Reiner Schürmann was a German philosopher. He was born in Amsterdam and lived in Germany, Israel, and France before immigrating to the United States in the 1970s, where he was professor and director of the Department of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. Francesco Guercio is a PhD candidate in philosophy, art, and critical thought at the European Graduate School. Ian Alexander Moore is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University.