Episode #7: Dan Fincke (Part 1)

Wisdom at Work

Dan Fincke is a “Rogue” par excellence. An expert in ethics and the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, he runs an online teaching business and offers philosophical counseling from his home in France.

Of all the people I met in graduate school–including myself–Dan Fincke is the one who most deserves the title “real philosopher.” His personal story is good proof of concept for the power of philosophy to alter the course of a life: after growing up a devout Christian, his encounter with Nietzsche led him to leave the faith.

At Fordham, Dan had a reputation for being a captivating teacher, and knowing him well, it was easy to see why: his default setting is what David Foster Wallace described as “that special kind of intensity that happens after about the fourth beer.” I remember having an intuition early on that like his favorite philosopher, Nietzsche, Dan’s raw energy would not be contained by the academy, and that he would eventually leave. And he did. After completing his PhD, Dan adjuncted aggressively in the New York City area–at one time teaching a mind-bending 9 courses in a semester at 5 schools across 3 states–all while becoming a luminary in the atheist blogger community.

Join us as Dan shares how upon leaving academia he not only built a sustainable online teaching business, but unexpectedly met the love of his life.

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SHOW NOTES:

• Dan’s Website
• Dan’s blog, Camels with HammersDan’s on why he left Christianity: “My Deconversion”
• Dan’s on Star Wars: “Why The Last Jedi Made Sense (Spoilers Galore)”
• Dan’s widely read essay announcing why he left academia, “On the End of My Adjunct Teaching Career”
• Dan was profiled in Inside Higher Ed, “This Adjunct is Dead”

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