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2337Heidegger and Wittgenstein on Language and MysteryInternational Studies in Philosophy 15 (3): 25-43. 1983.
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2277Dasein, The Early Years: Heideggerian Reflections on ChildhoodInternational Philosophical Quarterly 54 (4): 379-391. 2014.Like most philosophers, Heidegger gave little attention to childhood, but his philosophical emphasis on pre-reflective practice and understanding seems uniquely qualified to help make sense of a child’s experience and development. Moreover, it seems to me that many central Heideggerian concepts are best defended, exemplified, and articulated by bringing child development into the discussion. A Heideggerain emphasis on pre-theoretical world-involvement opens up a rich array of phenomena for study…Read more
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1905Nietzsche’s Will to Power and PoliticsIn Manuel Knoll & Barry Stocker (eds.), Nietzsche as Political Philosopher, De Gruyter. pp. 113-134. 2014.
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993Writing Knowledge in the SoulEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 11 (2): 319-332. 2007.In this essay I take up Plato’s critique of poetry, which has little to do with epistemology and representational imitation, but rather the powerful effects that poeticperformances can have on audiences, enthralling them with vivid image-worlds and blocking the powers of critical reflection. By focusing on the perceived psychological dangers of poetry in performance and reception, I want to suggest that Plato’s critique was caught up in the larger story of momentous shifts in the Greek world, tu…Read more
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823A Story of Unrequited LoveEpoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (2): 287-296. 2015.Aristotle’s Poetics defends the value of tragic poetry, presumably to counter Plato’s critique in the Republic. Can this defense resonate with something larger and rather surprising, that Aristotle’s overall philosophy displays a tragic character? I define the tragic as pertaining to indigenous and inescapable limits on life, knowledge, control, achievement, and agency. I explore how such limits figure in Aristotle’s physics, metaphysics, and biological works. Accordingly I want to disturb the c…Read more
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813How Does the Ascetic Ideal Function in Nietzsche's Genealogy?Journal of Nietzsche Studies 35 (1): 106-123. 2008.
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773The Point of Language in Heidegger’s ThinkingGatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual 6 1-22. 2016.
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631Prospects for a Democratic Agon : Why We Can Still Be NietzscheansJournal of Nietzsche Studies 24 (1): 132-147. 2002.
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501Nietzsche, Democracy, and Excellence: Politics as JazzInternational Studies in Philosophy 32 (3): 39-50. 2000.
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493Human nature in a postmodern world: Reflections on the work of Eugene Gendlin (review)Human Studies 17 (3). 1994.
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484Phainomenon and Logos in Aristotle's EthicsIn Hatab Lawrence J. (ed.), Phenomenology and Virtue Ethics, Bloomsbury. pp. 10-30. 2013.
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115Nietzsche's life sentence: coming to terms with eternal recurrenceRoutledge. 2005.In this book, Lawrence Hatab provides an accessible and provocative exploration of one of the best-known and still most puzzling aspects of Nietzsche's thought: eternal recurrence, the claim that life endlessly repeats itself identically in every detail. Hatab argues that eternal recurrence can and should be read literally, in just the way Nietzsche described it in the texts. The book offers a readable treatment of most of the core topics in Nietzsche's philosophy, all discussed in the light of …Read more
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77Nietzsche's 'on the Genealogy of Morality': An IntroductionCambridge University Press. 2008.Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality is a forceful, perplexing, important book, radical in its own time and profoundly influential ever since. This introductory textbook offers a comprehensive, close reading of the entire work, with a section-by-section analysis that also aims to show how the Genealogy holds together as an integrated whole. The Genealogy is helpfully situated within Nietzsche's wider philosophy, and occasional interludes examine supplementary topics that further enhance the …Read more
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60Time‐sharing in the Bestiary: On Daniel W. Conway's “The Politics of Decadence”Southern Journal of Philosophy 37 (S1): 35-41. 1999.
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57The Ecstatic Nature of EmpathyJournal of Philosophical Research 26 359-380. 2001.This paper ventures an analysis of empathy along the lines of Heidegger’s ecstatic structure of being-in-the-world. Empathy is construed as a mode of attunement disclosing the existential weal and woe of others, and as such it serves a basic ethical function of opening up moral import, interest, and motivation. The following conclusions will be drawn: 1) empathy is a genuine possibility in human experience and should not be understood as a “subjective” phenomenon; 2) empathy is “natural” in a wa…Read more
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57Paul Loeb, The Death of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra (review)New Nietzsche Studies 8 (3-4): 196-204. 2011.
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41Gerard J. Hughes, Aristotle on Ethics, London, Routledge, 2001, pp. x + 238Utilitas 15 (1): 117. 2003.
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Areas of Specialization
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Continental Philosophy |