Jonathan Gangle
Profile
Jonathon "Rocco" Gangle is a philosopher whose current research focuses on metaphysics, semiotics, diagrammatic logic, and category theory. He is also one of the foremost translators and expositors of the work of contemporary French thinker Francois Laruelle. He has published several books, including Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy (2015) and, with Gianluca Caterina, Iconicity and Abduction (2016). He is co-director of the Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy. At Endicott, Gangle teaches a variety of courses in philosophy, intellectual history, and religious studies.
Education
University of Virginia 2007
Doctor of Philosophy
2007
University of Virginia
Master of Arts
2003
Oberlin College
Bachelor of Arts
1995
Research
Continental philosophy: Spinoza and contemporary Spinozism, phenomenology, Levinas, Deleuze, Badiou, Laruelle
Logic and Semiotics: Peirce, diagrammatic reasoning, abductive inference, category theory
Philosophy of Religion: philosophical roots of secularism, contemporary political theology
Philosophy of Science: evolution and self-organization, religion and science, techno-ethics
Courses
Introduction to Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Contemporary Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy and the Arts
Beauty, Infinity, Knowledge
Ideas, Culture and Social Thought
Political Theory
Introduction to Islam
Accomplishments
Awards
- Aspen Institute, Wye Faculty Fellowship, 2016
- Davis Foundation, Digital Humanities Faculty Fellowship, 2017
- Davis Foundation, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant, 2010
- 香港六合彩开奖结果, Best Practices Grant, 2007
- Lilly Foundation, Research Grant, 2001
- Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, Research Fellowship, 2013
- Oberlin College, Travel and Research Grant, 2003
- University of Virginia, Presidential Fellowship, 1999-2002.