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Author Angela Roothaan

Angela Roothaan

Angela Roothaan

PhD in Philosophy from University of Amsterdam

Angela Roothaan received her Masters in Philosophy at Leiden University and her PhD at the University of Amsterdam. After several temporary positions as a teacher and researcher of philosophy, she was awarded tenure as assistant professor at VU University Amsterdam in 2002. A passionate writer, she has published five philosophy books in Dutch and many academic articles, which always probe the intersections of science, ethics, spirituality and politics. She also writes a blog with the aim to bring philosophy out of the ivory tower.

Caredroids and the Future of Growing Old

Angela Roothaan
Arts & Culture
Recently, the online magazine, Good, suggested robots may be the future of elder care. But how will these caredroids change the way we understand what it means to “care”? And how will they change the way...

What Happens to Critical Thought in Today’s Market-driven Academia?

Angela Roothaan
Art & Literature, Arts & Culture, Education, Philosophy, Society & Culture
What happens to critical thought in today’s market-driven academia?

How Much Do We Really Know about Animal Consciousness?

Angela Roothaan
Philosophy, Politics, Politics & Economics, Science, Science & Medicine
What defines the boundary between humans and animals? The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness states that “comparative research on this topic is naturally hampered by the inability of non-human animals,...

Plato Studied in Africa: The Case for Culturally Inclusive Philosophy

Angela Roothaan
Philosophy, Society & Culture
I studied philosophy in the Netherlands in the 80s. Almost no one criticized the western-oriented curriculum. Recently, however, scholars have begun to question how philosophy can leave so many non-western traditions of thought aside.
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