Jonathan Gangle

Profile

Jonathon "Rocco" Gangle is a philosopher whose current research focuses on metaphysics, semiotics, diagrammatic logic, and category theory. He is also one of the foremost translators and expositors of the work of contemporary French thinker Francois Laruelle. He has published several books, including Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy (2015) and, with Gianluca Caterina, Iconicity and Abduction (2016). He is co-director of the Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy. At Endicott, Gangle teaches a variety of courses in philosophy, intellectual history, and religious studies.

Education

University of Virginia 2007
Doctor of Philosophy
2007

University of Virginia
Master of Arts
2003

Oberlin College
Bachelor of Arts
1995 

Research

Continental philosophy: Spinoza and contemporary Spinozism, phenomenology, Levinas, Deleuze, Badiou, Laruelle

Logic and Semiotics: Peirce, diagrammatic reasoning, abductive inference, category theory

Philosophy of Religion: philosophical roots of secularism, contemporary political theology

Philosophy of Science: evolution and self-organization, religion and science, techno-ethics

Courses

Introduction to Philosophy
Modern Philosophy
Contemporary Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy and the Arts
Beauty, Infinity, Knowledge
Ideas, Culture and Social Thought
Political Theory
Introduction to Islam