Department of Philosophy

 

Staff

 

Dr. Stephen Thornton

• Qualifications: M.A., Ph.D., H.D.E. (NUI).
• Position: Head of Department
• Telephone: 353-61-204341
• Email: Stephen.Thornton@mic.ul.ie

Dr. Chris Lawn

• Qualifications: BA (Wales), M.A. (Sussex), Ph.D. (NUI).
• Position: Lecturer
• Telephone: 353-61-204576
• Email: Chris.Lawn@mic.ul.ie

Dr. Catherine Kavanagh

• Qualifications: BA, M.Phil (NUI), M.M.S (University of Notre Dame) Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame)
• Position: Lecturer
• Telephone: 353-61-204904
• Email: Catherine.Kavanagh@mic.ul.ie

 

Dr. Niall Keane

• Qualifications: B.A., M.A., (NUI), M.Phil. (Leuven), Ph.D. (Leuven)
• Position: Assistant Lecturer
• Research Interests: Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Ancient philosophy; Nineteenth-Century German philosophy
• Telephone: 353-61-204579
• Email: niall.keane@mic.ul.ie

 

Dr. Steven Bond

• Qualifications: BA, Ph.D. (University of Limerick)
• Position: Assistant Lecturer
• Telephone:
• Email: Steven.Bond@mic.ul.ie

Philosophy Postgraduate Students

 

Ms. Orla Slattery

• Qualifications: B.A, M.A, (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assistant
• Research Topic:Berkeley’s Immaterial Hypothesis and its Relation to the Continental Tradition (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email:Orla.Slattery@mic.ul.ie

Ms. Karen McCutcheon

• Qualifications: B.A. , M.A (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assitant
• Research Topic: Nietzsche on the Symbolic Order (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Karen.McCutcheon@mic.ul.ie

 

Ms. Treasa Campbell

• Qualifications: B.A. , M.A (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/IRCHSS Postgraduate Scholar
• Research Topic: Normative Issues in Naturalised Epistemology (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Treasa.Campbell@mic.ul.ie

 

Mr. Ian Dillon

• Qualifications: B.A. (Carlow), M.A (UCC)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assistant
• Research Topic: Lyotard and the Philosophy of Democracy (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Chris Lawn
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Ian.Dillon@mic.ul.ie

Ms. Martina O'Toole

• Qualifications: B.A. (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assistant
• Research Topic: Wittgenstein Literary Significane (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Martina.oToole@mic.ul.ie

Mr. Martin Cuneen

• Qualifications: B.A. (Swansea)
• Position: Postgraduate Student
• Research Topic: Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Religion (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Martin.Cuneen@mic.ul.ie

Mr. Steven Leddin

• Qualifications: B.A. (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assistant
• Research Topic: Subjectivity and Solidarity (Research Masters Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Chris Lawn
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Steven Leddin

Mr. Gerry Roche

• Qualifications: MA (NUI)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/ MIC Doctoral Award Scholar
• Research Topic: A Philosophical Analysis of the Concept of Irrationality as used in Psychiatry (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. John Hayes
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Gerry.Roche@mic.ul.ie

 Mr. Francis O’Kelly de Gallagh

• Qualifications: B.A. (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student/Teaching Assistant
• Research Topic: Objective Knowledge: Mirror of Nature, Mirror of the Mind (Research Masters Project)
• Supervisor: Dr. Steven Bond/Dr. Stephen Thornton
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Francis O’Kelly de Gallagh

Ms. Eleanor McSherry

• Qualifications: B.A. (University of Limerick)
• Position: Postgraduate Student
• Research Topic: Foucault and the Concept of Disability (Research Masters Project)
• Supervisors: Dr. Chris Lawn
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Eleanor McSherry

Mr. Andrew Hunt

• Qualifications: B.A., M.A. (University of Liverpool)
• Position: Postgraduate Student /MIC Studentship Scholar
• Research Topic: The Illumination of Being in the Thought of Karl Jaspers and Thomas Aquinas (Doctoral Project)
• Supervisors: Dr. Catherine Kavanagh
• Telephone: 353-61-204942
• Email: Andrew.Hunt@mic.ul.ie