John Sallis (born 1938) is an

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well known for his work in the tradition of

phenomenology Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (philosophy), a branch of philosophy which studies subjective experiences and a ...

. Since 2005, he has been the Frederick J. Adelmann Professor of Philosophy at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classified ...

. He has previously taught at

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Founded in 1855 as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, Penn State becam ...

(1996–2005),

Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and rail magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1-million ...

(1990–1995),

Loyola University of Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Its namesake is Saint ...

(1983–1990),

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( or ; Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit , image = Holy Gh ...

(1966–1983) and the

University of the South The University of the South, familiarly known as Sewanee (), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church, and its School of Theology is an official seminary of ...

(1964–1966). He is the brother of writer

James Sallis James Sallis (born December 21, 1944) is an American crime writer who wrote a series of novels featuring the detective character Lew Griffin set in New Orleans, and the 2005 novel ''Drive'', which was adapted into a 2011 film of the same name ...

Education

Sallis obtained his

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from

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

in 1964. His dissertation was entitled "The Concept of World." He received an

honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hono ...

from the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

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Academic interests

Sallis is well known for his work on

imagination Imagination is the production or simulation of novel objects, sensations, and ideas in the mind without any immediate input of the senses. Stefan Szczelkun characterises it as the forming of experiences in one's mind, which can be re-creations ...

and his careful readings of

Plato Plato ( ; grc-gre, Πλάτων ; 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution ...

. He has also written on

Martin Heidegger Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centu ...

Jacques Derrida Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed th ...

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

Johann Gottlieb Fichte Johann Gottlieb Fichte (; ; 19 May 1762 – 29 January 1814) was a German philosopher who became a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism German idealism was a philosophical movement that emerged in Germany in ...

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends ...

, and

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ...

, among many other figures and topics. He is the founding editor of the journal ''

Research in Phenomenology ''Research in Phenomenology'' is an international peer-reviewed journal for publishing contributions in phenomenology and contemporary continental philosophy. It is edited by John Sallis John Sallis (born 1938) is an American philosopher well ...

''.

Bibliography

His curriculum vitae, including a full list of publications, is availabl
here

Primary literature

*''Being and Logos: Reading the Platonic Dialogues (The Collected Writings of John Sallis)'' (2019, Forthcoming) *''The Logos of the Sensible World: Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenological Philosophy (The Collected Writings of John Sallis)'' (2019, Forthcoming) *''Elemental Discourses'' (2018) *''Cao Jun: Hymns to Nature'' (2018) *''Plato's Statesman: Dialectic, Myth, and Politics (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)'' (2018) *''Shades―Of Painting at the Limit (Studies in Continental Thought)'' (2017) *''The Return of Nature: On the Beyond of Sense (Studies in Continental Thought)'' (2017) *''The Figure of Nature: On Greek Origins'' (2016) *''Senses of Landscape (Comparative and Continental Philosophy)'' (2015) *''Klee's Mirror (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)'' (2015) *''Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental'' (2012) *''Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art'' (2008) *''The Verge of Philosophy'' (2007) *''Topographies'' (2006) *''Platonic Legacies'' (2004) *''On Translation'' (2002) *''Force of Imagination: The Sense of the Elemental'' (2000) *'' Chorology: On Beginning in Plato's " Timaeus"'' (1999) *''Shades: Of Painting at the Limit'' (1998) *''Double Truth'' (1995) *''Stone'' (1994) *''Crossings: Nietzsche and the Space of Tragedy'' (1991) *''Echoes: After Heidegger'' (1990) *''Spacings—Of Reason and Imagination. In Texts of Kant, Fichte, Hegel'' (1987) *''Delimitations: Phenomenology and the End of Metaphysics'' (1986; 2nd edn. 1995) *''The Gathering of Reason'' (1980; 2nd. edn. 2005) *''Being and Logos: The Way of Platonic Dialogue'' (1975; 2nd edn. 1986; 3rd edn. ''Being and Logos: Reading the Platonic Dialogues'', 1996) *''Phenomenology and the Return to Beginnings'' (1973; 2nd edn. 2002)

References

*Bernard Freydberg, ''The Thought of John Sallis: Phenomenology, Plato, Imagination'' (Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2012). *Kenneth Maly (ed.), ''The Path of Archaic Thinking: Unfolding the Work of John Sallis'' (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995). Including contributions from Walter Biemel,

Peg Birmingham Peg Birmingham is an American academic who serves as Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. Much of Birmingham's work has focused on the work of Hannah Arendt, to whose thought she is considered to have made a profound contribution, althoug ...

, Walter Brogan, Françoise Dastur, Jacques Derrida, Parvis Emad, Eliane Escoubas, Bernard D. Freydberg,

Rodolphe Gasché Rodolphe Gasché (born 1938, Luxembourg) holds the Eugenio Donato Chair of Comparative Literature at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Career Gasché obtained his doctorate from the Freie Universität Berlin, where he ...

, Michel Haar, John Llewelyn, Kenneth Maly, Adriaan Peperzak, James Risser, and Charles E. Scott, as well as a response by Sallis. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sallis, John 1938 births Living people 20th-century American philosophers Continental philosophers Deconstruction Tulane University alumni Boston College faculty Pennsylvania State University faculty Vanderbilt University faculty Loyola University Chicago faculty Duquesne University faculty Sewanee: The University of the South faculty Phenomenologists Heidegger scholars