Oliver Thorndike received his Ph.D. from the Department of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He also holds an M.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Philosophy from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. His first book, Kant’s Transition Project and Late Philosophy: Connecting the Opus postumum and Metaphysics of Morals, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018. 

In 2023, he was awarded the Johns Hopkins University Research Accelerator Grant for his work on scientific reductionism and personal identity. Building on this research, he wrote the paper Is There a Need for a Critical Humanities of Psychedelics?, which examines these questions in the context of psychedelic-assisted therapy and philosophy.

In 2025, he received the Dean’s Excellence Accelerator Award for his ongoing work on his second book, The Critical Humanities: Transforming Self and Society.

He is on sabbatical for the academic year 2025–26.

Selected Publications:

• “Kant’s Theory of Music” (2021), Con-Textos Kantianos
• “Strange Bedfellows: MacIntyre and Kant on Emotivism. A Modern Response” (2023), SGIR Review
• “Is There a Need for a Critical Humanities of Psychedelics?” (2025), Athens Journal of Philosophy

Courses Taught:

• Philosophy of Art
• Contemporary Philosophy
• “Love” in Philosophy, Science, and the Arts

Outside academia, he enjoys participating in triathlons and sailing.