@tgrimwood
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Institutional affiliation | University of Cumbria |
| Title | Professor of Social Philosophy |
| Research interests relevant to game philosophy | I work in the fields of cultural hermeneutics, rhetoric and continental philosophy, and am particularly interested in the interplay between image and process in the medium of computer games – this allows insights into areas of culture which is distinctive from other media. |
| Publications and presentations relevant to game philosophy | Grimwood, T. and Miller, P. ‘Darkness Visible: The Motifs of ‘Heroic Insanity’ in Video Games’ Making Sense of Madness conference, Oxford, 17th-19th September 2013 Grimwood, T. (2018). ‘Procedural Monsters: Rhetoric, Commonplace and “Heroic Madness” in Video Games.’ Journal for Cultural Research, 22:3, pp.310-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2018.1553672 Grimwood, T. (2021). The Shock of the Same: An Anti-Philosophy of Clichés. London: Rowman and Littlefield International |
| Keywords | Hermeneutics, demonology, cliche, rhetoric, irony |
| Personal links | https://cumbria.academia.edu/TomGrimwood |
| Name | Tom Grimwood |
| Background | Philosophy, literary and cultural theory, social science |