Hi, I'm
Dylan Flint,
visiting assistant professor at Otterbein University.
Welcome to my website!

About

ABOUT

My research area is in Early Modern Philosophy, especially the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

I have published on Leibniz's theories of modality, freedom, and divine agency. I am currently working on a number of projects, including a project that showcases the contemporary relevance of Leibniz's modal collapse argument against strong divine simplicity and a project that reconstructs Leibniz's own view of divine simplicity.

I am also co-editing a volume on Leibniz's philosophical theology for TheoLogica with Jeremy Skrzypek (Ohio Dominican).

Beyond my work on Leibniz, I am also co-authoring, with Erich Jones (Ohio State), a paper at the intersection of Business Ethics and Asian Philosophy. We explain how Wu Wei (or "effortless action") can be the perfect remedy for an ethical problem, often occurring in the workplace, known as "value capture."

Teaching

TEACHING

I love getting my students excited about philosophy. To do this, I let them know that they belong and I make the material relatable by breaking it down and connecting it to what really matters. Look below to see what some of them have had to say.

Teaching Statement

Introduction to Philosophy, Autumn 2022 OSU

I have never had a teacher so passionate about a class/topic. Dylan really wants everyone to do well and uses very simple and straight forward teaching strategies to do so...His aptitude for the subject matter and his relatableness made all the topics seem within reach to many students.