Will writes on areas of philosophy, social theory, and sociology, having completed a PhD and taught in these areas. He has authored 3 books, as well as numerous book chapters and articles.
Will works within a philosophical tradition that interrogates distinctions of presence from absence. One such study concerns how an individual’s thoughts, actions, and attributes, are products of what is not the individual.
Will’s theoretical interests and expertise include 19th and 20th century phenomenological and post-structuralist philosophy, ancient Stoic philosophy, social theory, and sociology.
Will is also a publisher, translator, podcaster, and from a past life, amateur recording musician.
Books
Scholarly Projects and Experience
Will has three scholarly projects:
Time and Social Structure explores how continental philosophy and social/sociological theory conceive of the relations between our personal experiences of time and larger structures of time.
Stoic Philosophy and Subjectivity studies how Stoic philosophy situates our individualities within the communal and physical environments in which we live and from which we have originated.
Phenomenology, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism maps the sequence of publications, and philosophical relations, between phenomenology, structuralism, and post-structuralism.
Will’s teaching experience includes university course coordination, lecturing, and tutoring, as well as creating and lecturing public philosophy courses. His completed PhD thesis examined philosophical and sociological conceptions of time. His undergraduate training (Bachelor of Arts, Honours Class I) majored in both philosophical and sociological theories and research methods. He has reviewed articles submitted for publication for numerous academic journals, including Time & Society, and the Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour.
Planktos Press
Will is the founder of the publisher Planktos Press. In this role he is also responsible for translating select philosophical texts from French into English.
Podcasts
Will creates and hosts two podcasts:
Techno Tales explores important tracks from the histories of techno, trance, and acid house. Each episode is told through a short story, inspired by actual events.
Mind Tuning asks how music has explored themes concerning mental health. Each episode Martina and Will consider this question through the context of one song.
Music Recordings
Under the artist name of Wont, Will has recorded and released two solo music albums:
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