Iain Thomson
| Iain D. Thomson | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Era | 21st century Philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental |
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Main interests
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existentialism, aesthetics, philosophy of technology, philosophy of education |
Iain D. Thomson (born 1968) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. He studied as an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, where he worked with Hubert Dreyfus, and then earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is known for his expertise on Heidegger's philosophy, philosophy of education, philosophy of technology and environmental philosophy.[1][2][3]
Thomson received the Gunter Starkey Award for Teaching Excellence and a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellowship. He is featured in Tao Ruspoli's film Being in the World. His articles on Heidegger have been published in such journals as Inquiry, Journal of the History of Philosophy, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, and the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.[4]
Contents
Books
- Iain D. Thomson, Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780521172493
- Iain D. Thomson, Heidegger on Ontotheology: Technology and the Politics of Education, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 052161659X
See also
References
External links
- The UNM Faculty Homepage of Iain Thomson
- An interview with Thomson on his book Heidegger on Ontotheology: Technology and the Politics of Education
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