David Kolb (born 1939) is an American philosopher and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at

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. Kolb received a B.A. from

Fordham University Fordham University () is a private Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its original campus is located, Fordham is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit un ...

in 1963 and an M.A. in 1965. He later received a M.Phil. from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

in 1970 and a Ph.D. in 1972. Kolb's Dissertation was titled "Conceptual Pluralism and Rationality." Most of Kolb's writing deals with "what it means to live with historical connections and traditions at a time when we can no longer be totally defined by that history." Professor Kolb taught at the

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before moving to Bates in 1977 and teaching there until 2005, when he took emeritus status.

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Kolb has written many articles and published several books including: *''The Critique of Pure Modernity:

Hegel Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (; ; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends a ...

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, and After'', 1987 *''Postmodern Sophistications: Philosophy, Architecture, and Tradition'', 1990 *''New Perspectives on Hegel's Philosophy of Religion'', 1992 *''Socrates in the Labyrinth: Hypertext, Argument, Philosophy'', 1994 *''Sprawling Places'', 2008

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