Graham Harman

Graham Harman
Graham Harman
Born (1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDePaul University (PhD, 1999)[1]
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Speculative realism
object-oriented ontology
InstitutionsAmerican University in Cairo
Southern California Institute of Architecture
ThesisTool-being: Elements in a Theory of Objects (1999)
Doctoral advisorWilliam McNeill
Main interests
Metaphysics
Notable ideas
Object-oriented ontology, vicarious causation
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Graham Harman (born May 9, 1968) is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles.[3] His work on the metaphysics of objects led to the development of object-oriented ontology. He is a central figure in the speculative realism trend in contemporary philosophy.[4]

  1. ^ "Graham – The American University in Cairo". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ^ Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek, Graham Harman (eds.), The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, repress, 2011, p. 279.
  3. ^ "Philosopher Graham Harman to Join SCI-Arc - SCI-Arc".
  4. ^ Brassier, Ray, Iain Hamilton Grant, Graham Harman, and Quentin Meillassoux. 2007. "Speculative Realism" in Collapse III: Unknown Deleuze. London: Urbanomic. Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine