
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
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
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
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.
Publications
Publications
Journal Articles
- Head, Jonathan. 01-07-2023. 'Anne Conway on Omnipresence'. Philosophica - International Journal for the History of Philosophy. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 03-11-2022. 'Anne Conway on Heaven and Hell'. Journal of the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 01-03-2021. 'Kant’s Religion as a Response to the Pantheism Controversy: Between Mendelssohn and Jacobi'. International Philosophical Quarterly. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 01-02-2021. 'Rational and Natural Theology in Anne Conway’s Principia'. Scottish Journal of Theology. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 25-03-2020. 'Speculation and Esotericism in Schopenhauer's Philosophy'. Il Pensare - Rivisita Di Filosofia. view in repository >
- Head. 24-02-2020. 'Schopenhauer on Christ, Suffering and the Negation of the Will'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 10-09-2019. 'Anne Conway and Henry More on Freedom'. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 09-04-2018. 'Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion'. Irish Theological Quarterly. DOI > view in repository >
- Head, Jonathan. 01-03-2018. 'Dennis Vanden Auweele, The Kantian Foundation of Schopenhauer’s Pessimism New York: Routledge, 2017 Pp. xiii+242 ISBN 9781138744271 (hbk) $150; £105'. Kantian Review. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 18-08-2017. 'Anne Conway and George Keith on the ‘Christ Within’'. Quaker Studies. DOI > view in repository >
- Head. 18-08-2017. 'Anne Conway on Time, the Trinity and Eschatology'. Philosophy and Theology. DOI > view in repository >
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Books
- Head. 20-10-2021. 'Schopenhauer and the Nature of Philosophy'. . view in repository >
- Head, Jonathan. 12-11-2020. 'The Philosophy of Anne Conway'. . view in repository >
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Book Chapters
- Head, Jonathan. 24-08-2024. 'Conway's World Soul and Monism'. . DOI > view in repository >
- Head, Jonathan. 31-10-2023. 'Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion'. . view in repository >
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Thesis
- Head, Jonathan. 01-07-2016. 'The religious framework of Kant’s philosophy: practical knowledge, evil and religious faith'. . view in repository >
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PhD Supervision
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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