Caleb FaulAssistant Professor of Philosophy
Education
Ph.D. (Philosophy), Stony Brook University
M.A. (Philosophy), Stony Brook University
B.A. (Philosophy, Music), University of North Dakota
Areas of Research
Aesthetics
Phenomenology and Existentialism
Continental Philosophy
Ethics
Philosophy of Music
Philosophy of Religion
Publications
Articles
"Living in Art: Interior Design and Artistic Experience." Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology 12, no. 1 (2025): 51-66.
“Ontologically Interactive Painting: On Susan Rothenberg’s Three Heads.” Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 55, no. 2 (2024): 184-97.
“Institution and Divergence: Toward a Phenomenology of Music.” Journal of Speculative Philosophy 34, no. 3 (2020): 274-83.
“Voyagers in Sound: On the Smooth and the Striated in Musical Interpretation and Performance.” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74, no. 4 (2018): 1437–64.
Recent Conference Paper Presentations
2025
"The Re-Creational Musician: On Playing a Piece of Music." Presented at the International Merleau-Ponty Circle (IMPC), 49th annual conference, Orono, ME, 25-27 September and at the Rocky Mountain Division of the American Society for Aesthetics (RMDASA), 41st annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 18-20 July.
2024
"In Place or Taking Place? Interactivity in Phenomenology and Interior Design." Presented at RMDASA, 40th annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 12-14 July.
2023
"Inside Art: Interior Design and the Inhabitation of Artworks." Presented at IMPC, 47th annual conference, Virtual Presentation, 4-6 December and at the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy, 2023 conference, Orono, ME, 28-30 September.
Professional Service
- Organizing Member, New England Society for Continental Philosophy
- Member, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Member, International Merleau-Ponty Circle
- Member, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
- Member, American Society for Aesthetics