Bernard Wills

Program: Multidisciplinary Humanities

 

Credentials

B.A. King's College, M.A. Dalhousie, Ph.D. McMaster

 

Bernard Wills (B.A. King's College, M.A. Dalhousie, Ph.D. McMaster) is a multi-disciplinary scholar and poet. His graduate work was focused on Ancient Philosophy particularly Plato and Augustine. He has published widely on the continuity between Ancient and Early Modern philosophy and Romanticism. He has also written on topics of public concern such as the problem of religion and politics and the perils of ideology. He has blogged extensively on this and other subjects on his blog Steven Parmenius. He also is an active podcaster (Parmenius podcast) as well as a creative writer.

 

Representative scholarly contributions 

Podcasts

Colonialism and Healthcare in Jamaica - Parmenius podcast Ep. 11 featuring Sandria Green-Stewart

Conspiracy theory, Folklore, and Narrative - Parmenius podcast Ep. 8 featuring John Bodner

The Origins of the Scientific Revolution: An Interview with Dr. Bernard Wills

 

Blog Essays

Suspicious: The Hermeneutic of Paranoia

Is Secularism Structural Racism?

Post Truth is Funny until Someone Loses an Eye: A Response to Steve Fuller

Is Religion Growing or Shrinking?

 

Poems

"Natalia Zubkova (Black Snow)" by Bernard Wills - League of Canadian Poets

Shot Glass Journal - Bernard Wills

Bernard_Wills_Poetry.pdf

 

Essays

"Art by Jerks" by Bernard Wills and Jason Holt

Gnostic Populism or What I Learned on X, Bernard N. Wills - Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

Impossible Thoughts: Reflections on Kripal’s How to Think Impossibly, Bernard N. Wills - Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective

 

Reviews

Magic and Wonder: A Brief Reflection on "Wonderstruck" by Helen De Cruz | Epoché Magazine

 

Books

Believing Weird Things: Wills, Bernard N.: 9781927763582: Books - Amazon.ca