Jan Westerhoff
Jan Christoph Westerhoff is a philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. He is currently Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Faculty of Theology and Religion of the University of Oxford.[1]
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Early life and education[edit]
Westerhoff was educated at the Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff Gymnasium, a Gymnasium in Düsseldorf, Germany.[2] He studied philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1999.[2][3] He continued his studies of philosophy at Trinity and completed a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 2000.[2][4] He undertook postgraduate research at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge; his doctoral supervisor was Michael Potter.[2] He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2003, with a doctoral thesis titled "An inquiry into the notion of an ontological category".[5] He undertook research for a second doctorate, this time in Oriental studies, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS).[3] He completed his second PhD in 2007 with a doctoral thesis titled "Nagarjuna's madhyamaka: A philosophical investigation".[6]
Academic career[edit]
He was previously a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the City University of New York, a Seminar Associate at Columbia University, a Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College and a Junior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. At present he is a University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall and a Research Associate at SOAS.
Research[edit]
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.
Selected works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Reality. A Very Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 0199594414)
- Twelve Examples of Illusion. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
- The Dispeller of Disputes. Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
- Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Ontological Categories. Their Nature and Significance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)
- (co-authored with The Cowherds) Moonshadows. Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0199751439)
Journal papers (selection)[edit]
- "Nagarjuna's arguments on motion revisited", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2008, 36:4, 455-480.
- "The Madhyamaka Concept of svabhava: Ontological and Cognitive Aspects",Asian Philosophy, 2007, 17:1, 17-45.
- "Nagarjuna's catuskoti", Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2006, 34, 367-395.
- "Logical Relations between Pictures", Journal of Philosophy, 2005, 102: 12, 603-623.
- "The Construction of Ontological Categories", Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 2004 82:4, 595-620.
- "The Underdetermination of Typings", Erkenntnis, 2003, 58:3, 379-414.
- "Ars Characteristica Kantiana. Ludwig Benedict Trede's Forgotten Necessary Grammar", Kant-Studien, 2003, 94, 3, 333-351.
- "The Definition of 'Ontological Category'", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, 2002, 102, 3, 287-293.
- "A World of Signs. Baroque Pansemioticism, the Polyhistor and the Early Modern Wunderkammer.", Journal of the History of Ideas, 62, 4, 2001, 633-650.
- "Harsdörffer, Leibniz and the Universal Characteristic", Journal of the History of Ideas, 60, 3, 1999, 449-467.
Talks[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Professor Jan Westerhoff". Faculty of Theology and Religion. University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "CV - J. Westerhoff". Jan Westerhoff. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Prof Jan Westerhoff". Lady Margaret Hall. University of Oxford. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Dr Jan Christoph Westerhoff". SOAS University of London. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Westerhoff, Jan Christoph (2003). "An inquiry into the notion of an ontological category". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Westerhoff, Jan Christoph (2003). "Nagarjuna's madhyamaka: A philosophical investigation". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
