Edward Tingley

Author

Experience

since 2005

Teaching at Augustine College

Ottawa

Philosophy, Art, Logic

1996-2003

Editor at Canadian Centre for Architecture

Montreal

1995-96

Freelance editor

1980-86

Editor at National Gallery of Canada

Ottawa

1990-94
Drawing
1975-76
Drawing & painting

About Me

I got into philosophy not because of philosophy. I pursued academic writing for a while but was indifferent to the genre. I studied the story of university education as we know it and thought, something has gone seriously wrong. I worked in academic publishing and believed I had become lost. Lots of nots and negatives. Then I was found; time to get away from this.

People say that it is a bad idea to do it your own way, but I am not convinced that you have a choice. People say that, if you do this, you are listening to a different drummer. But I say there is only one drummer to listen to and cannot explain why we are not all on the same road.

Education

Thinkers I have made a real effort to understand (I cannot vouch for the result)

AQUINAS 40%
ARISTOTLE 60%
AUGUSTINE 35%
GADAMER 90%
HEIDEGGER 35%
MACINTYRE 85%
NIETZSCHE 81%
PASCAL 90%
PAUL OF TARSUS 70%
SOCRATES 55%
WITTGENSTEIN 35%
The above is some kind of unscientific & probably pointless fusion of amount of work read times effort made to fathom it
1989-95

PhD, Philosophy

University of Ottawa

1986-89

MA, Philosophy

bA, Philosophy

University of Ottawa

1977-78

BA, Art History

Carleton University, Ottawa

1973-75

Fine Art & Art History

York University, Toronto

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