Tom started following the work of Jenny Chamarette, University of Leicester, Modern Languages.
Tom started following the work of Miguel Beistegui, University of Warwick, Philosophy.
Tom started following the work of Peter Heymans, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Language and Literature Department.
Faculty Member, School of Philosophy
About
BA (Hons) Sussex; MA, PhD Warwick.
Teaches: Phenomenology and Existentialism, Aesthetics, Philosophy of History, Nietzsche and Post-Kantian Philosophy
Researches: Heidegger, environmental philosophy, hermeneutics and the philosophy of nature, German idealism and romanticism, environmental aesthetics, ancient philosophy.
Administrator for the Eco-philosophy discussion group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=343908829035
Research Interests
My work is presently focused on an investigation into the philosophical significance of wonder as a basis for the appreciation of nature and the historical shifts that this affect and its conceptualisation have undergone. In this work I am also looking at the role played by the notion of ‘ultimate principles’ in both ancient philosophy and modern philosophies that recognise the historicity of the concept of nature (e.g. in the metaphysics of R.G.Collingwood and Reiner Schürmann). I am particularly interested in the way that notions of mythologisation, demythologisation and disenchantment have informed philosophical work on wonder and the history of conceptualisations of nature, since these notions also play a significant role much contemporary environmental philosophy, especially work stemming from the continental tradition.
Contact Information
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