Dr Daniel Watts
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872706
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Location
5B.125, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
See office door
Profile
Biography
Dan Watts joined the Department in 2007. He completed his doctoral work in philosophy at the University of Sheffield, having also studied history and philosophy as an undergraduate there. He taught Continental Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin for two years, and then took up a postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences.
Qualifications
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BA Sheffield
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PhD Sheffield
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Kierkegaard
Wittgenstein
The theory of judgement
Medical Humanities
Existentialism and phenomenology
Moral and political philosophy and
Philosophy of religion
Current research
Dan is currently working on a book entitled, Thinking Humanly: Kierkegaard on Subjectivity and Thought; and on papers on Kierkegaard on the limits of thought, ethical repetition and truth.
Dan is also Co-Investigator on the three-year AHRC-funded research project, The Ethics of Powerlessness: The Theological Virtues Today.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Introduction to Philosophy (PY111)
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Narrativity, Truth and Flourishing (PY404)
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Topics in the Philosophy of Religion (PY427)
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Reading texts from the history of philosophy (PY436)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 20/4/2020
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 19/11/2018
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 12/9/2018
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/1/2018
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/12/2015
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 1/7/2015
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/5/2015
Degree subject: Philosophy
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 25/10/2013
Degree type: Master of Arts (by Dissertation)
Awarded date: 16/1/2012
Publications
Journal articles (18)
Watts, D., Between Action and Suffering: Kierkegaard on Ambiguous Guilt. International Journal on Humanistic Ideology. Volume XI (The Humanistic and Literary Inheritance of Kierkegaard)
Watts, D. and Stern, R., (2019). Valuing Humanity: Kierkegaardian Worries about Korsgaardian Transcendental Arguments. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology. 80 (4-5), 424-442
Watts, D., (2019). The Fullness of Time: Kierkegaardian Themes in Dreyer's Ordet. Religions. 10 (1), 58-58
Watts, D., (2018). Kierkegaard and the Limits of Thought. Hegel Bulletin. 39 (1), 82-105
Watts, D., (2018). Kierkegaard on Truth: One or Many?. Mind. 127 (505), 197-223
Watts, D., (2017). Rule-Following and Rule-Breaking: Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein. European Journal of Philosophy. 25 (4), 1159-1185
Watts, D., (2017). The Problem of Kierkegaard's Socrates. Res Philosophica. 94 (4), 555-579
Watts, D., (2017). Kierkegaard, Repetition and Ethical Constancy. Philosophical Investigations. 40 (4), 414-439
Watts, D., (2015). Recent Work on Kierkegaard. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 23 (1), 185-192
Watts, D., (2013). Kierkegaard and the Search for Self-Knowledge. European Journal of Philosophy. 21 (4), 525-549
Watts, D., (2013). Kierkegaard and Death. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 21 (2), 415-417
Watts, D., (2013). Review of P Stokes and A J Buben (eds) (2011). Kierkegaard and Death. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 21 (2), 415-417
Watts, D., (2012). The Exemplification of Rules: An Appraisal of Pettit’s Approach to the Problem of Rule-following. International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 20 (1), 69-90
Watts, D., (2011). Dilemmatic Deliberations In Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. Faith and Philosophy. 28 (2), 174-189
Watts, D., (2010). Subjective Thinking: Kierkegaard on Hegel's Socrates. Hegel Bulletin. 61 (1), 23-44
Watts, D., (2010). Subjective Thinking: Kierkegaard on Hegel's Socrates. Hegel Bulletin. 31 (01), 23-44
Watts, D., (2008). Kierkegaard's Concept of Despair. Journal of Moral Philosophy. 5 (1), 166-168
Watts, D., (2007). The paradox of beginning: Hegel, Kierkegaard and philosophical inquiry. Inquiry. 50 (1), 5-33
Book chapters (2)
Watts, D., Love's Telos: Kierkegaard's Critique of Preferential Love. In: Philosophy of Love in the Past, Present and Future. Editors: McKeever, N., Saunders, J. and Grahle, A., . Routledge
Watts, D., (2013). Søren Kierkegaard. In: Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. Editors: Pritchard, D., . Oxford University Press
Conferences (1)
Watts, D., Faith, Hope and Love as Virtues in Modernity
Dataset (1)
Watts, D., (2013).Søren Kierkegaard
Grants and funding
2014
The Ethics of Powerlessness: The Theological Virtues Today
Arts And Humanities Research Council
Contact
Academic support hours:
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