KATE FINLEY
Recent Publications:
"Mental Disorder, Meaning-making, & Religious Cognition." TheoLogica (forthcoming) - see more about this project
"A Module on Ethics and Social Implications of Computing for Introductory Engineering Computing Courses." American Society for Engineering Education (forthcoming) with Brooke, O, & Longfield, V.
"A Defense of Cognitive Penetration & the Face-Race Lightness Illusion." Philosophical Psychology (2022)
"Adoption, Abortion, & Integrity." in Pregnancy and Persons. Routledge (2022)
"Philosophy of Mind." T&T Clark Encyclopedia of Christian Theology. T&T Clark / Bloomsbury (2021)
"Narrative, Theology, and Philosophy of Religion." Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Philosophy of Religion. Wiley-Blackwell (2021) with Seachris, J.
"Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation, by Scott Davison." Faith and Philosophy (2019)
"Review of Ritualized Faith by Terence Cuneo." Religious Studies, Wiley-Blackwell (2019)
“Perception, Cognition, and Prediction” University of Notre Dame (2018) Dissertation
Recent Grants and Awards:
“Prosocial & Emotional Effects of Narratives: The Role of Perspective-taking Brain Networks" | Duke University, ($26,684) 2022-2023 (co-PI) with Fernanda Pérez Gay Juarez, Samantha Fede, Rodrigo Diaz, and Laura Matthews
“Group Membership Modulation of Memory and Judgments for Morally Ambiguous Actions" | Duke University, ($26,860) 2022-2023 (PI) with Ryan Daley, Cecilia Forcato, Lauren Kaczer, Marina Trakas, Laura Soter
“Mental Disorder, Religious Engagement, & Emotional Stability” | New Visions in Theological Anthropology,
($26,209) 2022-2023 (principal investigator) - see more about this project
“Narratives of Mental Disorders in Religious Communities” | Global Health Interdisciplinary summer research
($14,600) 2022 (principal investigator) with Stephanie Pangborn- see more about this project
“Explorations of Mental Disorder, Neurodiversity, & Embodiment - and Connections with Religious
Engagement” | Towsley Research Scholars grant ($58,000) 2022-2025 (principal investigator)
"Mental Disorder & Psychological Stability in Christianity” | Calvin Scholar-Teacher research grant ($17,896) 2022
(principal investigator)
“The ‘Emotional Prosperity Gospel’ and Mental Disorder” | New Visions in Theological Anthropology, University of St. Andrews, ($5,000) 2022 (principal investigator)
"Mental Disorder & Psychological Stability in Christianity” | Nyenhuis research grant ($4,900) 2022 (principal investigator with student research collaborator Cristina Chiazza)
“Transformative Narratives of Mental Disorder & Religion” | Blueprint 1543 research grant ($14,644) 2021 (principal investigator)
“Transformative Narratives of Mental Disorder & Religion” | Nyenhuis research grant ($7,488) 2021 (principal
investigator with student research collaborator Megan Jacobs)
“Symptoms of Mental Disorder & Components of Faith” | Nyenhuis research grant ($7,088) 2020 (principal investigator
with student research collaborator Emma Passaglia)
Public Philosophy:
“How to Understand Mental Disorder & Christianity” | Church of the Savior, 2021
“Mental Disorder Transforms Faith” | The Analytic Christian YouTube interview, 2021
"The Power of Beliefs" | Broken People blog post, 2021
"Trapped in Your Own Story" | Broken People blog post, 2021
"Feminism & Philosophy" | She's the Man radio interview, 2021
"Hearing Different Voices" | Broken People blog post, 2021
“Key Topics in Philosophy of Mind” | HASP organization, 2019
Works-in-progress:
“Embodied Cognition & the Grip of Computationalism” (revise & resubmit)
“An Improved Account of Thought Insertion” (revise & resubmit)
“Identity, Narrative, and Meaning-making in Mental Disorder” (revise & resubmit)
Summer Seminars in Neuroscience & Philosophy,
Duke University
Embodied Religious Experience Workshop, Princeton University
Templeton Interfaith Workshop, Jordan
Scientiae Conference, University of Vienna, Austria
History of Philosophy of Science Conference, University of Ghent, Belgium
