Aloysius Patrick Martinich (born June 28, 1946), usually cited as A. P. Martinich, also Al Martinich,[1] is an American analytic philosopher. He is the Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin.[2][3] His areas of interest are the nature and practice of interpretation, history of modern philosophy, the philosophy of language, the history of political thinking and Thomas Hobbes.
Aloysius P. Martinich | |
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| Born | June 28, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | A. P. Martinich |
| Education | University of Windsor (BA, 1969) UCSD (MA 1971; PhD 1973) |
| Spouse | Leslie Martinich |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Texas at Austin |
Main interests | Philosophy of language |
| Website | liberalarts |
Biography
editMartinich has specialized in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He is the author of The Two Gods of Leviathan (1992), Hobbes: A Biography (1999), and Hobbes's Political Philosophy (2021).
Publications
editBooks
edit- Thomas Hobbes, Computatio sive Logica: Part One of De Corpore, translation and commentary, New York: Abaris Books, 1981.
- The Philosophy of Language (Critical Concepts in Philosophy), New York: Oxford University Press, 1985 (sixth edition edited with David Sosa, 2012).
- Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1989; fourth edition Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 2015.
- The Two Gods of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes on Religion and Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Thomas Hobbes Perspectives on British History, London: Macmillan, 1997.
- Hobbes: A Biography, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- A Companion to Analytic Philosophy, edited with David Sosa, Oxford: Blackwell, 2001.
- Leviathan, Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview Press, 2002; revised edition with Brian Battiste, 2011.
- Hobbes (The Routledge Philosophers), New York: Routledge, 2005.
- Early Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings with Commentary, Malden: Blackwell Readings in the History of Philosophy, 2007.
- Much Ado About Nonexistence: Fiction and Reference (with Avrum Stroll), Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
Notes
edit- ^ University of Texas at Austin, Faculty Profile, accessed on 28 October 2024
- ^ A.P. Martinich, ed. (2001). A Companion to Analytic Philosophy. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. pp. iv–x. ISBN 0-631-21415-1.
- ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
External links
edit- University of Texas at Austin, Faculty Profile, accessed on 28 October 2024.
- Appearances on C-SPAN