Jan Westerhoff
Encyclopedia
Jan Westerhoff is a philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in metaphysics
and the philosophy of language. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge
and SOAS. At present he is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Durham as well Research Associate at SOAS. For two years he was Research Fellow in Philosophy at the City University of New York
and seminar associate at Columbia University
. Before that he was a Junior Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oxford
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He is a specialist in metaphysics and Indo-Tibetan philosophy. His research interests also include the history of ideas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
and the philosophy of language. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
and SOAS. At present he is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Durham as well Research Associate at SOAS. For two years he was Research Fellow in Philosophy at the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
and seminar associate at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. Before that he was a Junior Lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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He is a specialist in metaphysics and Indo-Tibetan philosophy. His research interests also include the history of ideas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Published works
- Ontological Categories. Their Nature and Significance (Oxford: Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 2005) - Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
Journal papers
- "A world of signs: Baroque Pansemioticism, the Polyhistor and the Early Modern Wunderkammer", Journal of the History of IdeasJournal of the History of IdeasThe Journal of the History of Ideas is a peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes research in intellectual history. The journal "defines intellectual history expansively and ecumenically," and includes the histories of philosophy, literature and the arts, natural and social sciences,...
, 62 (2001) - "Defining 'ontological category'", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (2002)
- "Ars Characteristica Kantiana: Ludwig Benedict Trede's forgotten necessary grammar", Kant-Studien, 94 (2003)
- "The construction of ontological categories", Australasian Journal of PhilosophyAustralasian Journal of PhilosophyThe Australasian Journal of Philosophy , founded in Sydney in 1923 as The Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, is Australasia's oldest and most respected philosophy journal. Sponsored by the Australasian Association of Philosophy, it aims to publish the best work in the analytic...
(2004) - "Logical relations between pictures", Journal of PhilosophyJournal of PhilosophyThe Journal of Philosophy is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal on philosophy. Its stated purpose is "To publish philosophical articles of current interest and encourage the interchange of ideas, especially the exploration of the borderline between philosophy and other disciplines." The...
, 102 (2005) - "Nagarjuna's catuskoti", Journal of Indian PhilosophyJournal of Indian PhilosophyThe Journal of Indian Philosophy is an academic journal on philosophy published by Springer. The editor in chief is Phyllis Granoff....
, 34 (2006) - "The Madhyamaka concept of Svabhava: ontological and cognitive aspects", Journal of Asian Philosophy (2007)
- "Nāgārjuna’s arguments on motion revisited", Journal of Indian PhilosophyJournal of Indian PhilosophyThe Journal of Indian Philosophy is an academic journal on philosophy published by Springer. The editor in chief is Phyllis Granoff....
(2008)