Nicholas Davey  Nicholas Davey (born 8 August 1950) is a British philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Dundee. He is known for his expertise in aesthetics, hermeneutics, and his work on Hans-Georg Gadamer. Davey has also played a leading role in founding several research groups and institutes at the University of Dundee, which include "Theoros, Hermeneutica Scotia" (research groups)"," and the university's Arts and Humanities Research Institute. Davey is an active member of the Scottish Centre for Continental Philosophy.