Philosophy
Dr. Neil O’Hara
Dr. Neil O’Hara is an Academic Philosopher and teacher who has published widely and spoken at conferences internationally.
He earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Hertfordshire in 2017. His research specialisms are metaethics, Wittgenstein and On Certainty but he teaches widely.
(Hear and interview with me about my work here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AM4fZTI2ew7xXut2eGMDJ?si=cd6aff9cec754759)
Publications
Books:
Papers:
Philosophical Perspectives on Moral Certainty (2022, Routledge)
Moral Certainty and the Foundations of Morality (2018, Palgrave Macmillan)
‘‘He put darkness between you’: A version of the Deliverance at the Sea Narrative in Exodus 14:20 and Joshua 24:7’ in The Expository Times (2023)
‘Man Cannot Serve Two Masters: The Characterisation of Gideon and Doublets in Judges 6’ in The Scandinavian Journal for the Old Testament (2021)
Conference Papers:
‘Primary recognition, AI and digital meeting’ given at the conference Digital Theology and Wellbeing at London School of Theology (2023)
‘Local moral certainty and the possibility of cross-cultural understanding’ given at Intercultural Understanding: Wittgensteinian Approaches at the Crossroads of Epistemology and Ethics (Valencia, 2020)
‘Primary recognition and morality’ given at the Meeting of the Welsh Philosophical Society (Gregynog, 2017)
Lecturing and Tutoring
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