Katherine Withy

Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University in Washington DC, US

Katherine Withy is professor of philosophy at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US. She specialises in the work of Martin Heidegger, and her work explores his account of human finitude. She is the author of Heidegger on Being Affected (2024), Heidegger on Being Uncanny (2015) and Heidegger on Being Self-Concealing (2022).

Written by Katherine Withy

A city street with reflections on a window showing cars, people and a grocery sign with a Coca-Cola advertisement.

Heidegger knew that we are always outside, weathering the storms

We aren’t safe inside separate minds. Being-in-the-world means we’re entangled and vulnerable – and that’s how we flourish

by Katherine Withy