Timothy Yenter
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion
Phone Number: (662)915-7020
Email: tpyenter@olemiss.edu
http://www.inessentials.com/

Key Words: philosophy, history, cinema

Research Description: My primary research project examines metaphysics and methodology (especially theories of demonstration, which are often implicit and assumed, and the principle of sufficient reason) in early modern British philosophy from Boyle through Hume. I have also written about related figures in seventeenth century continental Europe, especially Spinoza and Leibniz.

I have a long-running interest in film and television, and some of my work falls at the intersection of cinema studies and philosophy, including essays on Buster Keaton, on Whit Stillman, and on teaching the good life through cinephillia, and a conference presentation on Instagram's impact on star studies and marketing.

I have supervised theses on Catherine Trotter Cockburn's metaphysics (a SMBHC honors thesis), Jesuit responses to Descartes' metaphysics (a SMBHC honors thesis), Kant's aesthetics, Leibniz's logic and metaphysics, and Berkeley's idealism. I've been on thesis committees for many more topics, including the philosophy of religion, philosophy of humor, consciousness, and English and American literature.

I also serve as a support person for people working on cinema studies projects from a wide range of backgrounds.

Honors Theses:

Mabry, Alexandria Bea (2022) Increasing The Student Activity Fee (full text)

Yelder-Anderson, Khamariah Patrice (2022) First Hand Experience in a Community Pharmacy Through the Lens of a Pharmacy Technician (full text)

Davis, Treviso M (2021) Film Festivals and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How a Global Health Crisis Changed the United States Film Festival Circuit (full text)

Collins, Conrad J. (2017) The Metaphysics of Transubstantiation: The Problem of Individuation in the Seventeenth Century. (full text)

McKee, Christopher (2016) The Other Face of Catharine Cockburn. (full text)