Kristin Gjesdal
Kristin Gjesdal | |
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| Born | Oslo, Norway |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Oslo (Ph.D., 2002) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Hermeneutics |
| Institutions | Temple University |
| Main interests | Hermeneutics, nineteenth-century philosophy |
Kristin Gjesdal is a Norwegian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. She is known for her expertise in the field of hermeneutics (focusing especially on Hans-Georg Gadamer), nineteenth-century philosophy, aesthetics, and phenomenology. Gjesdal is a member of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and she serves on the editorial board of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as a subject area expert for 19th Century Philosophy.