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Research Interests

Philosophical Anthropology, Systematic Philosophy, Hermeneutical Phenomenology (Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoueur), Metaphysics, Metaethics, Philosophy of Action, Philosophy of Mind.

Biography

• B.A., Honours (Political Science & Philosophy), Laurentian University
• M.A. Philosophy, Queens University

My interests are united by my interest in developing a Structural-Systematic Account of what the Human being is, particularly in conversation with Heidegger and the phenomenological tradition. This project is concerned with what Humans are and what Humans do, and so takes interest in a broad variety of philosophical literature to approach these questions. In addition to this main project, I also work on specific issues within the history of phenomenology, as well as in contemporary metaphysics, metaethics and philosophies of mind and action.

Research Interests

Continental Philosophy, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Political Theory

Biography

• B.A., Honours (Philosophy), King’s University College
• M.A. (Theory and Criticism), Western University

Joshua’s work is rooted in the continental tradition, specifically the areas of existentialism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics. He received a B.A. in Philosophy from King’s University College, and an M.A. in Theory and Criticism from Western University. His master’s thesis explored the theme of questioning in Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time. At Queen's, Joshua’s work focuses on the political thinker Hannah Arendt. Specifically, he is interested in piecing together an Arendtian account of the imagination as “the source of action,” exploring both its creative and destructive political implications.

Publications

“Hannah Arendt and the Free Press” (2021) in the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists series at Springer.

Research Interests

Environmental philosophy, Philosophy of religion, Phenomenology, Feminist perspectives, Simone Weil

Biography

• B.A., Honours (Philosophy), King’s University College at Western University
• M.A., (Theory and Criticism), Western University

Kate’s research interests include environmental philosophy, philosophy of religion, phenomenology, feminist perspectives, and the work of Simone Weil. She was a visiting graduate student at Cambridge University's Faculty of Divinity during the Lent 2020 term and she attended The School of Criticism and Theory Summer School at Cornell University in 2016. Kate's dissertation entitled Decreation for the Anthropocene places the philosophy of Simone Weil in conversation with our current environmental crisis.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

• "Art and the Other: Aesthetic Intersubjectivity in Gadamer and Stein" Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy. 24.1 (2020): 74-91.
• "The Ethical Imperative of Reincarnation in the Timeaus and The Bhagavad Gita" Symposia: The Journal of Religion. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2019.

Book Chapters

• “Enacting Decreation,” in Rethinking Responses to Political Crisis and Collapse: Hannah Arendt, Edith Stein, Rosa Luxemburg, and Simone Weil, ed. Antonio Calcagno, forthcoming.
• "One Hand Clapping" in The Art of Anatheism: The Philosophy of Richard Kearney. Edited by Matthew Clemente and Richard Kearney. London: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017.

Edited Collections

• Breached Horizons: The Philosophy of Jean-Luc Marion. Co-edited with Rachel Bath, Antonio Calcagno, and Steve G. Lofts. Rowman and Littlefield: London, 2017.

Other Writing 

• “The Pandemic of Force.” Review of Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way we Live, by Nicholas A. Christakis. Attention: The Life and Legacy of Simone Weil. Forthcoming. Online: 
• “Attention in the Time of COVID-19.” Object Tales. Cambridge Faculty of Divinity Online. 2020.