Olav B. Smith
Title
Faculty
Department
Office
ARTS 372
Office Hours
FA24: Monday & Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00; Tuesday 5:00-6:00 PM
Campus Zip
0730
Phone
Email
Born in Washington, DC, and having earned a PhD at Claremont, I teach at California State University, Chico and Butte College in Northern California. My first book, Myths of the Self: Narrative Identity and Postmodern Metaphysics (Lexington Books, 2004), examined a trajectory from Kant through Heidegger and Whitehead, to Ricoeur. I have taught a wide variety of courses, including a historical Intro to Philosophy that I designed at Butte College. My interest in recent years has turned to ethics.