Jeffrey L. Wilson
Associate Professor of Philosophy Loyola Marymount University
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Biography
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Jeffrey L. Wilson has taught philosophy at LMU since 1995. He has also taught courses at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-von-Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Emory University and Georgia State University as well as in LMU's Study Abroad program in Bonn, Germany. In addition to his published articles and reviews, he has presented his research-in-progress in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Lebanon, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. He has served as Associate Dean in both the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts. He lives with his husband in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Education
Emory University
Ph.D.
Philosophy
1995
Emory University
M.A.
Philosophy
1992
St. John's College, Annapolis
B.A.
Liberal Arts
1985
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
German Academic Exchange (DAAD) Dissertation Year Fellowship
Cologne, Germany, 1992-1993.
Robert H. Taylor, SJ Chair in Philosophy 2020-2022
2021-02-02
Project, "Catholic and Jewish Aesthetics: An Encounter"
Affiliations
- North American Kant Society
- American Philosophical Association
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Languages
- Hebrew (intermediate)
- German (fluent)
Research Focus
The Impossible Biangle and the Possibility of Geometry
Kant Yearbook
2024-11-15
Immanuel Kant uses the example of the biangle (a two-sided coplanar rectilinear figure enclosing a space) four times in his writings, each time as an illustration for a different theme. I trace here the four instances and their significance for Kant's overall philosophical system, including his theory of geometry.
Courses
Ethics
Ethics
Modern Philosophy II
Modern Philosophy II
Philosophy and the Arts
Philosophy and the Arts
Kant's Philosophy of Religion
Kant's Philosophy of Religion
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
MA Program
Kant's Ethics and Aesthetics
MA Program
Teaching Philosophy
MA Program
Liberal Arts in the Age of Enlightenment
First Year Seminar
Aesthetics in the Catholic Tradition
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Articles
The Schematism of Possession in the Early Rechtslehre Drafts
Akten des XIII. Internationalen Kant Kongresses, Oslo NorwayJeffrey L. Wilson
Berlin, Walter de Gruyter.
Schematism and Embodiment in Kant’s Opus postumum
Rethinking Kant 6, ed. Edgar ValdezJeffrey L. Wilson
2021-02-02
Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Constructions in Kant’s Philosophy of Physics
Akten des XII. Internationalen Kant Kongresses, Vienna Austria, 2015Jeffrey L. Wilson
2021-02-02
Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, v. 2, pp. 1571-1582
Teaching with Ignatius: Justice in Pedagogical Practice
Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal“Teaching with Ignatius: Justice in Pedagogical Practice.” Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal 2 (2013): 99-111.
Teleology and Moral Action in Kant’s Philosophy of Culture
Recht und Frieden in der Philosophie Kants: Akten“Teleology and Moral Action in Kant’s Philosophy of Culture.” Recht und Frieden in der Philosophie Kants: Akten des X. internationalen Kant-Kongresses, São Paulo, Brazil, 2005. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2008, pp. 765-776.
Incommensurable, Supersensible, Sublime
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly“Incommensurable, Supersensible, Sublime.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 75 (2001): pp. 221-241. Reprinted in German Idealism: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, ed. by Klaus Brinkmann, London: Routledge, 2007.
Autobiography as Critique in Thoreau’s Walden
Journal of Philosophical Research“Autobiography as Critique in Thoreau’s Walden,” Journal of Philosophical Research 29 (2004): 29-46.
Metaphysical Questions in Sartre’s Phenomenological Ontology
Sartre Studies International“Metaphysical Questions in Sartre’s Phenomenological Ontology.” Sartre Studies International 6 (2000): pp. 46-61.
