David Kolb (born 1939) is a well-known philosopher and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at
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in Maine.
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David Kolb (born 1939) is a well-known philosopher and the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at
Bates CollegeBates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists. Bates confers Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees. Bates College is one of the first colleges to be coeducational from establishment...
in Maine.
Kolb received a B.A. from
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in 1963 and an M.A. in 1965. He later received a M.Phil. from
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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
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before moving to Bates in 1977.
Works
Kolb has written many articles and published several books including:
- The Critique of Pure Modernity: Hegel, Heidegger, 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
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