{"id":6048,"date":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-heimspeki-william-konchak\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T09:48:24","slug":"doktorsvorn-i-heimspeki-william-konchak","status":"publish","type":"phd_defence","link":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/doktorsvorn\/doktorsvorn-i-heimspeki-william-konchak\/","title":{"rendered":"Doktorsv\u00f6rn \u00ed heimspeki: William Konchak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p>Doktorsv\u00f6rn fer fram vi\u00f0 Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideild m\u00e1nudaginn 19. n\u00f3vember n\u00e6stkomandi. \u00de\u00e1 ver William Konchak doktorsritger\u00f0 s\u00edna \u00ed heimspeki sem nefnist Developing a Contemporary Approach to Philosophy as a Way of Life, e\u00f0a Samt\u00edman\u00e1lgun \u00e1 heimspeki sem l\u00edfsm\u00e1ta. Andm\u00e6lendur ver\u00f0a Samantha Harvey, pr\u00f3fessor vi\u00f0 Boise State h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, og Jussi Backman, fr\u00e6\u00f0ima\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 \u00ed Finnlandi.<\/p>\n<p>Doktorsritger\u00f0in er unnin undir lei\u00f0s\u00f6gn Bj\u00f6rns \u00deorsteinssonar, pr\u00f3fessors \u00ed heimspeki og a\u00f0rir \u00ed doktorsnefnd eru Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson pr\u00f3fessor og David Greenham fr\u00e1 University of West of England \u00ed Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>Steinunn J. Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, forseti Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i- og heimspekideildar, stj\u00f3rnar ath\u00f6fninni sem fram fer \u00ed H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asal \u00ed A\u00f0albyggingu H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og hefst kl. 13:00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Um ranns\u00f3knina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00cd ritger\u00f0inni er gengi\u00f0 \u00fat fr\u00e1 hugmynd Pierre Hadot um heimspeki sem l\u00edfsm\u00e1ta, \u00fe.e. sj\u00e1lfs\u00feroskaferli sem \u00e1 s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 me\u00f0 i\u00f0kun \u00feess sem Hadot kallar andlegar \u00e6fingar, \u00e1samt kenningasm\u00ed\u00f0. Ranns\u00f3knin beinir sj\u00f3num a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed hvernig beita megi \u00feessu grundvallarvi\u00f0horfi \u00ed samt\u00edmasamhengi og gerir \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed skyni t\u00falkunarfr\u00e6\u00f0i Hans-Georgs Gadamer og heimspeki Ralphs Waldo Emerson a\u00f0 vi\u00f0fangsefni s\u00ednu. Sko\u00f0a\u00f0 er hvernig hugmyndir \u00feessara hugsu\u00f0a geta leitt til i\u00f0kana sem fela \u00ed s\u00e9r dj\u00fapa umbreytingu, s.s. vi\u00f0horf Gadamers til samr\u00e6\u00f0u og t\u00falkunar, dj\u00fapt\u00e6k sy\u0301n Emersons \u00e1 n\u00e1tt\u00faru, sj\u00e1lfi\u00f0 og andlegan \u00feroska, og fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i hugsu\u00f0anna beggja. Einnig er athuga\u00f0 hvernig i\u00f0kanir og vi\u00f0horf \u00far heimspeki til forna m\u00e1 taka upp og \u00fer\u00f3a \u00ed tengslum vi\u00f0 hugsun Gadamers og Emersons og fella \u00fe\u00e6r inn \u00ed heimspeki sem l\u00edfsm\u00e1ta \u00ed samt\u00edmanum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doktorsefni\u00f0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>William Konchak hefur loki\u00f0 n\u00e1mi \u00ed heimspeki fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands,\u00a0 umhverfisstj\u00f3rnun fr\u00e1 h\u00e1sk\u00f3lanum \u00ed Cambridge og s\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (n\u00fa Sofia University). William hefur veri\u00f0 stundakennari \u00ed n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i um n\u00e1tt\u00farusi\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. Doktorsranns\u00f3knin naut styrks fr\u00e1 Rann\u00eds fyrir tilstu\u00f0lan P\u00e1ls Sk\u00falasonar, fyrrverandi rekstors H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":1367,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_phd_date_start":"2018-11-19T13:00:00+00:00","_phd_date_end":"2018-11-19T15:00:00+00:00","_phd_location":"A\u00f0albygging H\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0asalur","_phd_admission":"A\u00f0gangur \u00f3keypis","_phd_thesis_title":"Developing a Contemporary Approach to Philosophy as a Way of Life, e\u00f0a Samt\u00edman\u00e1lgun \u00e1 heimspeki sem l\u00edfsm\u00e1ta","_phd_source_url":"https:\/\/gamli.hi.is\/vidburdir\/doktorsvorn_i_heimspeki_william_konchak","_phd_source_node_id":"312941","_phd_source_type":"vidburdir","_phd_member_id":332,"footnotes":""},"phd_school":[86,77],"phd_discipline":[89],"class_list":["post-6048","phd_defence","type-phd_defence","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","phd_school-deild-heimspeki-sagnfraedi-og-fornleifafraedi","phd_school-hugvisindasvid","phd_discipline-phd-i-heimspeki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence\/6048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/phd_defence"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_defence\/6048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"phd_school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_school?post=6048"},{"taxonomy":"phd_discipline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phd.hi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/phd_discipline?post=6048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}