Matt MacKenzie

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Institutional Affiliation

Colorado State University

Education

Ph.D., University of Hawai'i, Manoa, 2004

Regional and Thematic Interests

• Indian and Buddhist philosophy
• Philosophy of mind
• Metaphysics

Profile

MacKenzie specializes in Buddhist philosophy, classical Indian philosophy, and the philosophy of mind, with a special focus on consciousness, self-consciousness, and the self. His articles have appeared in Philosophy East and West, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, and Journal of Consciousness Studies, among others. He is the author of Buddhist Philosophy and the Embodied Mind (Rowman & Littlefield  2022).

Selected Publications

2013. “Enacting Selves, Enacting Worlds: Reflections on the Buddhist Theory of Karma,” Philosophy East and West.

2012. “Luminosity, Subjectivity, and Temporality: An Examination of Buddhist and Advaita Views of Consciousness,” In Hindu and Buddhist Ideas in Dialogue: Self and No-Self, Eds. C. Ram-Prasad and J. Ganeri, Ashgate.

2011. “Enacting the self: Buddhist and enactivist approaches to the emergence of the self,” In Self, No Self? Perspectives from Analytical, Phenomenological, and Indian Traditions, Eds. M. Siderits, E. Thompson, and D. Zahavi, Oxford University Press, pp. 239-273.

2007. “The Illumination of Consciousness: Approaches to Self-Awareness in the Indian and Western Traditions,” Philosophy East and West, Vol. 57, pp. 40-62.