Graham Harman
Graham Harman | |
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Graham Harman | |
| Born | May 9, 1968 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | DePaul University (PhD, 1999) |
| Thesis | Tool-being: Elements in a Theory of Objects (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | William McNeill |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Speculative realism object-oriented ontology |
| Institutions | American University in Cairo Southern California Institute of Architecture |
| Main interests | Metaphysics |
| Notable ideas | Object-oriented ontology, vicarious causation |
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. 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.