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Professor Aaron Ridley BA York, PhD Cambridge

Professor, Dissertation Co-ordinator, MA Co-ordinator

Professor Aaron Ridley is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton.

Before taking up his position at Southampton in 1994, Aaron Ridley taught at the University College of North Wales, Bangor and at Ithaca College, New York.

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Tuesday 12:00-13:00
Friday 12:00-13:00

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Research interests

Aaron's research has been mainly in aesthetics, particularly the philosophy of music, and on Nietzsche.

Affiliate research groups

Analytic Aesthetics and the History of Aesthetics, History of Philosophy

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Articles

Books

Ridley, A. (2018). The Deed is Everything: Nietzsche on Will and Action. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198825449.001.0001
Neill, A., & Ridley, A. (Eds.) (2007). Arguing about art: contemporary philosophical debates. (Arguing About Philosophy). Routledge.
Ridley, A. (2007). Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Nietzsche on Art. (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks). Routledge.
Ridley, A. (2004). The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations. Edinburgh University Press.
Ridley, A. (1998). Beginning Bioethics. Palgrave Macmillan.
Ridley, A. (1998). Nietzsche's Conscience: Six Character Studies from the 'Genealogy'. Cornell University Press.
Ridley, A. (1998). R.G. Collingwood: a Philosophy of Art. Orion Books.
Ridley, A. (1995). Music, Value and the Passions. Cornell University Press.
Neill, A., & Ridley, A. (Eds.) (1995). The philosophy of art: readings ancient and modern. McGraw-Hill.

Book Chapters

Review

Ridley, A. (2019). Nietzsche on tragedy: first and last thoughts. Monist, 102(3), 316-330. [onz012]. https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onz012

Professor Aaron Ridley
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton, Avenue Campus, Southampton SO17 1BF, United Kingdom

Room Number : 65/1033

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