Dr Lea Cantor

I completed a BA at Downing College, Cambridge in Classics (Part IA) and Philosophy (Part II) in 2013–2017. I then earned a Master of Studies in Ancient Philosophy at Worcester College, Oxford (2017-2018) and stayed on for a DPhil in Philosophy (2018-). My doctoral thesis looked at the epistemologies of two foundational philosophers in early Greek and classical Chinese philosophy, respectively: Parmenides and Zhuangzi. During my DPhil, I also conducted research on the historiography of ancient philosophy and the European reception of Chinese and Greek philosophy. I was previously a British Society for the History of Philosophy Postgraduate Fellow (2022-2023).

My current research focuses on classical Chinese philosophy (especially Daoism), early Greek philosophy (especially Parmenides), and the global history and historiography of philosophy. I am currently co-authoring a book (with Dr Josh Platzky Miller) challenging the very idea of ‘Western Philosophy’ from philosophical, historical, and historiographical perspectives. 

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Role(s):
Philosophy
Elected:
2023

Subjects

Philosophy