Dr. Mark Migotti
Positions
Professor
Department Head
Contact information
Phone number
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Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy Philosophy, Yale University, 1991
M.Phil. Philosophy, University of Warwick, 1985
Biography
I specialize in Nietzsche and 19th-century philosophy, as well as Peirce and pragmatism, with additional interests in ethical theory, philosophy of law, ancient philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of history. My academic journey includes a Ph.D. from Yale University, with research experience at Freie Universität Berlin, prior to my joining the University of Calgary in 1997.
My publications include (additional publications listed at PhilPapers):
- "Why Study Logic?", The Oxford Handbook of Charles S. Peirce (2024).
- "Crime and Punishment; Drama and meaning: Lessons from On the Genealogy of Morals II", Inquiry (2024).
- Philosophy, The World, Life, and The Law: In Honour of Susan Haack, edited with an introduction and overview essay, published in Cosmos and Taxis (2020).
- “Who Are We? And How Do We Manage to Construct All these Objects? On Nietzsche's Metaphysics of Material Objects" Philosophia (2020).
- "On the Very Idea of Sex with Robots," in Robot Sex: Social and Ethical Implications (2017).
- "History, Genealogy, Nietzsche: Comments on Jesse Prinz, “Genealogies of Morals: Nietzsche's Method Compared”", Journal of Nietzsche Studies (2016).
- "Nietzsche, Psychology, and First Philosophy, by Robert Pippin" Mind (2015).
My current projects include “Ethics and the Life of the Mind: A Study of Nietzsche's Moral Theory” and “Finding Friedrich Nietzsche” (a philosophical study of his early years, 1865-1870). I have received several awards, including a Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Calgary Student Union and a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto. As the President of the Apeiron Society for the Practice of Philosophy, you can often find me at Aperion events.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| PHIL 408 | Nietzsche | |
| ARTS 503 | Multidisciplinary Capstone | |
| PHIL 399 | Philosophy of Sport | |
| PHIL 603 | Plato on Love and Philosophy | Wintr 2021 |
Projects
Awards
- Great Supervisor Award, Facuilty of Graduate Studies. 2018
- Visiting Faculty Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, 2010
- Visiting Faculty Fellow, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, 2010
- Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Students Union. 2008
- Student union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Student union. 2016
Publications
- Schopenhauer's Pessimism in Context. Mark H Migotti. Oxford University Press. (2019)
- Brazen New World: A Peircean Approach to Post-Truth". Mark H Migotti. Praeger Press. 178-189. (2018)
- Philosophy, The World, Life, and The Law: In Honour of Susan Haack. Mark H Migotti. Cosmos and Taxis. (2021)
- Why Study Logic?. Mark Migotti. Oxford University Press. 167-192. (2023)
- “All Creatures Great and Small: Schopenhauer on the Value of Life, the Nature of Justice, and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”, . Mark Migotti. 123-140. (2021)
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