AURORA YU
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I am Assistant Professor of Philosophy and affiliated faculty in Classical Studies at the University of San Diego. I received my PhD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My research spans early modern philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy, with particular interests in teleology, metaphysics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of religion. I am especially drawn to the history of efforts to explain the relationship of humans to nature in teleological terms, from Aristotle’s account of the cosmos as a living, ordered whole to early modern thinkers such as Descartes and Berkeley, who reconceived that order in light of the new science and theology. I also find joy in music, dance, and poetry.