About Nicholas Davey
Lived 1950 – 2026 (aged 75). Nicholas Davey was a writer, philosopher and university teacher.
Nicholas Davey (8 August 1950-2 August 2026) is a British philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Dundee. He is known for his expertise in aesthetics, hermeneutics, and his work on Hans-Georg Gadamer. Davey has also played a leading role in founding several research groups and institutes at the University of Dundee, which include Theoros, Hermeneutica Scotia (research groups), and the university's Arts and Humanities Research Institute.
Davey is an active member of the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy.
Books Unfinished Worlds. Hermeneutics, Aesthetics and Gadamer. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013. Unquiet Understanding: Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics. New York: SUNY Press, 2007.
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Nicholas Davey was born on 8 August 1950.
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