James Tartaglia
James Tartaglia | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 October 1973 Portsmouth, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University College London (BA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Era | Contemporary |
| Title | Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy |
| Website | www.jamestartaglia.com |
James Phillip Frank Tartaglia (born 29 October 1973) is a British philosopher who defends metaphysical idealism and existential nihilism, as well as a jazz saxophonist whose “jazz-philosophy fusion” combines jazz music with philosophical ideas.
Biography
Tartaglia was born in Portsmouth and grew up in Hereford, where he started playing alto saxophone at age 11 after hearing Cannonball Adderley's recording of "Another Kind of Soul".[1] He was winner in the soloist category of the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Competition in 1991 and successfully auditioned in Frankfurt for a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, Boston, where he studied from 1992-3; his saxophone teacher was George Garzone.[2] He began an economics degree at University College London in 1993, but soon switched to philosophy. He obtained a BA (1996), M.Phil. (1998) and Ph.D. (2001) in philosophy from UCL, where he studied with Tim Crane and J.J. Valberg.[3] He was Visiting Lecturer at the University of Birmingham from 2001-2 and then was appointed Lecturer in Philosophy at Keele University in 2002, where he stayed to become Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy in 2017; his inaugural lecture was a jazz-philosophy fusion performance entitled, “I’m Gonna Tell You the Meaning of Life”.[4] He is an Associate Editor at the journal Human Affairs.[5]
Books
Authored books
• Inner Space Philosophy (Winchester, UK: Iff Books, forthcoming 2023)
• (with Tracy Llanera) A Defence of Nihilism (London: Routledge 2021)
• Gods and Titans (London: Bloomsbury 2020)
• Philosophy in a Meaningless Life (London: Bloomsbury 2016)
• Rorty and the Mirror of Nature (London: Routledge 2007)
Edited books
• (with Stephen Leach) The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers (London: Routledge 2018)
• Nihilism and the Meaning of Life: A Philosophical Dialogue with James Tartaglia , edited by Masahiro Morioka (Saitama, Japan: University of Waseda 2017)[6]
• (with Stephen Leach) Consciousness and the Great Philosophers (London: Routledge 2016)
• (with Stephen Leach) Richard Rorty’s Mind, Language, and Metaphilosophy: Early Philosophical Papers (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014)
• Richard Rorty: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers, 4 volumes (London: Routledge 2009)
Discography
• Look For Work, 2021 – with Steve Tromans (piano)
• Jazz-Philosophy Fusion, 2016 – with Jessica Radcliffe (vocals), Sonja Morgenstern (vocals), Steve Tromans (piano), David Hilton (bass), Tymoteusz Jozwiak (drums), Gareth Fowler (guitar)
• Kooky Steps, 2014 – with Mark Huggett (drums), Jennifer Maidman (bass), Annie Whitehead (trombone), Thomas Seminar Ford (guitar), Sonja Morgenstern (vocals), Dagmar Wilhelm (vocals)
• Dark Metaphysic, 2008 – with Mark Huggett (drums), Jennifer Maidman (bass), Annie Whitehead (trombone), Ben Thomas (trumpet), Matt Ratcliffe (keyboard)
• A Free Jazz Treatise Concerning Human Affairs, 2003 - with Mark Huggett (drums), Nick Haward (bass), Sonja Morgenstern (vocals), Lizzi Wood (vocals)
References
- ^ Birmingham Post, 23 June 2016, p. 31
- ^ James Tartaglia CV, Adrian Piper Foundation
- ^ Tartaglia, James (2016). Philosophy in a Meaningless Life. London: Bloomsbury. p. x. ISBN 978-1-3500-1751-1.
- ^ Keele University, events 2019
- ^ Human Affairs website
- ^ Ebook free online from Journal of Philosophy of Life