Kenneth Winkler (born 1950) is an American philosopher and the Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Yale Universityand a specialist in the history of early modern philosophy.[1]
Kenneth Winkler | |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Yale University, Wellesley College, Boston University, Brown, MIT, Brandeis, Harvard |
Main interests | George Berkeley |
Education and career
editWinkler earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas, Austin. Before moving to Yale, he was the Class of 1919 Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College.[2]
Philosophical work
editHe is especially known for his works on George Berkeley's thought,[3][4][5][6] but has also published on Locke, Reid, Hume and others.[7]
Books
edit- Berkeley: An Interpretation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0198249078
- The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley. Ed. Kenneth P. Winkler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0521450331
References
edit- ^ https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler
- ^ "Kenneth Winkler". emeritus.yale.edu.
- ^ McKim, Robert (1993). "Review of Berkeley: An Interpretation". Noûs. 27 (4): 539–546. doi:10.2307/2215799. ISSN 0029-4624.
- ^ Frankel, Melissa (24 November 2013). "Review of Berkeley's Argument for Idealism". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Ainslie, Donald C. (27 February 2012). "Review of The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ White, Alan R. (October 1989). "Berkeley: An Interpretation". Philosophical Books. 30 (4): 213–215. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0149.1989.tb02186.x. ISSN 0031-8051.
- ^ https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler
External links
edit- "Kenneth Winkler". Yale University.
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