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William James Desmond (born January 7, 1951) [1] is an Irish philosopher who has written on ontology, metaphysics, ethics, and religion . Desmond earned his B.A. and M.A. from University College, Cork, in 1972 and 1974; Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1978.
William Desmond (born William Mannion; January 23, 1878 – November 3, 1949) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1948. He was nicknamed "The King of the Silent Serials."
Apr 28, 2023 · William Desmond is a philosopher who begins in wonder and affirms the abundance and worth of being. He develops a metaphysics of overdetermined being, which resists closure and celebrates the mystery of reality.
He was stripped of his citizenship, his money, all his possessions and sent into exile. He decided he would live self-sufficiently, close to nature, without materialism, vanity, or conformity and only then could he be truly free. William D. Desmond details how Diogenes gave rise to the philosophy of cynicism.
Dec 31, 2017 · Over a thirty-year period, William Desmond has published well over a dozen substantial sole-authored tomes that have been marked by their consistently systematic ambitions, connecting his reading of the western metaphysical tradition with kindred ‘meta’ explorations of religion, ethics, aesthetics and socio-political themes, all ...
- Richard J. Colledge
- richard.colledge@acu.edu.au
- 2017
This volume collects seventeen new essays by well-established and junior scholars on the philosophical relevance of metaxological philosophy and its main proponent, William Desmond. It looks at metaxology for its relevance in various areas of Continental philosophy.
William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy at Villanova University, and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is also the Thomas A.F. Kelly Visiting Chair in Philosophy, at Maynooth University, National University of Ireland.
