{"id":11833,"date":"2025-05-09T09:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:08:14","slug":"congratulations-to-jeremy-garbe-for-a-successful-thesis-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/2025\/congratulations-to-jeremy-garbe-for-a-successful-thesis-defence\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Jeremy Garbe for a successful thesis defence!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Congratulations to Jeremy Garbe for a successful thesis defence!\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>We are excited to share that Jeremy Garbe has successfully defending his MA in Philosophy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervised by Professor Kyla Bruff, Jeremy&#8217;s thesis was titled, &#8216;The Limits of Existential Freedom: An Exploration of the Efficacy of Philosophical Literature in Existentialism&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about his research below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the examination board included: <span data-teams=\"true\">his supervisor, Prof. Kyla Bruff, Gordon Davis (chair of the defence), and examiners Prof. David Matheson and Prof. Erik Stephenson.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Jeremy-Garbe-Thesis-Defence-scaled-e1746797464884.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/200\/Jeremy-Garbe-Thesis-Defence-scaled-e1746797464884.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11840\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left to right: Prof. Erik Stephenson, Prof. Kyla Bruff, Jeremy Garbe, Prof. David Matheson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;This thesis project argues that literature is a meaningful form of philosophizing. In Chapter 1, I outline the relationship between the reader and author in literary works. In Chapter 2, I establish that genre is an important aspect of philosophy and argue that literature is a genre that is interrelated with philosophy, as embodied by the existentialist tradition. In Chapter 3, I explain the importance of the literary genre for Nietzsche, Sartre, and Beauvoir in the conveyance of their philosophies. In Chapter 4, I provide an explanation of the key concepts of existential literature that make it uniquely suited to the expression of existential freedom. In Chapter 5, I look to examples of expository and literary works by the existentialists, arguing that literature emphasizes the importance of community for the existentialist project. Finally, I conclude that philosophy should reconsider genre and incorporate literature into an understanding of existential philosophy.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to share that Jeremy Garbe has successfully defending his MA in Philosophy! Supervised by Professor Kyla Bruff, Jeremy&#8217;s thesis was titled, &#8216;The Limits of Existential Freedom: An Exploration of the Efficacy of Philosophical Literature in Existentialism&#8217;. Read more about his research below. 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