Tyler Chamberlain, PhD
-Blaise Pascal
Tyler Chamberlain holds a PhD in Political Science from Carleton University. He has written on the history of political ideas, the relationship between faith and reason, and Canadian political thought. You can read some of his writing at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tyler-Chamberlain.
He is interested in helping students reflect on some of the ways their chosen discipline of study is relevant to some of the big human questions about the meaning of life and our responsibility to our communities.
Tyler is married to Raechel, and they have three daughters.
- PhD (Carleton)
- MA (Carleton)
- BA (Trinity Western University)
Expertise
Christian Liberal Arts, Faith and reason, History of political thought, Conservative political philosophy, Canadian political thought Philosophy of Blaise Pascal, International Relations Theory, International Institutions and Global Governance
Awards & Honours
- Winner of the 2019 British Columbia Political Studies Association Marjorie Griffin Cohen Prize (awarded to the 2 best papers presented at annual conference) - Paper Title: “The Right to Refuse Cabinet Advice as a Democratic Reform”
Recent Publications
Selected publications:
- Tyler Chamberlain, “Francis Bacon on Work, Rest, and Man’s Empire Over Nature” in By the Sweat of Your Brow: Philosophical Perspectives on Work, Edited by Gene Callahan. Palgrave Macmillan (FORTHCOMING).
- Tyler Chamberlain (Editor), Reading George Grant in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan (2024).
- Tyler Chamberlain, “The High Tory Conservatism of Eugene Forsey and John Farthing” in Canadian Conservative Political Thought, Edited by Lee Trepanier and Richard Avramenko. Routledge (2023).
- Tyler Chamberlain, “Conservatism and Social Criticism: Pascal on Faith, Reason, and Politics” in Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism Revisited, Edited by Gene Callahan and Kenneth B. McIntyre. Palgrave Macmillan (2022).
- Tyler Chamberlain, “The Right to Refuse Cabinet Advice as a Democratic Reform.” Canadian Political Science Review 15 no. 1 (2021): 1-15.
- Book Review: Book Review: “Canada on the United Nations Security Council: A Small Power on a Large Stage,” by Adam Chapnick, Canadian Journal of Political Science, (March 2020).
Affiliations & Memberships
- Canadian Political Science Association
- FNDN 101 The Liberal Arts Journey
- FNDN 102 Human Flourishing
- FNDN 201 Ideas that Inspire
- PHIL 105 Introduction to Philosophy
- PHIL 210 Contemporary Ethical Issues
- PHIL 383 Reason and Belief in God
- PHIL 384 Suffering and Belief in God
- PHIL 421/521 Postmodern Philosophy
- PHIL 607 Special Topics in Philosophy: History of Political Thought
- POLS 101 Introduction to Political Thinking
- POLS 234 Introduction to Canadian Government and Politics
- POLS 312 Globalization and Global Governance
- POLS 334 Issues in Canadian Government and Politics
- POLS 392 Ethics and Public Affairs
- RELS 110 Introduction to Christianity
- RELS 360 Christian Apologetics
- RELS 475 Christianity and Culture