Robert Piercey

{{short description|Canadian philosopher}}

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|school_tradition = Continental

| institutions = University of Regina

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| thesis_title = Truth in History: The Crisis in Continental Philosophy of the History of Philosophy

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| thesis_year = 2001

| doctoral_advisor = Stephen H. Watson

| academic_advisors = Gary Gutting, Karl Ameriks, Fred Dallmayr, Gerald Bruns

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| education = Ph.D (University of Notre Dame); MA (University of Warwick); BA (Memorial University)

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Robert Piercey is a Canadian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Campion College, University of Regina. He is a former editor of Philosophy in Review.{{cite web |title=Editorial Team |url=https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/about/editorialTeam |website=Philosophy in Review}}

Piercey is known for his works on continental philosophy.{{cite journal |last1=Roth |first1=Paul A. |title=The Uses of the Past From Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically |journal=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |date=22 October 2009 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-uses-of-the-past-from-heidegger-to-rorty-doing-philosophy-historically/ |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Lawn |first1=Chris |title=The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically |journal=British Journal for the History of Philosophy |date=1 April 2010 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=354–357 |doi=10.1080/09608781003643642 |s2cid=143876921 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09608781003643642?journalCode=rbjh20 |issn=0960-8788}}{{cite journal |last1=Zabala |first1=Santiago |title=The Uses of the Past from Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically (review) |journal=Common Knowledge |date=2011 |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=539 |doi=10.1215/0961754X-1305436 |s2cid=143961763 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/449600 |issn=1538-4578}}

Books

  • Reading as a Philosophical Practice. Anthem Press, 2020.
  • The Uses of the Past From Heidegger to Rorty: Doing Philosophy Historically. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • The Crisis in Continental Philosophy: History, Truth and the Hegelian Legacy. Continuum, 2009.

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