Contact Information
Email:
michael.p.hodges@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Furman Hall 111-A
Phone: (615) 343-6430
Fax: (615) 343-7259
Michael P. Hodges
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Degrees
Ph. D. University of Virginia
Research Area
Professor Hodges works in the areas of Wittgenstein, American Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Philosophy of Education.
Current Research
Recent projects include a series of papers on transcendence and a book on philosophy of education.
Recent Courses
Professor Hodges regularly teaches courses in American Philosophy, Wittgenstein, and Philosophy of Religion.
Publications
"Faith: Themes from Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche," in Wittgenstein and The Philosophy of Religion Robert Arrington and Mark Addis, eds. (Routledge, 2001).
Thinking in the Ruins Wittgenstein and Santayana on Contingency, with John Lachs (Vanderbilt University Press 2000).
"Religion without Transcendence," in Religion without Transcendence, D.Z. Phillips and Tim Tessin, eds. (St. Martin Press 1997).
"The Status of Ethical Judgment in Philosophical Investigations" Philosophical Investigations (1994).
"The Ontological Project Considered: The Displacement of Theoretical By Practical Unity", The Southern Journal of Philosophy (Spring, 1992).