John Garner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Philosophy Program Coordinator
678-839-4886
jgarner@wes tga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3225
Office Hours
*In Person: (a) Drop-in: W 9:30-12:15. (b) w/ Notice: M/W 8:45-9:15 & 12:30-1:45. (c) By App't: email to schedule.
**Online: (a) Standby: T/R 9-11am; email to meet immediately. (b) By App't: email to schedule.
Dr. Garner joined the UWG Philosophy Program in 2014 after studying at Villanova University (Ph.D. Philosophy ⇗, 2014) and Florida State University (B.A. Religion ⇗, 2005). His teaching and research interests range from ancient Greek philosophy to philosophy of religion, continental philosophy, and critical thought broadly. He also translates philosophy from French. His most significant works are linked below:
- Authored Book:
- John V. Garner, The Emerging Good in Plato's Philebus (Northwestern UP, 2017). ⇗
- Selected Essays:
- John V. Garner, “An Institution of Waiting: Capital Punishment in Weil and Camus,” in Political Responses to Crisis and Collapse, ed. Antonio Calcagno and Karen Enns (Lexington Books) [book chapter; accepted/forthcoming].
- John V. Garner, “The Imaginal World and the Orientation of Perception: Henry Corbin and the French Phenomenological Context,” The Journal of Religion 104 (1), 2024 [peer-reviewed article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner and Christopher P. Noble, “Possibility or Necessity? On Robert Watt’s ‘Bergson on Number’,” British Journal for the History of Philosophy 32 (1), 2023. [peer-reviewed article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Creative Discovery: Proclus and Plato on the Emergence of Scientific Precision,” Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy 24 (2), 2020 [peer-reviewed article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Foreword,” in Castoriadis, Democracy (full reference below), 2019 [translator's introduction]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Creativity and Historical Non-Being in Nikulin’s The Concept of History,” Existenz: An International Journal in Philosophy, Religion, Politics, and the Arts 14 (1), 2019 [invited article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Thinking Beyond Identity: Numbers and the Identity of Indiscernibles in Plato and Proclus,” Idealistic Studies 47 (1/2), 2017 [peer-reviewed article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Gadamer and the Lessons of Arithmetic in Plato’s Hippias Major,” META: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy 9 (1), 2017 [peer-reviewed article]. ⇗
- John V. Garner, “Cornelius Castoriadis,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011, rev. 2015 [peer-reviewed encyclopedia entry]. ⇗
- Translated Books:
- Cornelius Castoriadis, The Greek Imaginary: From Homer to Heraclitus, Seminars 1982–1983, co-trans. with María-Constanza Garrido Sierralta (Edinburgh UP, 2023). ⇗
- Cornelius Castoriadis, Democracy and Relativism: A Debate (RLI, 2019). ⇗
- Cornelius Castoriadis, Postscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis, co-trans. with Gabriel Rockhill (Continuum, 2011). ⇗
- For complete works, see Garner's CV. ⇗
- B.A., Religion, Florida State University, 2005
- M.A., Philosophy, Villanova University, 2009
- Ph.D., Philosophy, Villanova University, 2014
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy)
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking)
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy)
- PHIL-3105 (Medieval to Early Mod Philsphy)
- PHIL-3110 (Modern Philosophy)
- PHIL-3140 (Existentialism)
- PHIL-4230 (Philosophy of Religion)
- PHIL-4300 (Senior Seminar)
- PHIL-4381 (Pre-Modern Aesthetics)
- PHIL-4385 (Sp. Topics: German Idealism)
Spring 2024 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3140 (Existentialism) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-4385 (Philosophy of Imagination) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient Philosophy) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking-Honors) Section: 26H external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-4230 (Philosophy of Religion) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 09 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient Philosophy) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- PHIL-4381 (Mdrn Philosophies Art & Beauty) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3110 (18th-19th Century Philosophy) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-4381 (Late Modern Aesthetics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: E05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3105 (Medieval to Early Mod Philsphy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- PHIL-4381 (Pre-Modern Aesthetics) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy) Section: 01W
Fall 2019 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 06
- PHIL-4230 (Philosophy of Religion) Section: 01W
Spring 2019 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02
- PHIL-3110 (Modern Philosophy) Section: 01W
Fall 2018 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy) Section: 01
- PHIL-4300 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W
Spring 2018 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Intro to Philosophy) Section: 01
- PHIL-2010 (Intro to Philosophy-Honors) Section: 25H
- PHIL-3110 (Modern Philosophy) Section: 01
Fall 2017 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy) Section: 01
- PHIL-3140 (Existentialism) Section: 01
Spring 2017 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02
- PHIL-4385 (Sp. Topics: German Idealism) Section: 01W
Fall 2016 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy) Section: 01
- PHIL-4230 (Philosophy of Religion) Section: 01W
Summer 2016 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 01
Spring 2016 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 03
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 04
Fall 2015 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 03
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient & Medieval Philosophy) Section: 01
Spring 2015 Sections
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 02
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 03
- PHIL-2010 (Introduction to Philosophy) Section: 05
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01