Kenley R. Dove

Kenley R. Dove
Born
Kenley Royce Dove

August 31, 1936
DiedNovember 19, 2022 (aged 86)
Academic background
EducationYale University (MA, PhD)
ThesisToward an Interpretation of Hegel's Phanomenologie Des Geistes (1965)
Doctoral advisorGeorge A. Schrader
Other advisorsHerbert Marcuse[1]
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or traditionGerman Idealism
InstitutionsState University of New York at Purchase
Yale University
Websitehttps://www.kenleydove.com/

Kenley Royce Dove (August 31, 1936 Appleton, Minnesota - November 19, 2022) was a professor of philosophy at State University of New York at Purchase.[2][3]

Life and works

Dove received his BA from St. Olaf College in 1958 and his MA from Yale University in 1960. He received his PhD from Yale in 1965 with the dissertation on "Toward an Interpretation of Hegel's Phanomenologie Des Geistes", for which he received comments and suggestions from Herbert Marcuse and Quentin Lauer.[4]

Along with Richard Dien Winfield and William Maker, Dove is said to defend a 'presuppositionless' and 'non-foundational' reading of Hegel's Logic.[5]

Dove notably influenced Andreas Esheté during his undergraduate studies at Williams College. Esheté subsequently followed Dove to Yale University, where Dove supervised his doctoral dissertation in 1970 (on The Social Structure of Freedom).[6] In later years, Dove publicly defended Esheté against online attacks in the Addis Journal.[7]

Selected works

  • Dove, Kenley R. (1970). "Hegel's Phenomenological Method". The Review of Metaphysics. 23 (4): 615–641. ISSN 0034-6632.[8][9]
  • Dove, Kenley R. (2002). "Words and things in aristotle and hegel "τοονλεγεταιπολλαχωs"". The Philosophical Forum. 33 (2): 125–142. doi:10.1111/0031-806X.00001. ISSN 1467-9191.

References

  1. ^ Dove, Kenley Royce (1965). Toward an interpretation of Hegel's Phanomenologie Des Geistes (Thesis).
  2. ^ "In Memoriam". www.purchase.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  3. ^ "Hegel | Kenley Dove". Mysite. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  4. ^ Dove, Kenley Royce (1965). Toward an interpretation of Hegel's Phanomenologie Des Geistes (Thesis).
  5. ^ Clark, Wendy Lynn; Fritzman, J. M. (2003). "The Nonfoundational Hegelianism of Dove, Maker, and Winfield". The Philosophical Forum. 34 (1): 91–113. doi:10.1111/1467-9191.00127. ISSN 1467-9191.
  6. ^ Eshete, Andreas (1970). The Social Structure of Freedom (Thesis).
  7. ^ Weldemariam, Alemayehu (2024). "In Memoriam: Andreas Esheté (1945–2024)". Africa Today. 71 (2): 104–112. ISSN 1527-1978.
  8. ^ Clark, Wendy Lynn; Fritzman, J. M.; Philosophy Documentation Center (2002). "Reducing Spirit to Substance: Dove on Hegel's Method". Idealistic Studies. 32 (2): 73–100. doi:10.5840/idstudies20023227. ISSN 0046-8541.
  9. ^ Giladi, Tal Meir (2020-01-01). "Kenley R. Dove, Joseph Gauvin, and the "For Us" in Hegel's Phenomenology". Hegel Jahrbuch. 2020 (1): 605–611. doi:10.3790/hgjb.2021.207833. ISSN 0073-1579.