Caleb Faul
Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Education

  • Ph.D. (Philosophy), Stony Brook University

  • M.A. (Philosophy), Stony Brook University

  • B.A. (Philosophy, Music), University of North Dakota

Areas of Research

Aesthetics

Phenomenology and Existentialism

Continental Philosophy

Ethics

Philosophy of Music

Philosophy of Religion

Publications

Articles

"Living in Art: Interior Design and Artistic Experience." Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology 12, no. 1 (2025): 51-66.

“Ontologically Interactive Painting: On Susan Rothenberg’s Three Heads.” Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 55, no. 2 (2024): 184-97.

“Institution and Divergence: Toward a Phenomenology of Music.” Journal of Speculative Philosophy 34, no. 3 (2020): 274-83.

“Voyagers in Sound: On the Smooth and the Striated in Musical Interpretation and Performance.” Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 74, no. 4 (2018): 1437–64.

Recent Conference Paper Presentations

2025

"The Re-Creational Musician: On Playing a Piece of Music." Presented at the International Merleau-Ponty Circle (IMPC), 49th annual conference, Orono, ME, 25-27 September and at the Rocky Mountain Division of the American Society for Aesthetics (RMDASA), 41st annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 18-20 July.

2024

"In Place or Taking Place? Interactivity in Phenomenology and Interior Design." Presented at RMDASA, 40th annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 12-14 July.

2023

"Inside Art: Interior Design and the Inhabitation of Artworks." Presented at IMPC, 47th annual conference, Virtual Presentation, 4-6 December and at the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy, 2023 conference, Orono, ME, 28-30 September.

Professional Service

  • Organizing Member, New England Society for Continental Philosophy
  • Member, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
  • Member, International Merleau-Ponty Circle
  • Member, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
  • Member, American Society for Aesthetics