Michael Neil Forster | |
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| Born | December 9, 1957 |
| Education | Princeton University (PhD), Oxford University (BA) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental |
| Institutions | University of Chicago, Bonn University |
| Thesis | Hegel and Skepticism (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Raymond Geuss |
| Doctoral students | Rachel Zuckert |
Main interests | philosophy of language, hermeneutics |
Michael Neil Forster (born December 9, 1957) is an 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.