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Dr Tsarina Doyle

PhD. M.A. B.A.

Biography

Tsarina Doyle is interested in how historical approaches to epistemology, metaphysics and value intersect with contemporary debates. She is the author of Nietzsche's Metaphysics of the Will to Power: The Possibility of Value (Cambridge University Press 2018 pbk. 2020) and Nietzsche on Epistemology and Metaphysics: The World in View (Edinburgh University Press, 2009). She is also the primary editor of the Values and Identities book series published by Rowman and Littlefield International.

She contributes to the the following research clusters in Philosophy at the University of Galway: Philosophy of Science, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Technology and Metaphysics
Philosophy of Culture, Philosophy of Religion, Political Philosophy and Meta-ethics

Research Interests

My research interests include epistemology and metaphysics in modern philosophy with particular emphasis on Kant and Nietzsche. I am especially interested in how these historically situated approaches intersect with contemporary debates. Through my work on Nietzsche's will to power thesis and his critical engagement with Kant, I have developed a strong interest in the metaphysics of causal powers and dispositions in both an historical and contemporary context. I am currently exploring issues of essentialism and non-essentialism, naturalism and causality in Nietzsche's metaphysics. I have previously examined how Nietzsche's metaphysics, meta-ethics and philosophical psychology contribute to contemporary debates around anti-realist and realist approaches to value.

I also have an interest in issues pertaining to the metaphysics of value, more broadly. Drawing on the resources of historical and contemporary perspectives, I explore questions surrounding the phenomenology of value and what kind of property, if any, a value might be and whether the metaphysics of dispositions can assist in answering this question.

My research interests dovetail with my role as primary editor of the ‘Values and Identities’ series published by Rowman and Littlefield International:https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/RLIVAI

I am currently supervising doctoral students writing on the value of knowledge problem, in addition to projects on both Nietzsche's metaphysics and his philosophy of mind, freedom and agency.

Research Projects

	Project	Start Date	End Date
	POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2018 ¿ ASHLING McEVADDY - THE UNKNOWABLE SELF: IMPLICATIONS OF NIETZSCHE'S PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEDOM AND MORALITY	01-OCT-18	30-SEP-22

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	Nietzsche's Metaphysics of the Will to Power: The Possibility of Value, 240 pp. pbk. 2020. Tsarina Doyle (2018) Nietzsche's Metaphysics of the Will to Power: The Possibility of Value, 240 pp. pbk. 2020. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2009)	Nietzsche on Epistemology and Metaphysics: The World in View, 207 pp. Doyle, T. (2009) Nietzsche on Epistemology and Metaphysics: The World in View, 207 pp. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh University Press. [Details]

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2022)	'Nietzsche's Will to Power, Causality and Contemporary Physics' Tsarina Doyle (2022) 'Nietzsche's Will to Power, Causality and Contemporary Physics'. Review Of Metaphysics, 76 (1) [Details]
	(2021)	'Nietzsche's naturalistic account of value and normativity' Tsarina Doyle (2021) 'Nietzsche's naturalistic account of value and normativity'. Inquiry-An Interdisciplinary Journal Of Philosophy, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Nietzsche on Power and Value: A Response to John Richardson's Nietzsche's Values' Tsarina Doyle (2021) 'Nietzsche on Power and Value: A Response to John Richardson's Nietzsche's Values'. The Agonist, 15 (3) [Details]
	(2021)	'A Critical Response to Justin Remhof's Nietzsche's Constructivism (as part of a Symposium on Justin Remhof's Nietzsche's Constructivism: A Metaphysics of Material Objects)' Tsarina Doyle (2021) 'A Critical Response to Justin Remhof's Nietzsche's Constructivism (as part of a Symposium on Justin Remhof's Nietzsche's Constructivism: A Metaphysics of Material Objects)'. Philosophia, 49 (2):535-543 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Hume on the Epistemology and Metaphysics of Value, pp. 187-209' Tsarina Doyle (2017) 'Hume on the Epistemology and Metaphysics of Value, pp. 187-209'. Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy, 20 (1):187-209 [Details]
	(2016)	'Nietzsche and the reciprocal relationship between art and science, pp. 858-868' Tsarina Doyle (2016) 'Nietzsche and the reciprocal relationship between art and science, pp. 858-868'. Filozofia, 71 (10):858-868 [Details]
	(2016)	'Reconciling the phenomenology and metaphysics of value, pp. 277-300' Tsarina Doyle (2016) 'Reconciling the phenomenology and metaphysics of value, pp. 277-300'. Idealistic Studies, 46 (3):277-300 [Details]
	(2013)	'Nietzsche, Value and Objectivity, pp. 41-63' Tsarina Doyle (2013) 'Nietzsche, Value and Objectivity, pp. 41-63'. International Journal Of Philosophical Studies, 21 (1):41-63 [Details]
	(2012)	'The Kantian Background to Nietzsche's Views on Causality, pp. 44-66' Tsarina Doyle (2012) 'The Kantian Background to Nietzsche's Views on Causality, pp. 44-66'. The Journal of Nietzsche Studies, 43 (1):44-56 [Details]
	(2011)	'Nietzsche, Consciousness and Human Agency, pp. 11-30' Tsarina Doyle (2011) 'Nietzsche, Consciousness and Human Agency, pp. 11-30'. Idealistic Studies, 41 (1-2):11-30 [Details]
	(2008)	'The Perspectival Unity of Nietzsche's Metaphysics, pp. 1-16' Tsarina Doyle (2008) 'The Perspectival Unity of Nietzsche's Metaphysics, pp. 1-16'. Yearbook Of The Irish Philosophical Society, :1-16 [Details]
	(2006)	'Nietzsche on the Possibility of Truth and Knowledge, pp. 261-286' Tsarina Doyle (2006) 'Nietzsche on the Possibility of Truth and Knowledge, pp. 261-286'. Minerva, 9 :261-286 [Details]
	(2004)	'Nietzsche's Appropriation of Kant, pp. 180-204' Tsarina Doyle (2004) 'Nietzsche's Appropriation of Kant, pp. 180-204'. Nietzsche Studien, 33 :180-204 [Details]
	(2001)	'Nietzsche's Justification of the Will to Power, pp. 80-101' Tsarina Doyle (2001) 'Nietzsche's Justification of the Will to Power, pp. 80-101'. Pli - The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, 11 :80-101 [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2019)	'Nietzsche's Philosophical Naturalism pp. 146-164' Tsarina Doyle (2019) 'Nietzsche's Philosophical Naturalism pp. 146-164' In: Nietzsche's Metaphilosophy: The Nature, Method and Aims of Philosophy. :146-164 Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2017)	'The Kantian Roots to Nietzsche's Will to Power pp.205-232' Tsarina Doyle (2017) 'The Kantian Roots to Nietzsche's Will to Power pp.205-232' In: Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics. :205-232 London: Bloomsbury. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	*ATINER Conference Paper Series PHI2015-1609* Tsarina Doyle (2015) Hume on the Epistemology and Metaphysics of Value, pp. 3-13 ATINER Conference Paper Series PHI2015-1609 , pp.3-13 [Details]
	(2015)	*PhilHist'15* Tsarina Doyle (2015) Nietzsche's Interaction with Kant's Theoretical Philosophy, pp. 243-257 . In: Burcin Ercan eds. PhilHist'15 Delta Publishing Istanbul 2015, , pp.243-257 [Details]

Reviews

	Year	Publication
	(2006)	Review of Keith Ansell-Pearson (ed), A Companion to Nietzsche and, The Nietzsche Reader, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies. pp. 614-620. Doyle, T. (2006) Review of Keith Ansell-Pearson (ed), A Companion to Nietzsche and, The Nietzsche Reader, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies. pp. 614-620. Reviews [Details]
	(2004)	Review of R. Kevin Hill, Nietzsche’s Critiques: The Kantian Foundations of his Thought in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 613-615. Doyle, T. (2004) Review of R. Kevin Hill, Nietzsche’s Critiques: The Kantian Foundations of his Thought in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 613-615. Reviews [Details]
	(2004)	Review of Michael Steven Green, Nietzsche and the Transcendental Tradition, in European Journal of Philosophy. pp. 131-135. Reprinted in Special 'Nietzsche Virtual Issue' April 2011. Doyle, T. (2004) Review of Michael Steven Green, Nietzsche and the Transcendental Tradition, in European Journal of Philosophy. pp. 131-135. Reprinted in Special 'Nietzsche Virtual Issue' April 2011. Reviews [Details]
	(2002)	Review of Karl Jaspers, Nietzsche: An Introduction to an Understanding of his Philosophical Activity, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 10 (2), 2002. pp. 222-225. Doyle, T. (2002) Review of Karl Jaspers, Nietzsche: An Introduction to an Understanding of his Philosophical Activity, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Vol. 10 (2), 2002. pp. 222-225. Reviews [Details]
	(2001)	Review of Steven D. Hales and Rex Welshon, Nietzsche’s Perspectivism, in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 249-250. Doyle, T. (2001) Review of Steven D. Hales and Rex Welshon, Nietzsche’s Perspectivism, in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 249-250. Reviews [Details]
	(2001)	Review of Simon May, Nietzsche’s Ethics and his War on ‘Morality’, in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 598-599. Doyle, T. (2001) Review of Simon May, Nietzsche’s Ethics and his War on ‘Morality’, in International Philosophical Quarterly. pp. 598-599. Reviews [Details]
	(1999)	Review of Christopher Norris, Truth and the Ethics of Criticism, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies. pp. 137-138. Doyle, T. (1999) Review of Christopher Norris, Truth and the Ethics of Criticism, in International Journal of Philosophical Studies. pp. 137-138. Reviews [Details]