Thomas Dahl

Thomas Dahl holds a PhD in Science Studies from Roskilde University Centre in Denmark. Since then, he have worked on issues related to knowledge, knowledge development and learning, while also being engaged with environmental questions. Currently, he is working on developing a philosophy of nature based on the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche

The project

Title: Nietzsche’s Places – To Love the Earth

"The project Nietzsche’s Places – To Love the Earth explores how Friedrich Nietzsche, in both his philosophy and life, examined the relationship between the human subject and nature. The main thesis is that Nietzsche’s philosophy represents a shift in how subjectivity is conceived—redefining not only what human subjectivity entails, but also attributing a form of subjectivity to nature itself. A sub-thesis is that Nietzsche developed this transformed understanding of humanity and nature through his own impressions, emotions, and concrete, sensory encounters with the natural world. Nietzsche blurred the boundary between organic and inorganic life and envisioned a 'posthumanity' of human existence. Instead of loving only itself and its own creations, Nietzsche, through Zarathustra, calls on humanity to learn to 'love the Earth'."

Hosting institution: CNRS

Selective Bibliography

• Østern, Tone Pernille, Dahl, Thomas, Bjørkøy, Ingrid, Hovde, Sunniva Skjøstad, Golovåtina-Mora, Polina & Martin, Rose (Red.). (2024). Performativ læring. Skapende og samskapende utdanning [Performative learning. Creative and co-creative education]. Universitetsforlaget.
• Dahl, Thomas & Irgens, Eirik J. (2022). Organizational learning the Nordic way: Learning through participation. The Learning Organization, 29(3), 229–242.
• Dahl, Thomas. (2022). Statistikk, kunstig intelligens og profesjonelt skjønn. Om ulike former for kunnskaping [Statistics, artificial intelligence and professional judgment. On different forms of knowledge creation]. Universitetsforlaget.
• Dahl, Thomas. (2019). The poiesis and mimesis of learning. I A.-L. Østern & K. N. Knudsen (Red.), Performative Approaches in Arts Education: Artful Teaching, Learning and Research (s. 11–24). Routledge.
• Dahl, Thomas. (2009). Medisinens sjel: historiske konstruksjoner av mennesket [The soul of medicine: historical constructions of the human being]. Universitetsforlaget.