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Dan Bradley is a Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University in the Department of Philosophy within the College of Arts and Sciences. He is currently on sabbatical in Spring 2025. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the National University of Ireland and has been teaching at Gonzaga for over a decade, deeply rooted in the Jesuit tradition of philosophical inquiry.
Education:
- Ph.D., Philosophy, National University of Ireland, 2007
- M.A., Ethics and Cultural Studies, University College Galway
- B.A., Honors in Biology, Gonzaga University
- B.A., Honors in Philosophy, Gonzaga University
Dan Bradley's research centers on the interplay between phenomenology and religion, particularly exploring themes of the sacred, desire, presence, illusion, and alterity. His work engages deeply with continental thinkers like Paul Ricoeur, Richard Kearney, Kierkegaard, Levinas, and Julia Kristeva. He also investigates how film, especially the works of David Lynch, can serve as a medium for phenomenological and theological reflection. His scholarship bridges hermeneutics of suspicion with a phenomenology of presence, examining how truth and illusion emerge in spiritual and existential experience.
His recent publications reflect a consistent focus on the sacred in philosophy and cinema, the role of desire in human subjectivity, and the tension between memory and authority. He is currently completing a book titled Desire and Method: Truth and Illusion in Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, and the Discernment of Spirits, which synthesizes ancient and modern thought on desire, truth, and illusion.
Dan Bradley has not been awarded any scientific prizes or fellowships mentioned in the text.
He teaches courses in Human Nature, Ethics, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics, and has advised numerous students, though specific names are not listed. His research has been supported by sabbatical time and academic collaborations, particularly with Felix O’Murchadha. He is actively engaged in ongoing projects that extend his inquiry into the philosophical roots of desire and the sacred.
Bradley is affiliated with academic networks including Academia.edu and contributes to journals such as the Journal of Speculative Philosophy and International Philosophical Quarterly. His work is interdisciplinary, combining philosophy, theology, psychoanalysis, and film studies.
