James Giles | |
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| Born | 1958 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia University of Edinburgh |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western and Eastern philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
Main interests | Metaphysics, Philosophy of mind, Philosophy of sex, Philosophy of love, Existential phenomenology, Evolutionary theory, Buddhist philosophy, Taoist philosophy, Social psychology |
Notable ideas | Constructed self-image, Vulnerability and care theory of love, Naked love theory of human evolution, Sexual desire as an existential need |
| Website | james-giles |
James Giles (born 1958) is a Canadian philosopher and psychologist. He has written about the philosophy of perception,[1] personal identity and the self,[2] mindfulness,[3] Buddhist[4] and Taoist philosophy,[5] and has published theories of the evolution of human hairlessness,[6] the nature of sexual desire,[7] sexual attraction,[8] and gender.[9] His wide range of academic interests and often controversial views have earned him the title of an "interdisciplinary maverick."[10]
- ^ James Giles, A Study in Phenomenalism, Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University, 1994.
- ^ James B. Sauer (1997). No Self to be Found: The Search for Personal Identity by James Giles (review). The Personalist Forum 13 (2, Fall 1997): 321–325. (subscription required)
- ^ James Giles, "The Relevance of the No-self Theory for Contemporary Mindfulness", Current Opinion in Psychology (Special issue on Mindfulness) 28, 2019, 298-301.
- ^ James Giles, "Hakuin, Scepticism, and Seeing into One's Own Nature", Asian Philosophy, 25, 2015, 1-18.
- ^ James Giles, The Way of Awareness in Daoist Philosophy, St. Petersberg, Florida: Three Pines Press, 2020.
- ^ [s.n.] (8 June 2011). Naked love - A gripping new theory Archived 30 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. La Trobe University Bulletin. Accessed March 2014.
- ^ Robert Scott Stewart (25 August 2009). Review - The Nature of Sexual Desire by James Giles; University Press of America, 2008. Metapsychology online reviews 13 (35). Accessed March 2014.
- ^ James Giles, Sexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure, Santa Barbra, California: Praeger, 2020.
- ^ James Giles, Sexual Essays: Gender, Desire, and Nakedness,Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books, 2020.
- ^ "The long and the short of it". edition.independent.co.uk. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.