Dr Dawn Wilson
| Biography | I joined the University of Hull in October 2011, having previously worked at St Anne's College, Oxford and the universities of Warwick, Southampton, Kent, Durham, and University College Cork. I have published a multi-stage account of photography which has been internationally recognised as a new direction in the Philosophy of Photography. I collaborate with interdisciplinary and international research networks on projects dedicated to photography, art, perception, image-theory, and cultural conservation, including: Photographs: Perception and Changes. An interdisciplinary network on photography and its reception Art and the Limits of Perception (Part of the SPIN network). A network bringing together aestheticians and philosophers of perception White Rose Aesthetics Forum. A collaboration of Philosophers working in Aesthetics at Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York The (In Parenthesis) Project Anglo-German Bildtheorie/Picture Theory International Research Group |
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| Research Interests | Philosophy of photography Philosophy of images / Bildtheorie Aesthetics Philosophy of art Image technology History of analytic philosophy Wittgenstein |
| Teaching and Learning | I have a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) The modules I will teach in 2024-25 are: 441122 Reason, Logic and Argument 441124 Creation, Persistence, Destruction: Problems in Metaphysics 551575 Environments and Philosophy 662101 Our Digital Age: Philosophy and Technological Innovation Philosophy Research Project (Dissertation) Modules I have taught in previous years include: Philosophical Revolutionaries Detection, Depiction, Deception: The Philosophy of Photography 20th Century Analytic and Continental Philosophy The Philosophy of Contemporary Thought and Culture Wittgenstein, Language and Reality (PGT) Philosophical Texts (PGT) Philosophical Research Methods (PGT) Philosophy in Practice |
| Scopus Author ID | 55478367800 |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | I am available to supervise projects on topics such as: Philosophy of photography Philosophy and AI image technology Aesthetics Philosophy of art Portraiture Philosophy of images and depiction Wittgenstein History of analytic philosophy |