David McPherson
@davidlmcpherson
Philosopher @UFHamilton. Books: Spiritual Alienation & the Quest for God (Oxford), The Virtues of Limits (Oxford, 2022), and Virtue & Meaning (Cambridge, 2020).
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Very exciting day: my author’s copies of The Virtues of Limits (@OUPPhilosophy @OxUniPress @OUPAcademic) just arrived in the mail!
Well said: “We must often practice and embody gratitude before we feel and experience it in our hearts. The key is choosing to practice gratitude as a habit, not an emotional state. Gratitude may come spontaneously, but more often, it is a habit, choice, and action in response to…
I wrote about gratitude for CT: christianitytoday.com/2025/11/how-to…
My own take in my essay "Deep Desires" (which will be revised and expanded upon in the final chapter of my forthcoming book, Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God): jstor.org/stable/2684803…
No one is born believing in God Everyone is born desiring God
BREAKING: Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Canady is resigning his position to become Director of the Hamilton School at the University of Florida. He holds a B.A. from Haverford College and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
Very glad to be a part of a Substack project with some of my graduate student colleagues at UF! Here's my first article for Inquietum, in which I discuss my path into classical education: open.substack.com/pub/inquietumf…
The paperback edition of The Virtues of Limits (@OUPPhilosophy) has arrived - a possible stocking stuffer! amazon.com/Virtues-Limits…
Many thanks to @harry_readhead for this very nice reflection on my book The Virtues of Limits (@OUPPhilosophy): guiltandindustry.medium.com/the-virtues-of…
"UF is making significant strides toward returning the pursuit of truth and freedom of inquiry to a central place in its work... the most visible outcome of this shift is the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education." Come to Florida.
Very nice review essay of my book The VIrtues of Limits (@OUPPhilosophy). Thanks @grupaman_! Open access here: poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?ur…
My essay "Spiritual Alienation: What Is It? How Can It Be Overcome?" has been published in Res Philosophica, and is available for free download. It is a precursor to my forthcoming book with @OUPPhilosophy, "Spiritual Alienation and the Quest for God." pdcnet.org/resphilosophic…
Nihilism is a very real & very urgent problem, and an indictment of us older generations. @RoKhanna, here's a small thing we're doing @Harvard with @SpencerJCox. Would love to have you, @RichardvReeves & @JonHaidt come and speak! artsandhumanities.fas.harvard.edu/public-culture… @Sean_D_Kelly
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This is such a powerful thread about the lack of hope of many young Americans. @RichardvReeves @JonHaidt @LHSummers have been sounding the alarm for years. I would be curious to hear in replies concrete & constructive ideas of things we must do to address this.
Have you been waiting for some good news from academia? Here's some *great* news! Donald Landry, MD, PhD, has been named interim President of the University of Florida. Dr. Landry, who is Hamilton Southworth Professor of Medicine at Columbia and President of the American Academy…
A campus should be beautiful. Our future home at the Hamilton School at @UF.
Exciting to see these visuals of our future @ufhamilton home: hamilton.ufl.edu/our-future-hom…
Exciting to see these visuals of our future @ufhamilton home: hamilton.ufl.edu/our-future-hom…
Very happy to have this article on Hobbes and Independency out @HistoricalJnl!
📣Out now on #firstview! Amy Chandran (@amy_chandran) (@UF) on 'Empire, Conscience, and Another Independency in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan' #Sovereign #Commonwealth #Politics #England #17thc 👑 👉Read open access: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Introducing the new PPEL (Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law) major at @ufhamilton at the University of Florida. Come study with us.
Very excited to share that this is forthcoming! Tentative release date is December 2025. routledge.com/Must-Beliefs-a…
at a time when so much of our culture regards any limits as abhorrent, and keeps telling us that we can “have it all,” it is also a very timely work. -- @GeneCal52255456 on @davidlmcpherson's The Virtues of Limits
Limits and the Good Life @GeneCal52255456 on THE VIRTUES OF LIMITS by @davidlmcpherson. @OUPAcademic
Very nice new review of The Virtues of Limits, which is out in paperback soon (it can be preordered on Amazon).
Limits and the Good Life @GeneCal52255456 on THE VIRTUES OF LIMITS by @davidlmcpherson. @OUPAcademic
I am looking forward to our new faculty joining us @ufhamilton: news.ufl.edu/2025/07/hamilt…
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