Introduction

I have created this website in order to develop and share my ideas in a particular sphere of philosophy. They are primarily concerned with art as a form of knowledge and the inner necessity of moral virtue to human experience. I see these interests as closely related ways of examining a life that is valued in itself, and the main arguments are supported by theories of non-mechanical causation, the psychology of sensory perception and the mutual involvement of materiality and self-awareness. I have published three books:  The Basis of Morality and its Relation to Dramatic Form in a Study of David Copperfield, Forms of Enlightenment in Art and Sensory Knowledge and Art; and they are described under the heading Books. In addition, my essays which are listed below can be read or downloaded.

The Instability of Moral Phenomena in Antony and Cleopatra (2025)

Moral Phenomena and the Form of Inner Experience in Hamlet, The Art of the Fugue and The Tears of Saint Peter (2024)

The Inner Necessity of Moral Virtue (2020)

Perception, Reason and Substance (2019)

Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Causation (2018)

Sensory Knowledge and Art (2017)

On the Dedication for Shakespeare’s Sonnets (2012)

Forms of Enlightenment in Art (2010)