Dr. Logan Wigglesworth

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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Logan Wigglesworth joined Hope亚洲色吧檚 philosophy department in fall 2024 as a visiting assistant professor. He is interested in ethics, philosophy of emotion and aesthetics. Much of his interest is sparked by discussion with artists and arts faculty.   

Areas of Expertise

  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of emotion
  • Aesthetics

Logan asks questions like, 亚洲色吧淲hat is the role of emotion in moral understanding?亚洲色吧 亚洲色吧淲hat is the nature of emotions?亚洲色吧 亚洲色吧淲hat norms govern our engagements with specific artworks and genres?亚洲色吧 He is currently writing on the aesthetics of contemporary worship music and how such music might cultivate virtue. 亚洲色吧淗ow does God ground aesthetic value?亚洲色吧 He is also currently writing on how God might ground aesthetic value specifically in a fitting-attitude analysis of value. 

Education

  • Ph.D. in philosophy, Rice University, May 2024
  • M.A. in philosophy, University of Houston, May 2017
  • BBA in finance, Texas A&M University, May 2012

Publications

  • 亚洲色吧淭he Role of Affect in Moral Grasp and Understanding,亚洲色吧 Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, forthcoming

Grants

  • PLATO Educational Grant to support Ethics and Society High School Summer Program at Rice (2022 and 2021)

Selected Presentations

  • 亚洲色吧淢irrors of the Soul: Music, Tragedy, and Self-Understanding,亚洲色吧 Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Experience International Conference (2024)
  • 亚洲色吧淭he Aesthetics of Contemporary Worship Music: A Defense of Simplicity,亚洲色吧 American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting (2023)
  • 亚洲色吧淔ade to Grey: Sentimental Perceptualism and the Problem of Diminishing Emotions,亚洲色吧 American Philosophical Association Central Division (2023)
  • 亚洲色吧淢oral Understanding and Affective Grasp,亚洲色吧 Rice Workshop in Philosophy of Mind (2022)

Outside the College

Logan likes to play music, especially guitar and bass; he played both for various worship bands. He also does calligraphy in his spare time. 

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Dr. Logan Wigglesworth

Phone Number616.395.7650

Lubbers Hall Room 211 126 East 10th Street Holland, MI 49423
Lubbers Hall Room 211 126 East 10th Street Holland MI 49423