Biography:John Richardson (philosopher)

Short description: American philosopher

John Richardson
Born	1951
Alma mater	Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley
School	Continental philosophy
Doctoral advisor	Hubert Dreyfus
Main interests	Heidegger, Nietzsche
Influences Hubert Dreyfus

John Richardson (born 1951) is a professor of philosophy at New York University. He is best known for his books on Heidegger and Nietzsche.

Education and career

A graduate of Harvard University in 1972, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 under the supervision of Hubert Dreyfus. He has taught at New York University since 1981.

Books

Authored books

• Existential Epistemology: A Heideggerian Critique of the Cartesian Project (Oxford University Press, 1986).
• Nietzsche's System (Oxford University Press, 1996).
• Nietzsche's New Darwinism (Oxford University Press, 2004).
• Heidegger (Routledge, 2012).
• Nietzsche's Values (Oxford University Press, 2020).

Edited books

• The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche, with Ken Gemes (Oxford University Press, 2013).
• Nietzsche Oxford Readings in Philosophy, with Brian Leiter (Oxford University Press, 2001).