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5Anne Conway on OmnipresencePhilosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy 31 (1): 3-20. 2023.This paper offers a discussion of Conway’s account of omnipresence, as found in her only published work, Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1690). It is argued that Conway proposes a radical approach to understanding the nature of the divine presence in the world. After delineating different approaches to the question of omnipresence that can be found in the philosophical and theological tradition, it is argued that Conway offers a significant and original account that contras…Read more
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Schopenhauer's philosophy of religionIn David Bather Woods & Timothy Stoll (eds.), The Schopenhauerian mind, Routledge. 2023.
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9Schopenhauer and the Nature of PhilosophyLexington Books. 2021.This book examines the metaphilosophy that underlies the work of Arthur Schopenhauer and discusses important questions concerning the proper nature and aims of philosophy. It sheds vital new light on a thinker whose ideas continue to both provoke and inspire.
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43Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism ControversyInternational Philosophical Quarterly 61 (1): 101-119. 2021.This paper places Kant’s Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason within the historical context of the pantheism controversy between Mendelssohn and Jacobi. I argue that reading Religion with this context in mind shines new light upon passages connected with the need for a moral archetype and prototype in the form of Christ, as well as various comments upon the relation between Christianity and Judaism. Within this new viewpoint, we can also see Religion as ultimately concerned with promoting C…Read more
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13Kant’s as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and JacobiInternational Philosophical Quarterly. forthcoming.
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19The philosophy of Anne Conway: God, creation and the nature of timeBloomsbury Academic. 2020.An examination of the philosophy of Anne Conway (1631-1679) and the main aspects of her fascinating work, Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy.
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532Schopenhauer and the StoicsPli 90-105. 2016.This paper considers the largely unexplored relation between Schopenhauer’s metaphysical system of Will and the philosophical therapy offered by Stoicism. By focusing on three key texts from disparate points in Schopenhauer’s philosophical career, as well as considering live debates regarding the metaphorical nature of his thought and his soteriology, I argue that the general view of straightforward opposition between himself and the Stoics is not the correct one. Rather, there are deep para…Read more
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38Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the WillInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 28 (2): 188-204. 2020.This paper seeks to illuminate Schopenhauer’s notion of the negation or denial of the will by investigating the figure of the saint within his philosophy. We argue that various discussions in Schop...
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24The Cambridge history of moral philosophy: edited by Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.xii + 751, £130.00 (hb), ISBN: 978-1-107-03305-4 (review)British Journal for the History of Philosophy 27 (6): 1239-1240. 2019.Volume 27, Issue 6, December 2019, Page 1239-1240.
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53Anne Conway and Henry More on FreedomInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 27 (5): 631-648. 2019.ABSTRACTThis paper seeks to shed light on the often-overlooked account of divine and human freedom presented by Anne Conway in her Principles of the Most Ancient Modern Philosophy, partly through a...
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26The Cambridge history of moral philosophy: edited by Sacha Golob and Jens Timmermann, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.xii + 751, £130.00 , ISBN: 978-1-107-03305-4British Journal for the History of Philosophy 27 (6): 1239-1240. 2019.Volume 27, Issue 6, December 2019, Page 1239-1240.
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26James J. DiCenso, Kant, Religion and PoliticsCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 Pp. vii, 294 ISBN 978-1-107-00933-2 $95.00; £55.00 (review)Kantian Review 19 (1): 161-165. 2014.
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37Dennis Vanden Auweele, The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Pessimism New York: Routledge, 2017 Pp. xiii+242 ISBN 9781138744271 (hbk) $150; £105 (review)Kantian Review 23 (1): 173-178. 2018.
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68Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity, and EschatologyPhilosophy and Theology 29 (2): 277-295. 2017.This paper considers the conception of the Triune God, soteriology and eschatology in Anne Conway’s metaphysics. After outlining some of the key features of her thought, including her account of a timeless God who is nevertheless intimately present in creation, I will argue that her conception of the Trinity offers a distinctive role for Christ and the Holy Spirit to play in her philosophical system. I also propose an interpretation of Conway’s eschatology, in which time is understood as grounde…Read more
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19Comprehensive Commentary on Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Bare Reason. By Stephen R. Palmquist. Pp. xxix, 604, Chichester, Wiley‐Blackwell, 2015, £120.00 (review)Heythrop Journal 58 (3): 563-564. 2017.
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126Kant and Sartre: Existentialism and Critical PhilosophyIn Sorin Baiasu (ed.), Comparing Kant and Sartre, Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 3-17. 2015.Kant and Sartre are two of the most significant figures in modern philosophy, and yet there has, until very recently, been little comparative research undertaken on them. Despite dealing with many shared philosophical issues, they have traditionally been taken to be too opposed to each other to render any search for possible parallels between their works a useful enterprise. Indeed, Sartre is often taken to be one of Kant’s most vocal critics in the literature, and as rather indebted to other ma…Read more
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37Schopenhauer on the Development of the IndividualEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 20 (2): 427-446. 2016.This paper formulates Schopenhauer’s account of the development of the individual, with emphasis on the drive towards discerning truth about the essence of the world, be it through philosophy, religion, or the natural sciences, and the concomitant search for consolation in the face of the pessimistic truths about human existence.In this regard, the paper analyses the often largely ignored passages‘On Man’s Need for Metaphysics’ and ‘On the Different Periods of Life’,in order to…Read more
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28Kant's Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason: A CommentaryBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 22 (1): 183-187. 2014.Review of 'Kant's Religion Within the Bounds of Mere Reason: A Commentary' - DiCenso
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8Schopenhauer’s Fourfold Root (edited book)Routledge. 2016.This volume collects 12 essays by various contributors on the subject of the importance and influence of Schopenhauer’s doctoral dissertation for both Schopenhauer’s more well-known philosophy and the ongoing discussion of the subject of the principle of sufficient reason. The contributions deal with the historical context of Schopenhauer’s reflections, their relationship to idealism, the insights they hold for Schopenhauer’s views of consciousness and sensation, and how they illuminate Schopenh…Read more
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
19th Century Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |