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Blake Allen's research primarily focuses on the interconnection between truth and beauty, exploring the Platonic convertibility of these concepts and their manifestations in the natural sciences. His interests are deeply rooted in continental philosophy, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between theology and English literature. Allen is currently working on a monograph regarding beauty in English Romanticism and has a series of articles in progress that discuss aesthetics as seen in the works of Merleau-Ponty. He aims to investigate the philosophy of spiritual practice and its relation to rationality and hope in future projects. In teaching, he covers various topics including truth, God, and metaphysics, engaging with the ideas of historical philosophers such as Plato and Thomas Aquinas, while also addressing contemporary developments in French philosophy. Allen has experience teaching papers that delve into the nature of truth and the evolution of philosophical thought concerning imagination and development in philosophical atheism.
Faculty of Divinity • Cambridge
Teaching and researching areas of philosophy of religion and aesthetics.
Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.