Jason Wirth

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Jason Martin Wirth
Born (1963-02-03) February 3, 1963 (age 60)
Education State University of New York at Binghamton (Ph.D.)
AwardsThe Torch Bearer Award, John Tich Award
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
School Continental
Institutions Seattle University
Thesis The Conspiracy of Being: FWJ von Schelling and Conscientiousness before the Freedom of Philosophy (May 1994)
Doctoral advisor Dennis J. Schmidt
Main interests
moral philosophy, post-Kantian philosophy
Influences

Jason Martin Wirth is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Seattle University. He was the Theiline Pigott McCone Chair in Humanities from 2014 to 2016. [1] He won The Torch Bearer Award in 2018. Wirth is known for his research on environmental philosophy. [2]

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References

  1. "Theiline Pigott McCone Chair in Humanities - Endowments and Partnerships - Office of the Dean - College of Arts and Sciences". Seattle University . Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. Hayes, Josh (11 January 2017). "Jason M. Wirth, Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis". Frontiers of Philosophy in China . 12 (4): 666–671. doi:10.3868/s030-006-017-0045-4. ISSN   1673-355X . Retrieved 30 September 2018.