Jonathan Head
- Title
- Lecturer in Philosophy
- Location
- CBA2.032
- Role
- UG SSVC Subject Convenor for Philosophy
PGR Student Experience Lead - Contact me
- Contact me by email
- Phone
- 01782 733515
- j.m.head@keele.ac.uk
Biography
BA (Oxford); MPhil (Warwick); PhD (Keele)
Jonathan was appointed as Lecturer in Philosophy in 2017. In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Theology, he holds a Diploma in Education and Training (Worcester) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He is currently working on various projects in early modern philosophy and theology.
Research and scholarship
• Early modern philosophy
• Kantian philosophy, particularly Kant’s philosophy of religion and the philosophy of Schopenhauer
• Philosophy of religion / philosophical theology
Teaching
I currently teach the following modules:
- Medieval Philosophy (Level 4)
- Knowledge and Reality (Level 5)
- Life, Death and Faith (Level 5)
- Pursuit of the Good (Level 5)
I also contribute to Foundation Year teaching in philosophy, as well as the Metaphilosophy module for MRes.
Selected Publications
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2024. Conway's World Soul and Monism. In New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy. Carus C (Ed.). Springer.
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2024. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion. In The Schopenhauerian Mind. Bather-Woods D and Stoll T (Eds.). Routledge.
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2022. Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell. Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, 119-139, vol. 1(2). doi> link> full text>
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2021. Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia. Scottish Journal of Theology, 41-51, vol. 74(1). doi> link> full text>
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2021. Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi. International Philosophical Quarterly, 101-119, vol. 61(1). doi> link> full text>
Full Publications Listshow
Books
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2020. The Philosophy of Anne Conway God, Creation and the Nature of Time. Bloomsbury Academic.
Journal Articles
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2022. Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell. Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists, 119-139, vol. 1(2). doi> link> full text>
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2021. Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia. Scottish Journal of Theology, 41-51, vol. 74(1). doi> link> full text>
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2021. Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi. International Philosophical Quarterly, 101-119, vol. 61(1). doi> link> full text>
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2020. Speculation and Esotericism in Schopenhauer's Philosophy. Il Pensare - Rivisita Di Filosofia, vol. 8. link> link> full text>
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2020. Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the Will. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. doi> full text>
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2019. Anne Conway and Henry More on Freedom. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. doi> full text>
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2018. Anne Conway and George Keith on the ‘Christ Within’. Quaker Studies, vol. 23(2). doi> link> full text>
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2018. Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion. Irish Theological Quarterly. doi> link> full text>
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2018. The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Pessimism. KANTIAN REVIEW, 173-178, vol. 23. doi>
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2017. Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity and Eschatology. Philosophy and Theology. doi> link> full text>
Chapters
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2024. Conway's World Soul and Monism. In New Voices on Women in the History of Philosophy. Carus C (Ed.). Springer.
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2024. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion. In The Schopenhauerian Mind. Bather-Woods D and Stoll T (Eds.). Routledge.
PhD Supervision
Jonathan is happy to supervise postgraduate work in any of the following areas:
• Early modern philosophy
• Kantian philosophy, particularly Kant’s philosophy of religion and the philosophy of Schopenhauer
• Philosophy of religion / philosophical theology
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