University of Pittsburgh
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2006
Missoula, Montana, United States of America
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    Kierkegaard's Socratic Point of View
    In Sara Ahbel‐Rappe & Rachana Kamtekar (eds.), A Companion to Socrates, Blackwell. 2005.
    This chapter contains sections titled: Kierkegaard's Socratic Stance: “I am Not a Christian” Socratic Ignorance Kierkegaard as Writer and Thinker.
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    Understanding Kierkegaard’s Johannes Climacus in the Postscript
    Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 2007 (2007): 424-440. 2007.
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    Andreas Frederik Beck’s Review of Kierkegaard’s On the Concept of Irony
    Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 23 (1): 359-395. 2018.
    Name der Zeitschrift: Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook Jahrgang: 23 Heft: 1 Seiten: 359-395.
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    Socratic Irony, Plato's Apology, and Kierkegaard's On the Concept of Irony
    Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook 2009 (1): 71-126. 2009.
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    Kierkegaard's Socratic Task
    Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. 2006.
    The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) conceived of himself as the Socrates of nineteenth century Copenhagen. Having devoted the bulk of his first major work, *The Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates*, to the problem of the historical Socrates, Kierkegaard maintained at the end of his life that it is to Socrates that we must turn if we are to understand his own philosophical undertaking: "The only analogy I have before me is Socrates; my task is a Socratic task." …Read more
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    Review of Alastair Hannay (trans.), Concluding Unscientific Postscript (review)
    Søren Kierkegaard Newsletter 56 20-23. 2010.
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    Socratic Irony, Plato's Apology, and Kierkegaard's On the Concept of Irony
    In Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Hermann Deuser & K. Brian Söderquist (eds.), Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, De Gruyter. pp. 71-125. 2009.
    In this paper I argue that Plato's Apology is the principal text on which Kierkegaard relies in arguing for the idea that Socrates is fundamentally an ironist. After providing an overview of the structure of this argument, I then consider Kierkegaard's more general discussion of irony, unpacking the distinction he draws between irony as a figure of speech and irony as a standpoint. I conclude by examining Kierkegaard's claim that the Apology itself is “splendidly suited for obtaining a clear con…Read more
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    Kierkegaard's Socratic Point of View
    In Sara Ahbel-Rappe & Rachana Kamtekar (eds.), Kierkegaardiana, Blackwell. 2006; rev. 2009.
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    Understanding Kierkegaard’s Johannes Climacus in the Postscript
    In Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Hermann Deuser & K. Brian Söderquist (eds.), Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook, De Gruyter. pp. 424-440. 2007.
    In this paper I take issue with James Conant’s claim that Johannes Climacus seeks to engage his reader in the Postscript by himself enacting the confusions to which he thinks his reader is prone. I contend that Conant’s way of reading the Postscript fosters a hermeneutic of suspicion that leads him (and those who follow his approach) to be unduly suspicious of some of Climacus’ philosophical activity. I argue that instead of serving as a mirror of his reader’s faults, Climacus is better conceive…Read more
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    Wittgenstein’s analogy between psychoanalysis and his later philosophical methods is explored and developed. Historical evidence supports the claim that Wittgenstein characterized an early version of his general remarks on philosophy (§§89-133 in the Philosophical Investigations) as a sustained comparison with psychoanalysis. A non-adversarial, therapeutic interpretation is adopted towards Wittgenstein which emphasizes his focus on dissolving the metaphysical puzzlement of particular troubled …Read more