Region Western Philosophy Education Boston University | Role Philosopher Name Galen Johnson | |
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Main interests Transcendentalism, aesthetics, ethics, ontology, human nature, philosophy and literature Areas of interest Ontology, Human nature, Philosophy and literature, Transcendentalism, Ethics, Aesthetics Schools of thought Continental philosophy, Phenomenology Books The Retrieval of the Beautiful: Thinking Through Merleau-Ponty's Aesthetics | ||
Philosophical era 20th-century philosophy Influenced by Maurice Merleau-Ponty | ||
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Galen A. Johnson (born 1948) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island and the General Secretary of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle.
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Galen johnson 100m flyra middle school track meet 5 13 17 10 79s
Education and background
Johnson received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston University in 1977. He has been teaching at the University of Rhode Island since 1976. His research interests include phenomenology, aesthetics, American philosophy, and recent French philosophy. He is the author of numerous articles in contemporary continental philosophy and has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council for Learned Societies, and the American Philosophical Society. He has published four books that deal with aesthetics. Johnson convened over the URI Center for the Humanities from 1994-1996, and was Director of the Center from 2007-2013.