Bio

Eric Weislogel, Ph.D., is the Executive Director and Vice President of the Governing Board of the Metanexus Institute, headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. In addition, he serves as the Director of the Local Societies Initiative and its sequel grant program, the Metanexus Global Network Initiative. He is also Associate Editor of the Global Spiral, the online journal of the Metanexus Institute.

Prior to joining Metanexus, Weislogel was assistant professor of philosophy at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and also taught at the Pennsylvania State University. He has published a number of philosophical essays and reviews in such journals as Philosophy Today, Idealistic Studies, Philosophy in Review, Science and Theology News, and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Additionally, his articles have appeared in the online journals Metapsychology and the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, as well as in the Global Spiral.

Weislogel's main philosophical interest consists in the interplay of postmodernism, religion, science, and metaphysics.

He and his wife, Kellie Given, have two children: Lucas, a graduate of St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, who teaches high school physics and is a graduate student at the University of Virginia; and Elisa, a graduate of La Salle University and presently a “one-L” student at the Villanova University School of Law.

weislogel@metanexus.net