Robert H. Scott, Ph.D.

Robert H. Scott

Associate Professor, Philosophy

Phone706-946-5488

Office location Blue Ridge Campus, 111, Blue Ridge

Area(s) of Expertise: Phenomenology, environmental ethics, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology, Buddhist Philosophy

Overview

Dr. Scott teaches on the Blue Ridge and Dahlonega campuses. He is editor (with Gregory S. Moss) of The Significance of Indeterminacy: Perspectives from Asian and Continental Philosophy (Routledge, 2019) and (with James McRae) of Introduction to Buddhist East Asia (Suny Press, 2023). Dr. Scott currently serves as Philosophy Coordinator.

Courses Taught

  • PHIL 2010 - Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 2200 - Ethics from a Global Perspective
  • PHIL 2500 - Logic
  • PHIL 3000 - Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 3200 - Phenomenology and Existentialism
  • PHIL 3210 - Ethics of Leadership
  • PHIL 4220 - Environmental Ethics
  • PHIL 4300 - Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 4900 (Topics) - Phenomenology and Existentialism

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Georgia, 2015
  • M.A., Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago, 2003
  • B.A., Philosophy and Biblical Studies, Wheaton College, 1995

Research/Special Interests

  • Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology
  • Environmental Ethics
  • History of Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Buddhism and Comparative Philosophy

Publications

Co-editor (with James McRae) of Introduction to Buddhist East Asia, Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2023.

“Introduction to Buddhist East Asia: Origins, Core Doctrines, Transmission, and Schools,” co-author: James McRae, in Introduction to Buddhist East Asia (above listed).

“Wisdom and Compassion in Chinul, Korean Seon Buddhism, and Postmodern Ethics,” in Introduction to Buddhist East Asia (above listed).

Co-editor (with Yi Deng, Creighton Rosental, and Rosalind Simson) of Freedom and Society: Essays on Autonomy, Identity, and Political Freedom, Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2021.

“Introduction: The Task of Freedom,” in Freedom and Society: Essays on Autonomy, Identity, and Political Freedom (above listed).

Co-editor (with Greg Moss) of The Significance of Indeterminacy: Perspectives from Asian and Continental Philosophy, New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

"Indeterminacy as Key to a Phenomenological Reinterpretation of Aristotle's Intellectual Virtues" in The Significance of Indeterminacy: Perspectives from Asian and Continental Philosophy (above listed).

"A Phenomenological Theory of Ecological Responsibility and Its Implications for Moral Agency in Climate Change," The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Vol. 31, pp. 645-659, (2018).

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, University of North Georgia, June 2016 – present
  • Lecturer, University of North Georgia, 2015-2016

Personal Information

  • Philosophy Coordinator, UNG
  • Executive Board, Georgia Philosophical Society
  • Past President of Georgia Philosophical Society
  • International Association of Environmental Philosophers (member)
  • American Philosophical Association (member)