Sean Winkler
Lecturer of Philosophy | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Sean Winkler is a Lecturer in Philosophy and currently researches the theme of "Creativity in the Age of Information."
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Biography
Sean Winkler is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and the University of Redlands. He received his PhD from KU Leuven in Belgium in 2016 and has held postdoctoral research fellowships at the Higher School of Economics in Russia and the Vienna Circle Institute in Austria. He currently researches the theme of “Creativity in the Age of Information”, in which he addresses the question of how digital media have affected the nature of creative expression. His specializations include the History of Modern Philosophy and Continental Philosophy, with competences in Classical Chinese Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Phenomenology. He is the author of Boris Hessen and Philosophy: The Socioeconomic Roots of Classical and Modern Physics, along with articles which have appeared in journals such as the Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, Historical Materialism, Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, Journal of Early Modern Studies, Science in Context, Society and Politics and Telos.
Education (4)
KU Leuven: PhD, Philosophy 2016
KU Leuven: MPhil, Philosophy 2012
Loyola Marymount University: MA, Philosophy 2010
Loyola Marymount University: BA, Philosophy and Political Science 2008
Areas of Expertise (5)
History of Modern Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Classical Chinese Philosophy
History and Philosophy of Science
Phenomenology
Industry Expertise (3)
Education/Learning
Research
Writing and Editing
Affiliations (1)
- University of Redlands
Links (1)
Languages (3)
- English
- French
- Spanish
Research Grants (1)
Travel Grant for a Short Stay Abroad
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Scientific Research Fund] €1,254.00
2016-05-09
Travel Grant for a Short Stay Abroad (9–27 May 2016), The Johns Hopkins University (US), Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Scientific Research Fund], €1,254.00 + Travel.
Courses (2)
Philosophical Inquiry
PHIL 1800 - Philosophical Inquiry
Ethics
PHIL 3100 - Ethics
Articles (16)
"Creativity in the Age of Information: An Essay on Gilles Deleuze's Transcendental Empiricist Philosophy" (Forthcoming)
Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology2023-02-02
"Creativity in the Age of Information: An Essay on Gilles Deleuze's Transcendental Empiricist Philosophy." Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology: Forthcoming.
“‘A Pantheon of Great Ideas’: Boris Hessen’s and the History & Philosophy of Science” (Forthcoming)
Manuscripts and Documents on the History of Physics“‘A Pantheon of Great Ideas’: Boris Hessen’s and the History & Philosophy of Science.” In Manuscripts and Documents on the History of Physics. Edited by Pietro Omodeo & Sean Winkler and translated by Giuliano Vivaldi. Venice: Verum Factum, Forthcoming.
“Individuals and Collectives in The Philosophy of Boris Hessen: An Introduction”
Science in Context2022-09-02
“Individuals and Collectives in The Philosophy of Boris Hessen: An Introduction.” Science in Context 34.1 (2021): 121–136.
“Reification and the Mechanistic World-Picture: Lukács and Grossmann on Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture”
Confronting Reification: Revitalizing Georg Lukács’s Thought in Late Capitalism2020-01-01
“Reification and the Mechanistic World-Picture: Lukács and Grossmann on Mechanistic Philosophy and Manufacture.” In Confronting Reification: Revitalizing Georg Lukács’s Thought in Late Capitalism. Edited by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker, 91–115. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV, 2020.
“The Materialist Dialectic in Boris Hessen’s Newton Papers (1927 and 1931)”
Historical Materialism2020-01-01
“The Materialist Dialectic in Boris Hessen’s Newton Papers (1927 and 1931).” Historical Materialism 28.4 (2020): 202–234.
“Practice and Ideology in Boris Hessen’s ‘The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia'"
Telos2020-01-01
“Practice and Ideology in Boris Hessen’s ‘The Social and Economic Roots of Newton’s Principia.’” Telos 190 (2020): 29–51.
Introduction – “Boris Hessen and the Dialectics of Natural Science”
Society and Politics2019-01-01
Introduction – “Boris Hessen and the Dialectics of Natural Science.” Society and Politics – Boris Hessen and the Dialectics of Natural Science 13.1 (2019): 5–9.
“Parallelism and the Idea of God in Spinoza’s System"
Idealistic Studies2018-01-01
“Parallelism and the Idea of God in Spinoza’s System.” Idealistic Studies 47.3 (2018): 149–173.
“Self-Identity in Spinoza’s Account of Finite Individuals"
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal2018-01-01
“Self-Identity in Spinoza’s Account of Finite Individuals.” Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal 39.1 (2018): 169–195.
“The Conatus of the Body in Spinoza’s Physics”
Society and Politics2016-01-01
“The Conatus of the Body in Spinoza’s Physics.” Society and Politics – Identity, Reason, and Passions in Early Modern Thought 10.2 (2016): 95–114.
“The Problem of Generation and Destruction in Spinoza’s System"
Journal of Early Modern Studies2016-01-01
“The Problem of Generation and Destruction in Spinoza’s System.” Journal of Early Modern Studies 5.1 (2016): 89–113.
“The Novel of Spinozism: An Introduction"
AUC Interpretationes: Studia Philosophica Europeanea2013-01-01
“The Novel of Spinozism: An Introduction.” AUC Interpretationes: Studia Philosophica Europeanea – Le spinozisme: réceptions et critiques // Der Spinozismus: Über das Thema Rezeption und Kritik 3.2 (2013): 129–142.
“‘The Bartleby Effect’: Deleuze’s Critical-Clinical and Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener”
Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society2012-01-01
“‘The Bartleby Effect’: Deleuze’s Critical-Clinical and Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener.” In Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. Edited by David Henderson, 94–113. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
"That’s Not Φωvη!: Applying Derrida’s Grammatological Analysis to Aristotle’s Conventionality of Language"
Kinesis2011-01-01
"That’s Not Φωvη!: Applying Derrida’s Grammatological Analysis to Aristotle’s Conventionality of Language." Kinesis 38.1 (2011): 50–65.
"Darwin's Natural Selection and the Need for a Kuhnian Apology"
Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia2010-01-01
“Darwin’s Natural Selection and the Need for a Kuhnian Apology.” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 66.4 (2010): 919–930.
"Natural Born Killers?"
Authors of Tomorrow: An Introduction2006-01-01
“Natural Born Killers?” In Authors of Tomorrow: An Introduction, 134. Langley: Elder and Leemaur Publishers, 2006.
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