Eric S. Nelson

Eric S. Nelson
Born	1968 (age 57–58) Chicago
Spouse	Wu
Awards	GRF
Education
Education	Emory University (PhD, 2002)
Doctoral advisor	Rudolf Makkreel
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	North American
School	continental philosophy and environmental philosophy
Institutions	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Main interests	Chinese philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, German philosophy
Notable ideas	Interculturity

Eric Sean Nelson (born 1968) is a North American philosopher and Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is known for his works in the continental tradition and Chinese and Buddhist philosophy as well as intercultural philosophy. He is also recognized for hermeneutics, life-philosophy, and phenomenology.

Books

• Heidegger and Dao: Things, Nothingness, Freedom, Bloomsbury, 2023, ISBN 1350411906.
• Daoism and Environmental Philosophy: Nourishing Life, Routledge, 2021, ISBN 0367025140.
• Levinas, Adorno, and the Ethics of the Material Other, SUNY, 2020, ISBN 1438480244.
• Eric S. Nelson (ed.), Interpreting Dilthey: Critical Essays, Cambridge University Press, 2019, ISBN 1107132993.
• Wilhelm Dilthey’s Critical Philosophy: Science, Reflexivity, Individuality, Bloomsbury, 2027, ISBN 9781350656307.
• Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought, Bloomsbury, 2017, ISBN 1350002555.
• John E. Drabinski and Eric S. Nelson (eds.), Between Levinas and Heidegger, SUNY Press, 2014, ISBN 1438452579.
• Eric S. Nelson, Antje Kapust, and Kent Still (eds.), Addressing Levinas, Northwestern University Press, 2005, ISBN 0810120488.

External links

• "Eric Nelson". The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
• "Intercultural Philosophy: A Reconstruction and Reimagining", An Interview with Eric Nelson.
• Online interviews and lectures:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYQ-AzjbTVcN5l4EoDIMis_dD04GyV9pG&si=1W3ZF_huSolIvM0r