IN PREPARATION:
'The metaphysics of theatre'
APPEARED RECENTLY:
'The machinist in the spotlight', in ​ Michael Y. Bennett ed., Philosophy, Analytic Aesthetics, and Theatre (Routledge, 2025), 155-167
Opera As Art : philosophical sketches (Lexington Books, 2022) Paperback edition, 2024. ​
  • "As a musicologist invested in building bridges between musicology and philosophy, it was encouraging to see Thom draw more deeply from my field than is typical among philosophers. Thom’s engagement with work in opera studies brings depth to his analysis of the works under consideration as well as historical and contemporary practices of performing these works."
    Nina Penner, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2024.09.2 
"Performance", in Tomas McAuley et al. (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Western Music and Philosophy (OUP) 2020), 467-482
'On dancers as coauthors', Midwest Studies in Philosophy 44 (2019), 133-142
“Ideals of theatrical art”, in Tom Stern (ed.), Philosophy of theatre, drama and acting (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017), 183-200
“Aesthetics of opera”, Philosophy Compass Volume 6 Issue 9 (2011) 575-584
“Opera”, in Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music (London: Routledge 2011), 446-455
“Authenticity in performance”, in Theodore Gracyk and Andrew Kania (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music (London: Routledge 2011), 91-100
“Opera”, in Stephen Davies, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Robert Hopkins, Robert Stecker and David E. Cooper (eds.), A Companion to Aesthetics 2nd edition (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), 95-98
“Works, pieces and objects performed”, Journal of Aesthetic Education 43 (2009) 67-79
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