| Region: | Western philosophy |
| Era: | 21st-century philosophy |
| Lauren Swayne Barthold | |
| Birth Date: | 1965 |
| School Tradition: | Continental philosophy |
| Institutions: | Endicott College (2017-) Gordon College (2005-2016) |
| Main Interests: | hermeneutics |
| Thesis Title: | The Truth of Hermeneutics: The Self and Other in Dialogue in the Thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer |
| Thesis Url: | https://philpapers.org/rec/BARTTO-24 |
| Thesis Year: | 2002 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Richard J. Bernstein |
| Spouse: | Pablo Muchnik[1] |
| Education: | New School for Social Research (PhD), Simon Fraser University (MA), Regent College (MCS), George Washington University (BA) |
| Influences: | Gadamer, Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Hannah Arendt, Harry Frankfurt, Jürgen Habermas, Alasdair MacIntyre, Martin Heidegger |
Lauren Swayne Barthold (born 1965) is an American philosopher and Philosophy Professor at Emerson College. Previously she was Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gordon College, with tenure, and has also taught at Haverford College, Siena College and Endicott College. Barthold is known for her works on Gadamer's thought.[2] [3] [4] [5] She is a co-founder and former president of the North American Society of Philosophical Hermeneutics.[6] In 2018 she co-founded the Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement, a non-profit devoted to dialogue and deliberation, and currently serves as its program developer.[7]
Tina Fernandes Botts calls Barthold’s book on hermeneutic approach to gender "subtle" and "satisfying", "because it caringly and responsibly articulates what is good and right about current feminist thinking in the hermeneutic vein on the topic of social identity, while at the same time gently highlighting the ways in which this thinking diverges from Gadamer’s own thinking."[8]