Mercedes Valmisa

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Gettysburg College, PA

Mercedes Valmisa is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Adapting: A Chinese Philosophy of Action (Oxford University Press, 2021).

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Written by Mercedes Valmisa

Ink wash painting of a dragon emerging from clouds, showing detailed dragon face, claws, and scales against a smoked, cloudy background.

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Metaphysics

We are interwoven beings

A dragon needs the clouds and the wind in order to fly. What happens when we too relinquish individualistic reasoning?

Mercedes Valmisa