Logan Wigglesworth joined Hope’s philosophy department in fall 2024 as a visiting assistant professor. He is interested in ethics, philosophy of emotion and aesthetics. Much of his interest is sparked by discussion with artists and arts faculty.   

Areas of Expertise

• Ethics
• Philosophy of emotion
• Aesthetics

Logan asks questions like, “What is the role of emotion in moral understanding?” “What is the nature of emotions?” “What norms govern our engagements with specific artworks and genres?” He is currently writing on the aesthetics of contemporary worship music and how such music might cultivate virtue. “How does God ground aesthetic value?” He is also currently writing on how God might ground aesthetic value specifically in a fitting-attitude analysis of value. 

Education

• Ph.D. in philosophy, Rice University, May 2024
• M.A. in philosophy, University of Houston, May 2017
• BBA in finance, Texas A&M University, May 2012

Publications

• “The Role of Affect in Moral Grasp and Understanding,” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, forthcoming

Grants

• PLATO Educational Grant to support Ethics and Society High School Summer Program at Rice (2022 and 2021)

Selected Presentations

• “Mirrors of the Soul: Music, Tragedy, and Self-Understanding,” Affective and Emotional Dimensions of Experience International Conference (2024)
• “The Aesthetics of Contemporary Worship Music: A Defense of Simplicity,” American Society for Aesthetics Pacific Meeting (2023)
• “Fade to Grey: Sentimental Perceptualism and the Problem of Diminishing Emotions,” American Philosophical Association Central Division (2023)
• “Moral Understanding and Affective Grasp,” Rice Workshop in Philosophy of Mind (2022)

Outside the College

Logan likes to play music, especially guitar and bass; he played both for various worship bands. He also does calligraphy in his spare time.