Elena Holmgren
Position
Credentials
BA Honours (University of Victoria),MA (University of Victoria), Philosophy PhD Candidate (University of British Columbia)
Area of expertise
Phenomenology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science and Psychology, Early Modern Philosophy (including Kant), Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Philosophy of Science and Technology, AI Ethics and the Ethics of Scientific Practice.
Elena’s overarching research interest lies in exploring the enduring relevance of classical phenomenology (especially that of Edmund Husserl and Maurice Merleau-Ponty) to contemporary philosophy of mind. She is also interested in how phenomenology can bolster the philosophical foundations of cognitive science and psychology. Her SSHRC-funded doctoral research provides a phenomenological account of altered self-, time- and norm-consciousness in flow states. She also works on the phenomenology of well-being, and is starting a project on the phenomenology of algorithmically-mediated self-constitution. She has presented her work at multiple national and international philosophy conferences. In addition, she has taught several philosophy courses at the University of British Columbia and is currently a continuing philosophy instructor at Camosun College, Victoria. For more information about her research, publications and teaching, please visit her website at:https://elena.holmgren.ca/