James Young, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

Aesthetic judgements and the new philosophy of language
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$52,029
Aristotle and Aristotelian Philosophy: an International Conference
SSHRC · 2004 · Principal investigator
$9,960
The ethics of cultural appropriation
SSHRC · 2004 · Co-investigator
$129,578

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Aesthetic judgements and the new philosophy of language

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Young, James O.

Keywords: aesthetics; realism; relativism; philosophy of language; semantics

$52,029

Aristotle and Aristotelian Philosophy: an International Conference

Principal investigatorSSHRC2004Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Young, James O.

Keywords: Aristotle; Aristotelianism; ancient philosophy; medieval philosophy; metaphysics; virtue ethics; history of ideas; philosophy of biology; philosophy of religion; philosophy of science

$9,960

The ethics of cultural appropriation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Brunk, Conrad G.

Keywords: cultural appropriation; ethics; interdisciplinary; intellectual property; Ffirst Nations; Aboriginal peoples; art; music; museums; human remains; ethnobotany; archaeology; genetics; religious beliefs; health information

$129,578

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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