Owen Ware

Position:
Assistant Professor
Campus:
UTM,Email Address:
Phone Number:
905-828-3747
Biography:
- PhD, University of Toronto (2010)
Research Interests:
19th Century Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, German Idealism, Kant
Publications:
Edited Books:
- Fichte’s System of Ethics: A Critical Guide, co-edited with Stefano Bacin. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
Articles:
- “The Concept of Persons in Kant and Fichte.” In Antonia LoLordo (ed.), Persons: A History, Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
- “Is Fichte’s Ethics an Empty Formalism?” In Gabriel Gottlieb and David James (eds.), Practical Philosophy from Kant to Hegel: Freedom, Right and Revolution, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- “Fichte’s Justification of Morality.” In Steven Hoeltzel (ed.), Palgrave Fichte Handbook, Palgrave, forthcoming.
- “Fichte’s Normative Ethics: Deontological or Teleological?” Mind, forthcoming.
- “Fichte on Conscience.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 95 (2017): 376-394.
- “Kant’s Deductions of Morality and Freedom.” Canadian Journal of Philosophy 47 (2017): 116-147.
- “Skepticism in Kant’s Groundwork.” European Journal of Philosophy 24 (2016): 375-396.
- “Agency and Evil in Fichte’s Ethics.” Philosophers’ Imprint 15 (2015): 1-21.
- “Accessing the Moral Law through Feeling.” Kantian Review 20 (2015): 301-311.
- “Kant on Moral Sensibility and Moral Motivation.” Journal of the History of Philosophy 52 (2014): 727-746. (Selected for the 2014 Philosopher’s Annual)
- “Consciousness and Personal Identity” (with Donald C. Ainslie). In Aaron Garrett (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth Century Philosophy, Routledge (2014): 245-264.
- “Forgiveness and Respect for Persons.” American Philosophical Quarterly 51 (2014): 247-260.
- “Rethinking Kant’s Fact of Reason.” Philosophers’ Imprint 14 (2014): 1-21.
- “Fichte’s Voluntarism.” European Journal of Philosophy 18 (2010): 262-282.
- “The Duty of Self-Knowledge.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 79 (2009): 671-698.
Reviews:
- Review of Sittliches Bewusstsein und kategorischer Imperativ in Kants ‘Grundlegung’: Ein Kommentar zum dritten Abschnitt, by H. Puls – Journal of the History of Philosophy 55 (2017): 355-356.
- Review of Virtue, Rules, and Justice: Kantian Aspirations, by T. Hill – British Journal for the History of Philosophy 21 (2013): 1005-1008.
- Review of Kant and Education: Interpretations and Commentary, by K. Roth and C. W. Surprenant (eds) – Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (2012.03.19).
Address:
Academic Annex (room 212), 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6
Secondary Address:
Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. Geroge Street, Room 510