John Prentice Wright (born 1942) is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University.[1] He is known for his works on the philosophies of Descartes, Locke and Hume.[2][3]
John P. Wright | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Education | York University (PhD) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Central Michigan University |
| Thesis | Mind and External Existence: An Analytical-Historical Study of a Problem of Humean Metaphysics (1975) |
Main interests | Hume, Descartes, John Locke |
Books
edit- The Sceptical Realism of David Hume (Manchester and Minnesota University Presses, 1983)
- Hume and Hume’s Connections, edited with M.A. Stewart (Edinburgh University Press, 1994)
References
edit- ^ "JOHN WRIGHT". www.cmich.edu.
- ^ Ainslie, Donald C. (27 February 2012). "Review of The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Morris, Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward (2 October 2010). "Review of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, An Introduction". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
External links
edit- "John Wright". University of Windsor.
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