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Graeme Nicholson (30 September 1936 — 21 February 2021) was a Canadian philosopher and Emeritus Professor of
philosophy
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
at the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
known for his research on
ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of existence, being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of realit ...
,
hermeneutics
Hermeneutics () is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. As necessary, hermeneutics may include the art of understanding and communication.
...
, and
anarchism
Anarchism is a political philosophy and Political movement, movement that seeks to abolish all institutions that perpetuate authority, coercion, or Social hierarchy, hierarchy, primarily targeting the state (polity), state and capitalism. A ...
.
He completed his doctorate at the University of Toronto with a thesis on Heidegger directed by
Emil Fackenheim.
[''Minerva's Aviary: Philosophy at Toronto'' (1843-2003), John G. Slater, University of Toronto Press, pp393-394]
Bibliography
* ''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
*
Philosophy in Canada
References
20th-century Canadian philosophers
21st-century Canadian philosophers
Hermeneutists
Phenomenologists
Daseinsanalysis
Existentialists
Canadian philosophy academics
Heidegger scholars
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
University of Toronto alumni
Dalhousie University alumni
Union College (New York) alumni
Living people
1936 births
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