Summary
David Rondel earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at McMaster University in 2009. His areas of research specialization include social and political philosophy, and American Pragmatism (particularly the work of William James, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty). He also has research interests in moral psychology and the philosophy of emotion. He is the author of Pragmatist Egalitarianism (Oxford University Press, 2018), and A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety (forthcoming with Oxford University Press). He is also editor or co-editor of four books: Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen (University of Calgary Press, 2012), Pragmatism and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2017), The Cambridge Companion to Rorty (Cambridge University Press, 2021), and The Moral Psychology of Anxiety (forthcoming with Rowman & Littlefield).
Research interests
- Social and political philosophy
- Philosophy of law
- Ethics (theoretical and applied)
- American pragmatism
- History of ethics and political philosophy
- Philosophy of emotion
Recent publications
Books
- A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey Into Anxiety (Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
- The Moral Psychology of Anxiety (Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming)
- The Cambridge Companion to Rorty (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
- Pragmatist Egalitarianism (Oxford University Press, 2018)
- Pragmatism and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2017)
- Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen (University of Calgary Press, 2012)
Articles
See my PhilPeople site, which keeps running track of all my publications.
Courses taught
- PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 213: Early Modern Philosophy
- PHIL 245: Contemporary Moral Issues
- PHIL 457: Contemporary Political Philosophy
- PHIL 453: Topics in the Philosophy of Law
- PHIL 406: American Philosophy
- PHIL 712: Graduate Seminar, Liberalism and Its Discontents
- CH 203: The American Experience and Constitutional Change
Education
- Ph.D., McMaster University, 2009