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Philosophy
Background My interest in philosophy began with a first-year undergraduate unit at Southampton University (UK). I remember being thoroughly bemused by Wittgenstein's private language arguments! I became more seriously engaged with philosophical ideas during the course of a Sociology masters degree at The London School of Economics. I specialised in sociological theory and political sociology, both of which required a thorough grounding in European social thought (i.e., Hegel, Marx, Weber, Gadamer, Habermas, Adorno, etc). My PhD thesis - titled Political mobilisation and the question of subjectivity - adopted a meta-theoretical position that was predicated upon a philosophical idealism. This required an engagement with thinkers such as Brentano, James, Husserl, Sartre and Schutz. The Philosophers' Magazine My interest in philosophical ideas was a major factor in my decision to go into partnership to launch The Philosophers' Magazine. In the years since 1997, I have written on:
TPM makes extensive use of the interview format. Amongst the philosophers and scientists I have interviewed are:
New British Philosophy The New British Philosophy (Routledge, 2002) project emerged out of thoughts about (a) the philosophical utility of the interview format; and (b) the emerging generation of British philosophers. For New British Philosophy, I interviewed: Timothy Williamson; Rae Langton; Miranda Fricker; Simon Critchley; Aaron Ridley; Christina Howells; Keith Ansell-Pearson; and Robin Le Poidevin. The subjects of the interviews included: aesthetics; Sartre and Derrida; epistemology and rational authority; vagueness; Deleuze and the transhuman condition; pornography; metaphysics; and the analytic/continental philosophy divide. Follow these links to read reviews of the book: What Philosophers Think What Philosophers Think is a collection of the interviews with philosophers and intellectuals which have appeared in TPM. The interviews have been revised and expanded for publication. You can find further details here. Follow these links to read reviews of the book: |
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