische Rekonstruktion des politischen Raumes (Reason, Empathy and Embodiment: Towards a Phenomenological Reconstruction of Public Space), Freiburg: Alber Publisher.
Single Authored Book: 2013 Philosophieren mit Kindern zum Thema Menschenrechte: Vernunft und Mitgefühl als Grundvoraussetzungen einer demokratischen Dialogkultur (Philosophizing with Children about Human Rights: Rationality and Empathy as Preconditions for a Democratic Dialogue Culture), Freiburg: Alber Publisher.
June 2013 SSHRC Insight Development Grant: ‘The Philosophical Community of Inquiry: Measuring its impact on Perspective-Taking and Empathy’ ($ 74,265 CAD) – principal investigator (Co-Applicant: Dr. Kimberley Schonert-Reichl, UBC)
2011 Childhood, Philosophy and Play: Friedrich Schiller and the Interface Between Reason, Passion and Sensation, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 45, Issue 2.
Keywords:
Engaged philosophical inquiry; Multiculturalism and human rights; Empathy and reason; Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Theories of embodiment; Philosophy for children.
barbara.weber@ubc.ca
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