Ph.D. news
It's just been made official (unless the actual 'official' status requires one or two more rubber stamps (but you get the idea)) that I'll be off down to Southampton for my Ph.D. in September, to work further on Collingwood's philosophy of art. Aaron Ridley will be my supervisor. You, 
anosognosia, are probably the most likely to've heard of him: he works on the philosophy of art, but is also a scholar of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. I've read some of his aesthetics. I like and respect him a lot. He's written a lot on Collingwood, and seems to me similar in his philosophical approach and sympathies to (apart from Nietzsche and Collingwood) Roger Scruton, Iris Murdoch and, importantly, myself (not that I'm attributing to myself any approach as subtle and mature as these philosophers').
Southampton's department has a very strong showing in the areas that I'm hoping to work in: Genia Schoenbaumsfeld is a scholar of Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, Christopher Janaway is a Nietzsche and Schopenhauer scholar, David Pugmire works on an aspect of the philosophy of emotion that I find really interesting, and of course Ray Monk is there. I don't know if Wittgenstein has any particular relevance to Collingwood, but I've always been curious about him, so I'm excited about the possibility of finally learning about him.
I'll be off in September.
anosognosia, are probably the most likely to've heard of him: he works on the philosophy of art, but is also a scholar of Nietzsche and Schopenhauer. I've read some of his aesthetics. I like and respect him a lot. He's written a lot on Collingwood, and seems to me similar in his philosophical approach and sympathies to (apart from Nietzsche and Collingwood) Roger Scruton, Iris Murdoch and, importantly, myself (not that I'm attributing to myself any approach as subtle and mature as these philosophers'). Southampton's department has a very strong showing in the areas that I'm hoping to work in: Genia Schoenbaumsfeld is a scholar of Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, Christopher Janaway is a Nietzsche and Schopenhauer scholar, David Pugmire works on an aspect of the philosophy of emotion that I find really interesting, and of course Ray Monk is there. I don't know if Wittgenstein has any particular relevance to Collingwood, but I've always been curious about him, so I'm excited about the possibility of finally learning about him.
I'll be off in September.