Theory & Philosophy

David Guignion (born: ),https://www.instagram.com/p/CPszhtBFLGH/ better known online as Theory & Philosophy, is a Canadian YouTuber who makes videos about philosophy.
==Personal life==
David has two cats with his partner Hélène, a journalist with an MA in Gender Studies. David plays the guitar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDG8BxAwvrI
===Philosophy===
David is a PhD studenthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ/about at the University of Western Ontario.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ/community?lb=UgyDO5oLJ8VNk2DnOBF4AaABCQ David majored in English with a minor in Sociology. He holds an MA in Theory & Criticism from the University of Western Ontario.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobGHW9EmNA&t=252s
David’s interest in philosophy began in high school, where he participated in a number of sports. His running and basketball coach was interested in academia, and recommended literature.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobGHW9EmNA&t=65s Later, he took some university level Philosophy, English, and Sociology classes. However, at the time, his interest was in mathematics.
David later took more English courses, in which he was exposed to the thought of .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobGHW9EmNA&t=177s He began to become interested in Baudrillard and .
He began the Theory and Criticism program at the University of Western Ontario, in which he wrote his thesis,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobGHW9EmNA&t=613s titled The Mirror of Humanism; or, Towards a Baudrillardian Posthuman Theory. It is available here, and is 121 pages long.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5780/ He then moved to Media studies, to do work on conspiracy theories. His doctorate is on conspiracy theories and their relationship to truth.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yobGHW9EmNA&t=368s
==YouTube==
David uploaded his first video, Jean Baudrillard's "The System of Objects", was uploaded on January 23, 2018.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLfOtRcRYAQ
===Keywords===
This series discusses key terms in the history of philosophy,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqgy1pAIdsM such as Transcendental Idealism,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kk4mQcK7g4, and Perfomativityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyyFD2zfpj4. The first episode, Simulacrum, was uploaded on July 15, 2020.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYl0pliLdq4
==Video view milestones==
*100,000 views: February 25, 2020https://www.instagram.com/p/B8_tCF7nriN/
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2016