Michael Neil Forster

Michael Neil Forster
BornDecember 9, 1957
Education
EducationPrinceton University (PhD), Oxford University (BA)
ThesisHegel and Skepticism (1987)
Doctoral advisorRaymond Geuss
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago, Bonn University
Doctoral studentsRachel Zuckert
Main interestsphilosophy of language, hermeneutics
Websitehttps://www.philosophie.uni-bonn.de/institut/personen/institutslehrstuehle/prof-dr-michael-forster

Michael Neil Forster (born December 9, 1957) is a British-American philosopher and the Alexander von Humboldt Professor, holder of the Chair in Theoretical Philosophy, and Co-director of the International Center for Philosophy at Bonn University, where he has taught since 2013. He is an expert on 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy, especially Herder and Hegel.