Biography

Jon earned a PhD in Philosophy at King’s College London. Before that, he studied at Heythrop College and the University of Alabama. His research interests are mainly in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and Early Modern philosophy. Jon has taught or supervised a wide range of classes in philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, and the history of philosophy. He is now Principal Investigator on a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust on personal identity and the metaphysics of the afterlife.

Selected Publications

‘Divine Idealism As Physicalism? Reflections On The Structural Definition Of Physicalism,’ Faith and Philosophy, Vol. 36, Iss. 3, (2019): 313-324, https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol36/iss3/2

“Intimations of Immortality’: A Response to Williams’, Religious Studies, Vol. 5, Iss. 2 (2019): 245-260, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412518000537

‘Henry More’s Origenist Metaphysics of Resurrection’  in Henry More’s Origenism, ed. by Christian Hengstermann, Munster: Aschendorff Verlag, 2020, pp. 169-185 https://www.aschendorff-buchverlag.de/detailview?no=13727

Thompson, J.W. (2021), THE NATURALIZATION OF SCRIPTURAL REASON IN SEVENTEENTH‐CENTURY EPISTEMOLOGY. Zygon®. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12677
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