Vittorio Hösle
Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters
Concurrent Professor of Philosophy and Political Science, Faculty Fellow at the Nanovic and at the Kroc Institute
- Office
- 100 Decio Faculty Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - vhosle@nd.edu
- Office Hours
- Th 10-11 or by appointment
Education
Ph.D. 1982, and Habilitation 1986, Tübingen
Research and Teaching Interests
- Aesthetics
- Hermeneutics
- Ethics
- Political Philosophy
- World Literature
- Film
Biography
Hösle studied Philosophy, Classics, and Sanskrit because he was both interested in the "ultimate questions" and wanted to understand the answers that earlier civilizations gave to them. He has taught at Notre Dame since 1999, where he founded the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.
Representative Publications and Accomplishments
Morals and Politics, 2004
The Philosophical Dialogue, 2012
God as Reason, 2013
Eric Rohmer. Filmmaker and Philosopher, 2016
A Short History of German Philosophy, 2017