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Interview

Timothy Morton

Timothy Morton is a professor at Rice University in Houston. They have written more than fifteen books, such as Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World; Dark Ecology; Being Ecological, and Ecology without Nature. Thiago Pinho interviews them about experience and reality.

Object Oriented Ontology is a recent approach to philosophical questions about the nature of reality. It aims to overcome our anthropomorphism by considering the world not merely from a human viewpoint but also from the viewpoints of animals and even inanimate objects.

Professor Morton, how do you define yourself in the philosophical universe? Can I call you an ‘object-oriented ontologist’?

You may call me that. You may also call me a philosopher, although I’ve never called myself that.

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