Merold Westphal (born 1940) is a distinguished

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professor of philosophy at

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, and an Honorary Professor at

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. Westphal is one of the preeminent thinkers in the field of Continental

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Life and work

Westphal is a distinguished philosopher who graduated ''summa cum laude'' from Wheaton College and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy as a

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. He began teaching at Wheaton before joining the Yale philosophy faculty, where he became a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College and was promoted to associate professor in 1972. In 1987, he joined Fordham University as Professor of Philosophy, later serving as director of Graduate Studies and being named Distinguished Professor in 1997. Westphal has also taught at Juniata College, Loyola College in Maryland, Villanova University, Harvard Divinity School, and Fuller Theological Seminary. Westphal has also held leadership roles in several philosophical organizations, serving as president of the

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and the

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, executive co-director of the

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, and as a board member of the

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