Projects
The Kantian Elements of Schelling’s Philosophy of Nature. KU Leuven
The horizons of the mind: Confucianistic neotraditionalism and Chinese identity in Tang Junyi's philosophy Ghent University
In this research project the work of philosopher Tang Junyi will be studied as a representative (traditionlist) orientation in contemporary Chinese thought. By investigating his "Exictence and the horizons of the mind" we will analyze how Tang attempts to reinterpret and reaffirm the value of Confucianism for China and the global community in the face of modernity.
Hyperthematics. An extension of Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Interpretation KU Leuven
The Global Philosophy of Religion Project: Cross-Cultural Conceptions of the Self: South Asia, Africa and East Asia Ghent University
Biography, history and philosophy in the 3rd century BCE Peripatos: the case of Hieronymos of Rhodes KU Leuven
The importance of atheism, suspicion, and ideology critique in Paul Ricoeur’s philosophy of religion and its relevance for religio-secular conflicts. KU Leuven
This project seeks to provide a positive and original contribution to contemporary religio-secular and the wider scholarship surrounding Ricoeur by drawing upon the following aspects of Ricoeur’s philosophy of religion: Firstly, this project will examine Ricoeur’s hermeneutical method and the role that language, culture, and tradition plays in his philosophy of religion. A second area of inquiry will be made into the critical tools that ...
Biography, history and philosophy in the 3rd century BCE Peripatos: the case of Hieronymos of Rhodes KU Leuven
Hieronymos of Rhodes was one of the main representatives of the 3rd century BCE Peripatos. Although much read in later times, his works have come down to us in fragments only. The work titles and the fragments we have show a special interest in historical topics: in biography of poets and philosophers, history of literature and history of culture. As for his philosophical views we know most about his ethical doctrines where he departed, to ...
A Philosophy of Radical Politics: Revolutionary Gnosticism and the Case of Salafi-Jihadism KU Leuven
Many philosophers and sociologists have used the category of revolutionary Gnosticism to frame different modern and contemporary ideologies and social movements. Revolutionary, or political, Gnosticism is a category introduced in the academic debate by the political philosopher Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) in order to investigate the two main ideologies of the 20th-century, Nazism and Communism. After Voegelin, many other scholars started to use ...
A Ship Bound to Shipwreck. Jan Patočka's Philosophy of History KU Leuven
In the last decade or so of his life, Jan Patočka devoted a significant number of texts to developing a philosophy of history. In recent years, this aspect of his work has attracted ever-increasing attention and admiration. At the same time, however, there has been a lack of any thoroughgoing critical assessment of this philosophy of history, especially with regard to its methodology and its connection to the other aspects of his philosophy. ...