Michael Gelven

Michael Gelven, was a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, where he taught for 46 years. Gelven held a Ph.D. in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis, penned a well known commentary on Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, and wrote several books as well as numerous scholarly articles. Gelven was primarily interested in continental philosophy and had a wide range of specialties including: ontology, metaphysics, Heidegger, Kant, Nietzsche, philosophy in literature, and the philosophy of war.

A Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time
Winter, friendship, and guilt; the sources of self-inquiry
A Commentary on Heidegger's Being and Time
Truth and Existence: A Philosophical Inquiry
Spirit and Existence: A Philosophical Inquiry
Why Me?: A Philosophical Inquiry into Fate
The Quest for the Fine
The Risk of Being: What It Means to Be Good and Bad
This Side of Evil
Truth and the Comedic Art
War and Existence: A Philosophical Inquiry
The Asking Mystery: A Philosophical Inquiry
What Happens to Us When We Think: Transformation and Reality
Judging Hope: A Reach to the True and the False
Why Johnny Can't Think: In the name of "openness" American minds have been closed.