Nancy J. Holland is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University. She is the author of Is Women's Philosophy Possible? and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought. She is also the editor of Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida and the coeditor (with Patricia Huntington) of Feminist Interpretations of Martin Heidegger.

"Nancy J. Holland's Ontological Humility … makes philosophy publicly relevant again. And despite the scope of its task, the book remains captivating and accessible." — Fila Sophia

• AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Defining Ontological HumilityIn the BeginningLord Voldemort and the Philosophers…The Arrogant Eye and the World PictureThe Wizard of Infinite Resignation?The End of it All1. Epistemological HumilityDescartesHumeKant2. Ontological Humility in HeideggerThe Thrownness of DaseinThe Humility of Ancient Greek PhilosophyThe Arrogance of Technology3. Existential Humility and Its OtherSartreBeauvoirMerleau-Ponty4. Postmodern Humility and Its OrderFoucaultDerrida – Linguistic HumilityDerrida – Humility Unto Death5. Feminist HumilityEpistemologies of IgnoranceHumility beyond the Divides – Race/GenderHumility beyond the Divides – Race/SexualityConclusionBibliographyEndnotes

Nancy J. Holland is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University. She is the author of Is Women's Philosophy Possible? and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought. She is also the editor of Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida and the coeditor (with Patricia Huntington) of Feminist Interpretations of Martin Heidegger.

"Nancy J. Holland's Ontological Humility … makes philosophy publicly relevant again. And despite the scope of its task, the book remains captivating and accessible." — Fila Sophia

• AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Defining Ontological HumilityIn the BeginningLord Voldemort and the Philosophers…The Arrogant Eye and the World PictureThe Wizard of Infinite Resignation?The End of it All1. Epistemological HumilityDescartesHumeKant2. Ontological Humility in HeideggerThe Thrownness of DaseinThe Humility of Ancient Greek PhilosophyThe Arrogance of Technology3. Existential Humility and Its OtherSartreBeauvoirMerleau-Ponty4. Postmodern Humility and Its OrderFoucaultDerrida – Linguistic HumilityDerrida – Humility Unto Death5. Feminist HumilityEpistemologies of IgnoranceHumility beyond the Divides – Race/GenderHumility beyond the Divides – Race/SexualityConclusionBibliographyEndnotes

Nancy J. Holland is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University. She is the author of Is Women's Philosophy Possible? and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought. She is also the editor of Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida and the coeditor (with Patricia Huntington) of Feminist Interpretations of Martin Heidegger.

"Nancy J. Holland's Ontological Humility … makes philosophy publicly relevant again. And despite the scope of its task, the book remains captivating and accessible." — Fila Sophia

• AcknowledgmentsPrologue: Defining Ontological HumilityIn the BeginningLord Voldemort and the Philosophers…The Arrogant Eye and the World PictureThe Wizard of Infinite Resignation?The End of it All1. Epistemological HumilityDescartesHumeKant2. Ontological Humility in HeideggerThe Thrownness of DaseinThe Humility of Ancient Greek PhilosophyThe Arrogance of Technology3. Existential Humility and Its OtherSartreBeauvoirMerleau-Ponty4. Postmodern Humility and Its OrderFoucaultDerrida – Linguistic HumilityDerrida – Humility Unto Death5. Feminist HumilityEpistemologies of IgnoranceHumility beyond the Divides – Race/GenderHumility beyond the Divides – Race/SexualityConclusionBibliographyEndnotes