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Katherine Withy

Katherine Amy Withy (born 1981) is a New Zealand philosopher and professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. She specializes in the work of Martin Heidegger and has written on topics such as self-concealment, affectivity, uncanniness, and the ontology of meaning.

Katherine Withy
Born
Katherine Amy Withy

1981 (age 44–45)
Whangaparāoa, New Zealand
Other nameKate Withy
AwardsMellon Fellowship
Education
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
ThesisHeidegger on Being Uncanny (2009)
Jonathan Lear
Other advisors
Philosophical work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
Continental philosophy
InstitutionsGeorgetown University
Main interests
Websitewww.katherinewithy.net

Early life and education

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Born 1981, Withy grew up in Whangaparāoa and was educated at Orewa College.[1] She studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2001, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in philosophy in 2002.[1][2] She went on to undertake doctoral studies in philosophy at the University of Chicago and was awarded a fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.[1] Her doctoral thesis, supervised by Jonathan Lear and completed in 2009, was titled Heidegger on being uncanny.[3][4]

Academic career

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In 2009, Withy was appointed to the faculty of Georgetown University.[1] Her research focuses on the work of 20th-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger, and in particular his conception of the human being as open to meaning and subject to breakdowns of meaning.[5]

Books

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  • Heidegger on Being Uncanny (Harvard University Press, 2015)[6]
  • Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing (Oxford University Press, 2022)[7][8][9][10][11]
  • Heidegger on Being Affected (Cambridge University Press, 2024)[12]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Watkins, Les (27 August 2009). "Kate wins top US post". North Harbour News. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Graduate search". University of Auckland. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Survey of Graduate Programs 2009-2010: Doctoral Dissertations". The Review of Metaphysics. 63 (1): 261–288. September 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Heidegger on being uncanny". University of Chicago. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Katherine A Withy". Georgetown University. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Williams, Jonathan (3 October 2016). "Review of Heidegger on Being Uncanny". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  7. ↑ Keiling, Tobias (2023). "Review of Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing". Philosophy. 98 (3): 399–403. doi:10.1017/S0031819123000086.
  8. ↑ Wrathall, Mark A. (2025). "Heideggerian Concealment: On Katherine Withy's Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing". European Journal of Philosophy. 33 (2): 803–820. doi:10.1111/ejop.13077. ISSN 1468-0378.
  9. ↑ Lambeth, Morganna (2024). "Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing by Katherine Withy (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 62 (4): 673–674. doi:10.1353/hph.2024.a938345. ISSN 1538-4586.
  10. ↑ Macavoy, Leslie (20 January 2025). "Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing, by Katherine Withy". Mind. 134 (533): 233–240. doi:10.1093/mind/fzad022.
  11. ↑ Merzari, Alberto (June 2023). "Katherine Withy, Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2022, pp. 190, $ 70.00, ISBN 9780192859846". UNIVERSA. Recensioni di filosofia. 12 (1): 149–155. ISSN 2240-4902.
  12. ↑ Gruica, Toma (2025). "Review of Heidegger on Being Affected". Synthesis Philosophica. 40 (2): 351–355.
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