Lucas Carroll
Lucas Carroll
Contact
Email: carrolih@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., B.S., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- M.A., Southern Evangelical Seminary
Research Interests
History and Critique of Metaphysics
Contemporary Metaphysics
19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy
Medieval Philosophy
Philosophy of Language and Dialogue
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Religion
Department
Biography
Academically, I am fascinated by the great systems of the classical metaphysical tradition and with the living question concerning this tradition's curtailment and overthrow. My research is oriented around a cluster of questions and figures relating to the once-oft-announced "end of metaphysics." Mainly, I am preoccupied with isolating and describing in detail the fatal problems said to block any attempt at metaphysics' rejuvenation or reconstruction. Outside of my academic studies, I am a novice chef and once-professional mixologist who loves throwing elaborate, conversation-heavy dinner parties. I am an avid practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and have been "on the mat" in one form or another (BJJ, Wrestling, Judo) most of my life. Some of my academia-adjacent hobbies include my special affinity for ancient military history (in particular the great Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca), and my near-compulsory propensity toward organizing and facilitating extracurricular reading groups with friends and colleagues. My greatest pleasure can be found in sustained and genuine personal and theoretical dialogue, an activity I understand to be as valuable as it is both difficult and rare. My academic work is a reflection of my sincere belief in the salutary effects of a carefully-pursued conversation, and of my native enjoyment in the complexities of dialectic and their creative resolution.
Publications
2024 鈥淏eing Without One: Deleuze and the Medievals on Transcendental Unum鈥�, Parrhesia, 39, pp. 118-154.
2024 鈥淐astrated Ontologizing: A Lacanian Critique of Metaphysical Desire鈥�, Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, [Forthcoming].
2022 鈥淒eleuze Among the Scotists: Difference-In-Itself and Ultima Differentia鈥�, Deleuze and Guattari Studies, 16:3, pp. 331-378.
鈥淩eview of Capobianco鈥檚 Heidegger鈥檚 Being: The Shimmering Unfolding鈥�, Gatherings, 13, pp. 267-272.
Presentations
My recent presentations include:
鈥淭he Origin of Negation鈥�, Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences & Interdisciplinary Coalition of North American Phenomenologists. Pittsburgh, PA 2024
鈥淔erdinand Ulrich on the Medieval Metaphysics of Multiplicity鈥�, Metaphysical Society of America. New York City, NY 2024
鈥淟acan and Platonic Pedagogy鈥�, Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (American Psychological Association, Division 24). Boston, MA 2023
鈥淩eincipiens: On Negative Ontology鈥�, Metaphysical Society of America. Atlanta, GA 2023
鈥淏eing Without One: Deleuze and the Medievals on the Transcendental Convertibility of Being and Unity鈥�, Metaphysical Society of America. Milwaukee, WI 2022
鈥淲riting and Hubris鈥�, Duquesne University GSIP Conference. Pittsburgh, PA 2022