ARABELLA THAÏS
Arabella Thais is a philosopher whose work explores the deep structure of reality
Born in London, Arabella earned a First-Class Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Bristol, followed by a Master’s in Modernism and Comparative Literature from University College London. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in philosophy and physics from the California Institute of Integral Studies
Alongside her academic work, Arabella runs The Temple—an online platform for philosophical education—hosts The Cosmic Codex podcast, speaks at international events, and writes for a range of publications on the interface between culture and philosophy
Arabella’s intellectual formation began with an early immersion in Romantic and Modernist literature, Abstract Expressionist art, and post-structuralist philosophy. This foundation continues to inform her integrative approach to philosophy, where beauty and symbol are treated as co-constitutive dimensions of knowledge. Key philosophical influences include Plotinus, Schelling, Heidegger, Blanchot, and Bachelard.
Her doctoral supervisor is Professor Matt Segall, and her research pertains to the physics of time and the aesthetic structure of reality: specifically, retro-causality and the recursive entanglement of cosmos and psyche. Professor Bernard Carr serves as her external committee member. For more information about her research interests, please see here.
She is affiliated with various academic organisations, where she lectures regularly, such as The Society for Chaos Theory and Non-Linear Dynamics, The Scientific and Medical Network and the Galileo Commission. She is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics, and her writing has been published across both academic and cultural platforms.
