Graeme Nicholson

Graeme Nicholson
Born(1936-09-30)September 30, 1936
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedFebruary 21, 2021(2021-02-21) (aged 84)
Fergus, Ontario, Canada
Education
EducationUniversity of Toronto (PhD, 1968)
ThesisThe Ontological Difference: A Study in Heidegger (1968)
Emil Fackenheim
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Continental philosophy, existentialism, hermeneutics, anarchism
InstitutionsUniversity 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

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

  • 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

References

  1. ^ Nicholson at the University of Toronto
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Minerva's Aviary: Philosophy at Toronto (1843-2003), John G. Slater, University of Toronto Press, pp 393-394.
  4. ^ "Obituary information for Graeme Nicholson". www.grahamgiddyfh.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.

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