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'''Jan Christoff Westerhoff''' is a philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in [[metaphysics]] and the [[philosophy of language]]. He was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and [[SOAS]]. At present he is a University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the [[University of Oxford]], a Fellow of [[Lady Margaret Hall]] and a Research Associate at [[SOAS]]. He was previously a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the [[City University of New York]], a Seminar Associate at [[Columbia University]], a Junior Research Fellow at [[Linacre College]] and a Junior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the [[University of Oxford]].
'''Jan Christoph Westerhoff''' is a philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in [[metaphysics]] and the [[philosophy of language]]. He was educated at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and [[SOAS]]. At present he is a University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the [[University of Oxford]], a Fellow of [[Lady Margaret Hall]] and a Research Associate at [[SOAS]]. He was previously a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the [[City University of New York]], a Seminar Associate at [[Columbia University]], a Junior Research Fellow at [[Linacre College]] and a Junior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the [[University of Oxford]].


He is a specialist in metaphysics and [[Indo-Tibetan philosophy]]. His research interests also include the [[history of ideas]] in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
He is a specialist in metaphysics and [[Indo-Tibetan philosophy]]. His research interests also include the [[history of ideas]] in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Revision as of 05:04, 29 March 2016

Jan Christoph Westerhoff is a philosopher and orientalist with specific interests in metaphysics and the philosophy of language. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and SOAS. At present he is a University Lecturer in Religious Ethics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall and a Research Associate at SOAS. He was previously a Research Fellow in Philosophy at the City University of New York, a Seminar Associate at Columbia University, a Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College and a Junior Lecturer in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

He is a specialist in metaphysics and Indo-Tibetan philosophy. His research interests also include the history of ideas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Books

  • Reality. A Very Short Introduction. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, ISBN 0199594414)
  • Twelve Examples of Illusion. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
  • The Dispeller of Disputes. Nagarjuna's Vigrahavyavartani. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
  • Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
  • Ontological Categories. Their Nature and Significance (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005)
  • (co-authored with The Cowherds) Moonshadows. Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0199751439)

Journal papers (selection)

Talks

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