Dr Nathan Wildman

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in Philosophy, and a member of TiLPS. I have previously taught at Glasgow and Hamburg, and studied at Cambridge and UC-Santa Cruz.

My primary research concerns issues in metaphysics, philosophy of language, logic, and aesthetics. I am especially interested in the foundations of alethic modality, the nature & logic of fictional truth, and the aesthetics of interactive fictions (especially video games & AR/VR).

I am also an associate member of the Phlox Research Group in Vienna and the Centre for the Study of Perceptual Experience at Glasgow.

Expertise

I have expertise in several areas of theoretical philosophy and aesthetics, with growing interests in topics concerning the philosophy of technology.

I am currently working on projects concerning:

• "Voyeur" gaming (i.e., Twitch, Let's Plays, and watching people play videogames)
• Digital aesthetics
• The Limits of fictionality
• Contingentism and fundamentality

Courses

• Logic
• Introduction to Logic

Top publications

1. Interactivity, fictionality, and incompleteness

   Wildman, N., & Woodward, R. (2018). Interactivity, fictionality, and incompleteness. In G. Tavinor, & J. Robson (Eds.), The Aesthetics of Video Games Routledge. https://nwwildman.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/interactivity-chapter-revision.pdf

2. Against the reduction of modality to essence

   Wildman, N. (2021). Against the reduction of modality to essence. Synthese, 198, 1455-1471.

3. The possibility of empty fictions

   Wildman, N. (2019). The possibility of empty fictions. The journal of aesthetics and art criticism, 77(1), 35-42.

4. Modality, Sparsity, and Essence

   Wildman, N. (2013). Modality, Sparsity, and Essence. The Philosophical Quarterly, 63(253).

5. Fiction Unlimited

   Wildman, N., & Folde, C. (2017). Fiction Unlimited. The journal of aesthetics and art criticism, 75(1), 73-80.