Dane Sawyer

Dane’s research focuses on the interconnections among existentialism, philosophy of mind, Buddhism, and meditation, and is interested in what these philosophical perspectives reveal about the nature of consciousness. Some of Dane’s recent publications include “Mindfulness Meditation: A Sartrean Analysis,” “Existenz and Nothingness: Jaspers and Sartre on the Ontology of Truth,” “Who Are Chidi and Eleanor in a Past‐(After)Life? The Buddhist Notion of No‐Self” (in The Good Place and Philosophy), and “Nothingness, Emptiness, and Ecology: A Reframing of Sartre’s Early Ontology through Buddhist Metaphysics” (in Earthly Engagements). Dane’s teaching spans a wide spectrum of subjects, including courses in Eastern Philosophies/Religions; Post-Colonial Philosophies/Theories; Continental Philosophies; and Religions, Film, and Pop-Culture.