John Garner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Philosophy Program Coordinator
678-839-4886
jgarner@westga .edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 3225
Office Hours
*In Person: (i) Drop-in: Tues/Thurs 11-1. (ii) w/ Notice: Tues/Thurs 8:45-9:15 & 1-1:45. (iii) By App't: email to schedule.
**Online: (i) Standby: Mon/Wed/Fri 9:30-10:30am; email to meet immediately. (ii) 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 continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, and critical thought broadly (including translation thereof). His most significant research is linked below:
- Works-in-Progress:
- Book project entitled Imagination and Truth: Creative Discovery in the Platonic Tradition (under contract).
- Plus several essays on imagination in the history of philosophy.
- Published Book:
- John V. Garner, The Emerging Good in Plato's Philebus (Northwestern UP, 2017). ⇗
- Other Publications (selection):
- John V. Garner, “An Institution of Waiting: Capital Punishment in Weil and Camus,” in Re-Thinking Political Crisis and Collapse: Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, eds. A. Calcagno, S. G. Lofts, and M. Yenson (Lexington Books, forthcoming). [edited book chapter]
- 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]. ⇗
- Cornelius Castoriadis, The Greek Imaginary: From Homer to Heraclitus, Seminars 1982–1983, co-trans. w/ M.-C. Garrido Sierralta (includes translator's “Foreword”) (Edinburgh UP, 2023) [book translation]. ⇗
- 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]. ⇗
- Cornelius Castoriadis, Democracy and Relativism: A Debate (includes translator's “Foreword” ⇗) (RLI, 2019) [book translation]. ⇗
- 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]. ⇗
- Cornelius Castoriadis, Postscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis, co-trans. w/ G. Rockhill (Continuum, 2011) [book translation]. ⇗
- 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 Philosophy)
- PHIL-3105 (Medieval to Early Mod Philsphy)
- PHIL-3110 (18th-19th Century Philosophy)
- PHIL-3140 (Existentialism)
- PHIL-4230 (Philosophy of Religion)
- PHIL-4381 (Late Modern Aesthetics)
- PHIL-4385 (Philosophy of Imagination)
Spring 2025 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3100 (Ancient Philosophy) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- PHIL-2020 (Critical Thinking) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- PHIL-3110 (Phil Art & Beauty (18/19th C.)) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
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