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Eyja Margrét Jóhönnu Brynjarsdóttir - Professor
–
Hugvísindasvið
Eyja Margrét Jóhönnu Brynjarsdóttir
Íslenska
Professor
of philosophy
Location
Gimli / G-315
Phone
5254937
Email
eyjabryn [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology
Website
https://eyjabryn.com
Consultation hours
Thursdays 15:30–16:30
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-359X
Research portal – Eyja Margrét Jóhönnu Brynjarsdóttir
Courses 2024 - 2025
HSP416G - Metaphysics
HSP806F - Ethics of Science and Research
HSP048F - Project in Ethics of Science and Research
HSP809F - MA research project
HSP103G - Introduction to Philosophy
HSP723M - Current ethical issues
HSP073F - Research Ethics
HSP712F - Project in area of specialization
Education
2007
,
PhD
,
Cornell University
,
Philosophy
1997
,
MA
,
Cornell University
,
Philosophy
1993
,
BA
,
University of Iceland
,
Philosophy
Professional Experience
2019 -
,
Professor of philosophy,
Faculty of philosophy, history and archaeology, University of Iceland
2018 -
2019,
Adjunct lecturer in philosophy,
Faculty of education and diversity, University of Iceland
2017 -
2017,
Research scholar,
Institute of philosophy, University of Iceland
2015 -
2017,
Research specialist,
Institute of philosophy, University of Iceland
2013 -
2014,
Head of department of social science,
Bifröst University
2009 -
2012,
Postdoctoral researcher,
Institute of philosophy, University of Iceland
2007 -
2009,
Assistant professor of philosophy,
Faculty of history and philosophy, University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Editorial
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Marriage, Money, and Women’s Independence in the Modern Era
Editorial
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
2023
"Loftslagskrísan og rökvísi karllægrar verndar" by Ole Sandberg
Editorial
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Editorial
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
Editorial
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
2022
The COVID-19 Guidebook for Living in an Alternate Universe
University of Gothenburg
NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research (Fræðitímarit)
2021
On Inhumanity by David Livingstone Smith
Metapsychology Online
Hin ósnertanlegu: slaufunarmenning, forréttindi og útskúfun
Tímarit Máls og menningar
2020
Bakslagsviðbrögð við #MeToo
Silencing resistance to the patriarchy
Manneðli, kveneðli, óeðli
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
2019
Frumgerðir og eftirmyndir
2018
Against a Sequestered Philosophy
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
Netla – Veftímarit um uppeldi og menntun. Sérrit 2018 – Bókmenntir, listir og grunnþættir menntunar. (Fræðitímarit)
The Reality of Money
Against a Sequestered Philosophy
Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
Pyrrhos og Kíneas, transl. Móheiður Hlíf Geirlaugsdóttir
Prospective study on long-term outcome after abdominal surgery
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
2017
Heimspekingar og stjórnmál
Um mildina, by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, transl. Haukur Sigurðsson
Rökgreiningarheimspeki sem gagnrýnistól
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
John Stuart Mill. Frelsið. Íslensk þýðing eftir Jón Hnefil Aðalsteinsson og Þorstein Gylfason
Voltaire. Birtíngur. Íslensk þýðing eftir Halldór Laxness með forspjalli eftir Þorstein Gylfason
Rökgreiningarheimspeki sem gagnrýnistól
Hugur
Konur í heimspeki nýaldar, transl. Þóra Björg Sigurðardóttir
2016
Inngangur að Til varnar réttindum konunnar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Til varnar réttindum konunnar, by Mary Wollstonecraft, transl. Gísli Magnússon
2015
Inngangur að Vísindabyltingum
Vísindabyltingar, by Thomas S. Kuhn, transl. Kristján Arngrímsson
Blóðsykur, vinnuvikur, mælistikur: Um peninga, vinnu og verðmæti
Ritið
Dagbók 2016
Peningar sem samfélagsfyrirbæri
2014
Hverjir eru þeir og hvar eru þær?
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag (Útgefandi)
2013
Ritið (Fræðitímarit)
Skynsemi eða rökleikni?
Skírnir
Er heimspekin kvenfjandsamleg?
Ritið
Einstefna í báðar áttir
Kúgun: rasísk og önnur
2012
Primary and Secondary Qualities. The Historical and Ongoing Debate
Metapsychology Online
2011
Að skoða náttúru til að skoða náttúru
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
University of Oslo
2010
Is Relativity a Requirement for Mind-Dependence?
Stuck in the Middle
Rivista di Estetica
Reyndir, eindir og einfaldleiki
The Red and the Real
Metapsychology Online
2009
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki (Fræðitímarit)
Hvernig hvetja siðferðisdómar?
2008
Skilið á milli
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
Response-dependence of concepts is not for properties
American Philosophical Quarterly
Patrick JJ Phillips, The Challenge of Relativism. Reviewed by
Philosophy in Review
2007
Science and Ethics: Can Science Help Us Make Wise Moral Judgments?
Metapsychology Online
Síðdegisboð hjá Immanuel
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
Instances of Instantiation
2004
Tvær ráðgátur um eiginleika
Hugur: tímarit um heimspeki
2001
Ásetningur
1993
Recht, Gerechtigkeit und der Staat
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