Duquesne University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2005
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
PhilPapers Editorships
Jean-Paul Sartre
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    Against theological readings of Sartre
    European Journal of Philosophy. forthcoming.
    This essay addresses ‘the God‐haunted Atheist paradox’ in Sartre's early philosophy and argues against a series of efforts to show that Sartre maintains a ‘secular theology’. It shows that if Sartre's ontology is correct, the God of ‘classic theism’ cannot possibly exist. It argues against two sophisticated efforts to show that theological influences infiltrate Sartre's early ontology and permeate his moral psychology. It also rejects the claim that Sartre's (Existentialism is a Humanism, 1946/2…Read more
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    Book Reviews (review)
    with Phillip Barron, Nahum Brown, J. Reese Faust, and Brooks Kirchgassner
    Sartre Studies International 29 (2): 79-99. 2023.
    Bruce Baugh, Philosophers’ Walks (New York: Routledge, 2022), 251 pp., $48.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0-3673-3313-3 Marco Cavallaro and George Heffernan (editors), The Existential Husserl: A Collection of Critical Essays (New York: Springer, 2022), 354 pp., $119.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-031-05094-7 Mary L. Edwards, Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis: Knowing Others (London: Bloomsbury, 2023), 258 pp., $115.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-350-17347-7, $39.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-350-33107-5. Elisa …Read more
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    Book Reviews (review)
    with Damon Boria, Thomas Meagher, and Adrian van den Hoven
    Sartre Studies International 24 (2): 101-114. 2018.
    Matthew C. Ally, Ecology and Existence: Bringing Sartre to the Water’s Edge, 509 pp., $150.00, ISBN: 9780739182888 Helen Ngo, The Habits of Racism: A Phenomenology of Racism and Racialized Embodiment, 208 pp., $90.00, ISBN: 9781498534642 Aaron James, Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning, 336 pp., $ 27.95, ISBN: 9780385540735 Ronald Aronson, We: Reviving Social Hope., 200 pp., $24.46, ISBN: 9780226334660.
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    The Misplaced Chapter on Bad Faith, or Reading 'Being and Nothingness' in Reverse
    Sartre Studies International 14 (2): 1-22. 2008.
    This essay argues that an adequate account of bad faith cannot be given without taking the second half of Being and Nothingness into consideration. There are two separate but related reasons for this. First, the objectifying gaze of Others provides a necessary condition for the possibility of bad faith. Sartre, however, does not formally introduce analysis of Others until Parts III and IV. Second, upon the introduction of Others, Sartre revises his view of absolute freedom. Sartre's considered v…Read more
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    Bad Faith is Necessarily Social
    Sartre Studies International 14 (2): 40-47. 2008.
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    Book Reviews (review)
    with Eric Hamm, Curtis Sommerlatte, Adrian van den Hoven, Michael Lejman, and Diane Perpich
    Sartre Studies International 22 (2): 97-125. 2016.
    Thomas R. Flynn, Sartre: A Philosophical Biography Review by Matthew C. Eshleman Steven Churchill and Jack Reynolds, eds., Jean-Paul Sartre: Key Concepts Review by Eric Hamm Benedict O’Donohoe, ed., Severally Seeking Sartre Review by Eric Hamm Sofia Miguens, Gerhard Preyer, and Clara Bravo Morando, eds., Pre-Reflective Consciousness: Sartre and Contemporary Philosophy of Mind Review by Curtis Sommerlatte Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails Review by …Read more
  • Book Reviews (review)
    with David Lethbridge, J. C. Berendzen, and T. Storm Heter
    Sartre Studies International 15 (2): 96-119. 2009.
    T Storm Heter, Sartre’s Ethics of Engagement Review by Matthew C. Eshleman Jean-Paul Sartre, The Aftermath of War Review by David Lethbridge David Sherman, Sartre and Adorno: The Dialectics of Subjectivity Review by J. C. Berendzen Yiwei Zheng, Ontology and Ethics in Sartre’s Early Philosophy Review by T Storm Heter.
  • Book Reviews (review)
    with Nicholas J. Wernicki, Shannon M. Mussett, and Adrian van den Hoven
    Sartre Studies International 16 (2): 114-137. 2010.
    David Detmer, Sartre Explained Review by Nicholas J. Wernicki Christine Daigle and Jacob Golomb, eds., Beauvoir & Sartre: The Riddle of Influence Review by Shannon M. Mussett John Foley, Albert Camus: From the Absurd to Revolt Review by Adrian van den Hoven Sebastian Gardner, Sartre’s Being and Nothingness: A Reader’s Guide Review by Matthew C. Eshleman.
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    The Sartrean Mind (edited book)
    with Constance L. Mui
    Routledge. 2019.
    "Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His influence extends beyond academic philosophy to areas as diverse as anti-colonial movements, youth culture, literary criticism, and artistic developments around the world. Beginning with an introduction and biography of Jean-Paul Sartre by Matthew Eshleman, 42 chapters by a team of international contributors cover all the major aspects of Sartre's thought in the following key areas: Sartre's philosophical …Read more
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    In Praise of Sarah Richmond's Translation of L'Être et le néant
    Sartre Studies International 26 (1): 1-15. 2020.
    This article surveys most of the recent reviews of Sarah Richmond’s excellent new translation of L’Être et le néant. It offers some close textual comparisons between Richmond’s translation, Hazel Barnes’ translation, and the Checklist of Errors of Hazel Barnes’ Translation of L’Être et le néant. This article concludes that Richmond delivers a higher semantic resolution translation that overcomes nearly all the liabilities found in Barnes and does so without sacrificing much by way of readability…Read more
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    This programmatic essay sketches a few reasons for the elusive nature of conscious experience. It proposes that while neither introspection nor phenomenologically refined reflection delivers direct ‘observational’ access to intrinsic features of conscious experience, intrinsic features of consciousness, nonetheless, manifest themselves in our experience in a liminal way. Overall it proceeds in two movements. Negatively, it argues that implicit self-awareness renders any notion of reflective acce…Read more
  • Sartrean Mind (edited book)
    with Connie Mui and Christophe Perrin
    Routledge. forthcoming.
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    Could Sartre have been a Free Market Capitalist?
    Sartre Studies International 24 (2): 84-100. 2018.
    William Irwin, The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism. West Essex: Wiley Blackwell, 2015, 203 pages, $21.95, ISBN: 978-1-119-12128-2.
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    The misplaced chapter on bad faith, or reading being and nothingness in reverse
    Sartre Studies International 14 (2): 1-22. 2008.
    This essay argues that an adequate account of bad faith cannot be given without taking the second half of Being and Nothingness into consideration. There are two separate but related reasons for this. First, the objectifying gaze of Others provides a necessary condition for the possibility of bad faith. Sartre, however, does not formally introduce analysis of Others until Parts III and IV. Second, upon the introduction of Others, Sartre revises his view of absolute freedom. Sartre's considered v…Read more
  • Sartre on limited and conditioned
    In Adrian Mirvish & Adrian Van den Hoven (eds.), New Perspectives on Sartre, Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 124. 2010.
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    Two Dogmas of Sartrean Existentialism
    Philosophy Today 46 (Supplement): 68-74. 2002.
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    Bad faith is necessarily social
    Sartre Studies International 14 (2): 40-47. 2008.
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    The Sartrean Mind (edited book)
    Routledge. 2018.
    Introduction to Global Military History provides a lucid and comprehensive account of military developments around the modern world from the eighteenth century up to the present day. Beginning with the background to the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary wars and ending with the recent conflicts of the twenty-first century, this third edition combines fully up-to-date global coverage with close analysis not only of the military aspects of war but also its social, cultural,…Read more
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    Sartre and Foucault on ideal "constraint"
    Sartre Studies International 10 (2): 56-76. 2004.
    Although most of the contemporary debates around subjectivity are framed by a rejection of the metaphysical subject, more time needs to be spent developing the implications of abandoning the meta-physics of constraint. Doing so provides the key to approaching our pressing problem that concerns freedom, and only once invisible, ideal "constraints" have been adequately understood will all of the contemporary puzzlement that concerns intentional resistance to power be assuaged. While Sartre does no…Read more
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    An Atypical Response to Living Without God
    Sartre Studies International 16 (2): 94-106. 2010.
  • The Cartesian Unconscious
    History of Philosophy Quarterly 24 (2): 169-187. 2007.
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    Sartre and Foucault on Ideal "Constraint"
    Sartre Studies International 10 (2): 56-76. 2004.
    Although most of the contemporary debates around subjectivity are framed by a rejection of the metaphysical subject, more time needs to be spent developing the implications of abandoning the meta-physics of constraint. Doing so provides the key to approaching our pressing problem that concerns freedom, and only once invisible, ideal "constraints" have been adequately understood will all of the contemporary puzzlement that concerns intentional resistance to power be assuaged. While Sartre does no…Read more
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    An Atypical Response to Living Without God
    Sartre Studies International 16 (2): 94-106. 2010.
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    Two dogmas of Sartrean existentialism
    Philosophy Today 46 (5): 68-74. 2002.
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