Reading Nietzsche at La Boulangerie

Dr Mark Migotti

PhD
Pronouns: He/him

Positions

Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy

Contact information

Email

migotti@ucalgary.ca

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-5534

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Philosophy, Yale University, 1991

M.Phil. Philosophy, University of Warwick, 1985

Research

Areas of Research

Nietzsche's critique of modern morality, Peirce's conception of logic, The nature and importance of having sex

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Human dynamics in a changing world

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
PHIL 408 Nietzsche Fall 2022
ARTS 503 SEC 01 S01 Multidisciplinary Capstone Winter 2020
PHIL 399 Philosophy of Sport Winter 2023
PHIL 603 Plato on Love and Philosophy Wintr 2021

Projects

Ethics and the Life of the Mind: A Study of On the Genealogy of Morals

Awards

  • Great Supervisor Award, Facuilty of Graduate Studies. 2018
  • Visiting Faculty Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, 2010
  • Visiting Faculty Fellow, St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, 2010
  • Student Union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Students Union. 2008
  • Student union Teaching Excellence Award, University of Calgary Student union. 2016

Publications

  • Schopenhauer's Pessimism in Context. Mark H Migotti. Oxford University Press. (2019)
  • Brazen New World: A Peircean Approach to Post-Truth". Mark H Migotti. Praeger Press. 178-189. (2018)
  • Philosophy, The World, Life, and The Law: In Honour of Susan Haack. Mark H Migotti. Cosmos and Taxis. (2021)
  • Why Study Logic?. Mark Migotti. Oxford University Press. 167-192. (2023)
  • “All Creatures Great and Small: Schopenhauer on the Value of Life, the Nature of Justice, and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”, . Mark Migotti. 123-140. (2021)