I’m Anna Nowland, and I recently finished up my MA in Philosophy.

During my undergraduate studies, I unsurprisingly majored in philosophy, but I also minored in music and economics. I additionally have a personal interest in studying languages beyond their philosophical implications. While my interests tend to vary, I have a strong commitment to philosophy being more than an academic endeavor. It is a way of life and a means to bring us together, so for that very reason, I am thrilled that you’ve found your way to this page. I plan to continue my studies, hoping to further understand the human condition and the things that unify us and hopefully pursue a career teaching other aspiring philosophers at the college level.

It’s important to note that many of the works posted may be in-progress and subject to slight or major revision. Any critique or commentary is invited for the sake of furthering the thought!

Upcoming Posts:

“Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring: From Secular Hedonism to Spiritual Interiority,” a Marxian critique of Nicki contrasting her mother’s Kierkegaardian faith

“Invisible, not Immaterial,” a Platonic critique and reframing of mind-body dualism (more parts to come regarding phenomenology, the will, freedom, and God through this framework)

“Hegel’s ‘Sense-Certainty’ and ‘Perception’ in Childhood Development”

“Women’s Incarceration and the Struggle for Liberation,” understanding Angela Davis’s Are Prisons Obsolete? through a synthesis of Hegel, De Beauvoir, and Nietzsche

“Value for Me, so Value for All?” an interpretation of Sartre’s famous claim in Existentialism is a Humanism

“Trapped in Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic,” a social critique through the lens of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

“Being 97: a Commentary on the Meaning of Life through Human Limitation”