Graeme Nicholson
Graeme Nicholson | |
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| Born | September 30, 1936 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | February 21, 2021 (aged 84) Fergus, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Toronto (PhD, 1968) |
| Thesis | The Ontological Difference: A Study in Heidegger (1968) |
| Emil Fackenheim | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Continental philosophy, existentialism, hermeneutics, anarchism | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Doctoral students | Michael Baur, Rebecca Comay, John McCumber |
Graeme Nicholson (30 September 1936 — 21 February 2021) was a Canadian philosopher and emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto known for his research on ontology, hermeneutics, and anarchism.[1][2]
Life and works
[edit]He completed his doctorate at the University of Toronto with a thesis on Heidegger directed by Emil Fackenheim.[3] Nicholson died on February 21, 2021, at the age of 84.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]- Justifying Our Existence: An Essay in Applied Phenomenology (New Studies in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics), 2009
- Plato's Phaedrus: The Philosophy of Love (Purdue University Press Series in the History of Philosophy), 1999
- Illustrations of Being: Drawing upon Heidegger and upon Metaphysics (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences), Humanity Books, 1992
- Seeing and Reading (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences), Palgrave Macmillan, 1984
- Hans-Georg Gadamer on Education, Poetry and History, 1992
- Heidegger’s Being and Time: Critical Essays (Critical Essays on the Classics Series), 2005
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Nicholson at the University of Toronto
- ↑ John Tietz (1995). Review of Graeme Nicholson 'Illustrations of Being: Drawing upon Heidegger and upon Metaphysics' Dialogue, 34, pp 171-173. doi:10.1017/S0012217300049404.
- ↑ Minerva's Aviary: Philosophy at Toronto (1843-2003), John G. Slater, University of Toronto Press, pp 393-394.
- ↑ "Obituary information for Graeme Nicholson". www.grahamgiddyfh.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
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