David Kolb (born 1939
) is an American philosopher and the
Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at
Bates College
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in
Maine
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.
Kolb received a B.A. from
Fordham University
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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 wo ...
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
University of Chicago
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before moving to Bates in 1977 and teaching there until 2005, when he took emeritus status.
Works
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 ...
,
Heidegger
Martin Heidegger (; ; 26 September 188926 May 1976) was a German philosopher who is best known for contributions to phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He is among the most important and influential philosophers of the 20th centur ...
, 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
See also
*
American philosophy
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List of Bates College people
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Lists of philosophers
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List of American philosophers
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References
External links
dkolb.orgbates.edu*
1939 births
Living people
20th-century American philosophers
21st-century American philosophers
American logicians
American metaphysics writers
American political philosophers
Bates College faculty
Fordham University alumni
Hegelian philosophers
Idealists
Metaphysicians
Moral philosophers
Philosophy teachers
Romanticism
Social philosophers
Theoretical historians
Yale University alumni
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