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Dr. Jay Lampert specializes in Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy, Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy, and Metaphysics. His academic journey commenced with teaching positions at the University of Regina (Campion College) and Dickenson College, each for a year, followed by six years at Howard University. Subsequently, he spent 19 years at the University of Guelph before joining 91制片厂 in 2014. Since 2007, Dr. Lampert has maintained significant connections with 91制片厂.

With a prolific publication record, Dr. Lampert has authored three books on Husserl, Deleuze, and Philosophy of Time, and edited another. His scholarly contributions encompass numerous articles and book chapters, spanning a wide array of philosophers including Hegel, Fichte, Heidegger, Bergson, Gadamer, Derrida, Marion, and Badiou. His research primarily delves into the philosophy of time, often intersecting with various philosophical traditions, particularly Continental Philosophy.

Currently, Dr. Lampert is immersed in crafting a new book titled "Decisions and Futures." Beyond his primary areas of expertise, he harbors a keen interest in African and Ancient Egyptian philosophies. He also explores philosophical dimensions in film, especially special effects editing, and music, particularly serial and spectral music. An avid player of the game Go, Dr. Lampert extols its virtues to fellow philosophers. With a commitment to teaching at all levels, he has mentored numerous outstanding graduate students throughout his career.

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Toronto, 1987

 

School

Primary areas of research and teaching:

  • Dialectics, Phenomenology, Philosophies of Difference and Multiplicity
  • Continental Philosophy: Hegel, Husserl, Deleuze, and everything before, between, beside, and after
  • Philosophy of Time

 

Other interests:

  • Philosophy of Film
  • African Philosophy
  • The game of Go (rank: AGA 3-Dan)
  • Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus
  • Deleuze, Cinema (2 volumes)
  • Hegel, Science of Logic
  • Derrida, Of Grammatology
  • Badiou, Being and Event
  • Sartre, Critique of Dialectical Reason
  • Sartre, Notebooks for an Ethics
  • Adorno, Negative Dialectics
  • Gadamer, Truth and Method
  • Semiotics (Kristeva, Barthes, Eco)

Books:

Philosophy of the Short Term. London: Bloomsbury Publishers, 2024.

The Many Futures of a Decision. London: Bloomsbury Publishers, 2018.

Simultaneity and Delay. London: Continuum Books (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy), 2012.

Deleuze and Guattari鈥檚 Philosophy of History. London: Continuum Books (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy), 2006. 

Synthesis and Backward Reference in Husserl's Logical Investigations. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Phaenomenologica Series, 1995. 

Sample articles:

鈥淏oundas: The Series鈥�.  (A paper on Gilles Deleuze鈥檚 concept of 鈥渟eries鈥�, collected in

鈥淎 Tribute to Constantin V. Boundas鈥�). Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, 29/1, 2025, 201-215.

鈥淒eleuze and AlphaGo鈥�. Deleuze and Guattari Studies, 17/1, 2023, 27-54.

鈥淪hort Term Ideas and Temporal Segmentation鈥�.  In Spanish translation: 鈥�Ideas de corto plazo y segmentaci贸n temporal鈥� Translated by Juan Rocchi and Iv谩n Paz. In Las Potencias del Continuo: Deleuze: Ontolog铆a Pr谩ctica, Volume 3. Edited by Sebasti谩n Amarilla, Giorgina Bertazzo, and Gonzalo Santaya. Buenos Aires: RAGIF Ediciones, 2022, 201-224.

鈥淧roblems with the Future: Deleuze鈥檚 Difference and Repetition鈥�. Deleuze and Guattari Studies 13.3, 2019, pp. 416-434.

鈥淒eleuze鈥檚 鈥淧ower of Decision鈥�, Kant鈥檚 =X, and Husserl鈥檚 Noema鈥�. In At the Edges of Thought: Deleuze and Post-Kantian Thought, ed. Craig Lundy and Daniela Voss. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2015, pp. 272-292.

鈥淥n Hegel鈥檚 Thesis that Religion and Philosophy have the Same Content but Different Form鈥�. In Irreconcilable Differences, a collection on Philosophy and Theology, ed. Jason Robinson and David Peck. Oregon: Pickwick Publications/Wipf and Stick Publishing, 2015, pp. 88-104.

鈥淰isual Effects and Phenomenology of Perceptual Control鈥�. In Cinema: Journal of Philosophy and the Moving Image, 6, 2014, pp 30-51. http://cjpmi.ifilnova.pt/6-contents

鈥淒o 鈥楽heets of Past鈥� Exist?  Deleuze on Time and Cinema鈥� and Radio鈥�. In Intensities and Lines of Flight: Deleuze/Guattari and the Arts, ed. Antonio Calcagno, James Vernon, and Steve G. Lofts. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2014, pp. 33-54.

鈥淟imit, Ground, Judgement鈥� Syllogism: Hegel, Deleuze, Hegel, and Deleuze鈥�. In Hegel and Deleuze, ed. James Vernon and Karen Houle.  Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 2013, pp. 183-203.

鈥淒o the Arguments for Saturated Phenomena prove that they are Possible or Necessary? Time to Decide鈥�. In Phenomenology and the Theological Turn, Twenty-seventh Annual Symposium (2009) of the Simon Silverman Phenomenology Center, , 2012.  

鈥淰iolent and Non-violent Teleology in Hegel鈥檚 Logic鈥�. In Person, Being, and History: Essays in Honor of Kenneth L. Schmitz, ed. Michael Baur and Robert E. Wood.  Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2011, pp. 140-155.

鈥淭heory of Delay in Balibar, Freud and Deleuze: Retard, Nachtr盲glichkeit, D茅calage鈥�. In Deleuze and History, ed. Jeffrey A. Bell and Claire Colebrook.  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009, pp. 72-91.