Michael Gelven, (1937-2018) was a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University, [1] [2] 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.
