Curriculum Vitae

1964—69 University College School (UCS)
Hampstead, London
www.ucs.org.uk
1972—76 Ist Class BA Honours Philosophy Birkbeck College, University of London
President of the Birkbeck Philosophy Society 1974—75
Joad Prize for outstanding performance in Finals
1976—82 B.Phil and D.Phil Philosophy at University College, Oxford
Thesis The Metaphysics of Meaning (Amazon US, Amazon UK)
Thesis supervisor: John McDowell
Examiners: P.F. Strawson, Paul Snowdon
1982—88 Research in Ethics and Metaphysics (published as Naive Metaphysics: a Theory of Subjective and Objective Worlds Ashgate 1994)
1988—2004 Philosophy tutor for the Workers Educational Association, South Yorkshire District, Sheffield Central Branch
1991—95 Philosophy tutor/ lecturer at Sheffield University and Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
1994 Naive Metaphysics: a Theory of Subjective and Objective Worlds (292 pp.)
First published in the Avebury Series in Philosophy, Ashgate
Published on Amazon 2016 (Amazon US, Amazon UK)
1995—2020 Pathways to Philosophy Distance Learning Programme
Official launch date: 11th October 1995
1995—1997 Six Pathways to Philosophy

The Possible World Machine
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Searching for the Soul
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

The First Philosophers
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Language and the World
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Reason, Values and Conduct
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

The Ultimate Nature of Things
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)
1997 Pathways to Philosophy web site
Launched: August 1997
Original URL: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/ptpdlp/
1996—2002 Director of Studies, Philosophical Society of England
http://www.philsoceng.uk
1999— Moderator of 'Ask a Philosopher'
http://askaphilosopher.org
2001—2019 Chief Editor of Philosophy Pathways ISSN 2043-0728
http://klempner.freeshell.org/newsletter/
2002 Founder member of the International Society for Philosophers
http://isfp.sdf.org
2002—2020 Director of Studies, International Society for Philosophers
http://isfp.sdf.org
2003—2019 Chief Editor of Philosophy for Business ISSN 2043-0736
http://businessphilosophy.co.uk
Amazon books The Metaphysics of Meaning
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Naive Metaphysics: a theory of subjective and objective worlds
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Philosophy Q and A
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Ethical Dilemmas: a primer for decision makers
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Philosophizer
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Philosophizer (Black Edition)
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

Philosophizer's Bible
(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

I Might Not Have Existed But Someone Exactly Like Me
Might Have Existed In My Place: the idiotic conundrum

(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

A Better Ray Gun and Other Tales:
twenty sci-fi stories with a philosophical twist

(Amazon US, Amazon UK)

(See Amazon.com Author Page for Geoffrey V. Klempner)
Social Media Geoffrey Klempner has a Public Figure page on Facebook, created in 2012 by Eric George. As of August 2019, Dr Klempner is one of the Admins for this page.

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YouTube videos GVKlempner Channel youtube.com/user/GVKlempner

Perils of a Dilettante p0I_XrTkNzQ
Is THAT all there is? V5AbtV3ocQc
Embracing the Question: the Philosophizer Trilogy youtu.be/Ow8-cu4zGgY
Living in the Dark youtu.be/8W17F1lpPWM
I Am The Walrus and Philosophy youtu.be/TK5LsVzyeus
What is a Philosophizer? youtu.be/SfRTKunaH_Y
Philosophy and Science Fiction youtu.be/_94C64JsYu8
The Ultimate Question youtu.be/GVKihRumWI4
The ideology of materialism youtu.be/Zw9wWmiWd-4
Descartes and the soul youtu.be/O8ujiqvjk9Q
Why am I here? (Revisited) youtu.be/eRAyc8He3DM

Philosophizer's Bible
Fool's hope youtu.be/FgYVk8U9Brw
Salvation youtu.be/N345Cta5o2k
Starship made of words youtu.be/_KyGuwaF1gY
Epiphany youtu.be/8b21YSUVuJY
Vengeful ghosts youtu.be/lMbUWL3nKXk
Rubber bands youtu.be/5L0PfJqbte4
Punch bag youtu.be/ElXK1bgrByw
Stretch that skull skin youtu.be/tRtPVJHSkV0
On 'writing' youtu.be/uVwlF6CGfy0
Balls youtu.be/TgbIsDUI-Bw
Against God (and gods) youtu.be/Vnl8GqtHy3c
Ring of power youtu.be/EAY4qRvM82g
The world and I youtu.be/esiyVEtMIRA
Things fall down youtu.be/8zt5VkO2dm0
Size of the universe youtu.be/sF2e4ChU9Z0
18 Seeing my nose youtu.be/p0SV1HHMQLA
Locked corridor youtu.be/fRJ5Q63eBfA
Conundrums youtu.be/2RTF2zaTlVA
Infidel youtu.be/REgae-6Pm9w
Things look funny  youtu.be/deNYssSsllE
Tudor Square youtu.be/Gpn1cDbYOt0
The reckoning youtu.be/dl7O9uq8AjE
Words have no meaning youtu.be/jEDDZoePJkI
Existential Philosophy 10 Butter in the pan youtu.be/UOuZfQ-UsPE
Zombies youtu.be/p1wgNdaMsUk
What is 'what is'? youtu.be/zH88E_6mb6c
The swimmer youtu.be/xTiyIF8MjV8
Magic spells youtu.be/hPbvAWSmfo0
It's all about the wonder youtu.be/mmf1cFsmBZw
Philosophy for apes youtu.be/_Qmip85bt8s
Two tribes youtu.be/OmWLJ-p2U4o
Fairground ride youtu.be/rPuH4ouvzdQ
A new leaf youtu.be/XjkSR0LczvU

Metaphysics, life and death youtu.be/1jDairfUD3g
Philosophizer: between Pirsig and Gulliver youtu.be/lp1zKq3eyZE
Philosophizer know thyself youtu.be/tuQFjoitzBY
Metaphysics and contingency youtu.be/GsO2RbKV1tA
The deep mystery of things youtu.be/oxKsilvYTHg
Philosophers and sophists youtu.be/dDykcao5a4c
Return of the evil demon youtu.be/hUq8CJQfb9M
The elephant in the room youtu.be/Dck0aamerRw
Beginning with nothing youtu.be/Y_q4cfJeIHY
The problem of starting point youtu.be/-SxVMofFyZc
Philosophical pathways youtu.be/Kebc_rASA9M
The world, I and now youtu.be/1-6iDRMCUzM
Metaphysics of personal identity youtu.be/8NL3YyiRCGo
Is ultimate reality knowable? youtu.be/2Qeg9UKdtQg
Time travel and the possible world machine youtu.be/2g34yBStl-w
Suffering, possible worlds and the multiverse youtu.be/LEOXqakeIlA
Satanism, solipsism, nihilism youtu.be/uVejNgcZ7z8
Searching for a reason youtu.be/XdTBbjo-3B4
Metaphysics and ultimate reality youtu.be/2oQDTE-EQt4
What is truth? youtu.be/tQUh9I2ckys
Reality of the past youtu.be/7BuGu_fSR4Y
Reality: the locked corridor youtu.be/lX_Tb3muB_w
What is death? youtu.be/bzWbN40zB9A
Why am I here? youtu.be/exVSSpQPi88
Interview Jules Evans Geoffrey Klempner: on taking philosophy beyond academia

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News Media The Washington Post Online, 11th June 2014
A metaphysical inquiry: If Donald Trump retweets a fake Donald Trump quote... does the quote become real? (Caitlin Dewey)

Chartered Management Institute: Insights, 7th January 2015
What use is philosophy to businesspeople?
Photography Camera Dreamer cameradreamer.net
Camera Dreamer Blog cameradreamer.blogspot.com
Barratts Photo-Press klempner.freeshell.org/barratts/
Flickr Photostream flickr.com/photos/gklempner
GKlempner at Saatchi Art saatchiart.com/gklempner
Article: Metaphysics of the Photograph (2007)
Music 'The Singing Philosophizer' (59 sec. YouTube Video) youtu.be/936yJzZXehk
Selected Publications 'The Man Who Folded Himself: Afterword'
David Gerrold The Man Who Folded Himself Benbella Books 2003
Philosophy Pathways Issue 41 2002

'Pathways to Philosophy: Seven Years On'
Practical Philosophy Journal for the Society for Philosophy in Practice Vol. 6. No. 1 2003
(download PDF)

'The Business Arena'
Philosophy for Business Issue 5 2004

'Ethics and Advertising'
Jennifer Gunning and Soren Holm Eds. Ethics, Law and Society Vol. 2 Ashgate 2006
(download PDF)

'The Pathways School of Philosophy'
Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers APA Newsletters Vol. 7 No. 1 2007
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'Philosophy in the Business Arena'
Philosophical Practice Journal of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, Vol. 4 No. 1 2009
(download PDF)

'Philosophy, Ethics and Dialogue'
Journal of Dialogue Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 2014
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