Kristin Gjesdal

Kristin Gjesdal
Born
Oslo
Alma materUniversity of Oslo (Ph.D.)
AwardsFulbright Foundation fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship, The Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching
Era21st century Philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental
InstitutionsTemple University
Thesis (2002)
Main interests
hermeneutics, nineteenth-century philosophy

Kristin Gjesdal is a Norwegian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Temple University.[1] She is known for her expertise in the field of hermeneutics (focusing especially on Hans-Georg Gadamer), nineteenth-century philosophy, aesthetics, and phenomenology.[1] Gjesdal is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[2] and she is on the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as a subject area expert for 19th Century Philosophy.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Filosofi og forståelse: Et intervju med Kristin Gjesdal" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. ^ "Medlemmer | Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi". www.dnva.no. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. ^ "Editorial Board (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)". plato.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-30.