Iain Thomson
Iain D. Thomson (born 1968) is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico (UNM). He is a well-known expert on Martin Heidegger.
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| Born | Iain Donald Thomson 1968 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental Existentialism |
Main interests | philosophy of technology, philosophy of art, philosophy of literature, philosophy of education, philosophy of comics[1] |
Education and career
Thomson 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. As a visiting graduate student at UC Irvine, he also studied with Jacques Derrida. He is known for his expertise on Heidegger's philosophy, European philosophy since Kant, philosophy of education, philosophy of technology, philosophy of art, philosophy of literature and environmental philosophy.[2][3][4]
Thomson received a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship and UNM College of Arts and Sciences' Gunter Starkey Teaching Award in 2003.[5] 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.[6]
Books
- The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015, edited by Kelly Becker and Iain D. Thomson, Cambridge University Press, 2019, ISBN 9781316779651
- Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780521172493
- Heidegger on Ontotheology: Technology and the Politics of Education, Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 052161659X
References
- Iain Thomson, "Deconstructing the Hero," in Jeff McLaughlin, ed., Comics as Philosophy (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005), pp. 100–129. [An article in which he develops the concept of comics as philosophy.]
- An interview with Iain Thomson by Figure/Ground Communication
- Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity reviewed by Lee Braver
- Heidegger on Ontotheology: Technology and the Politics of Education reviewed by Daniel Dahlstrom
- "Gunter Starkey Teaching Award | Previous Awardees" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-07-18.
Awarded by the UNM College of Arts & Sciences from AY 1998-1999 to AY 2006-2007
- Thomson's Faculty Webpage
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