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Logan Wigglesworth joined Hope鈥檚 philosophy department in fall 2024 as a visiting assistant professor. He is interested in ethics, philosophy of emotion and aesthetics. Much of his interest is sparked by discussion with artists and arts faculty.   

Areas of Expertise

• Ethics
• Philosophy of emotion
• Aesthetics

Logan asks questions like, 鈥淲hat is the role of emotion in moral understanding?鈥� 鈥淲hat is the nature of emotions?鈥� 鈥淲hat norms govern our engagements with specific artworks and genres?鈥� He is currently writing on the aesthetics of contemporary worship music and how such music might cultivate virtue. 鈥淗ow does God ground aesthetic value?鈥� He is also currently writing on how God might ground aesthetic value specifically in a fitting-attitude analysis of value. 

Education

• Ph.D. in philosophy, Rice University, May 2024
• M.A. in philosophy, University of Houston, May 2017
• BBA in finance, Texas A&M University, May 2012

Publications

• 鈥淭he Role of Affect in Moral Grasp and Understanding,鈥� Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, forthcoming

Grants

• PLATO Educational Grant to support Ethics and Society High School Summer Program at Rice (2022 and 2021)

Selected Presentations

• 鈥淢irrors of the Soul: Music, Tragedy, and Self-Understanding,鈥� Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Experience International Conference (2024)
• 鈥淭he Aesthetics of Contemporary Worship Music: A Defense of Simplicity,鈥� American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting (2023)
• 鈥淔ade to Grey: Sentimental Perceptualism and the Problem of Diminishing Emotions,鈥� American Philosophical Association Central Division (2023)
• 鈥淢oral Understanding and Affective Grasp,鈥� Rice Workshop in Philosophy of Mind (2022)

Outside the College

Logan likes to play music, especially guitar and bass; he played both for various worship bands. He also does calligraphy in his spare time.