Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen (born September 21, 1942 in the USA ) is an American philosopher .
Peter van Inwagen received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 1969 . In 1971 he became professor of philosophy at Syracuse University in New York . In 1995 he moved to the University of Notre Dame , Indiana , where he has held the chair of Cardinal John O'Hara ever since.
Van Inwagen deals with metaphysics , the philosophy of religion and the theory of action . He takes a libertarian position in the free will debate .
In 2005 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Works
- An Essay on Free Will , Oxford University Press 1983, ISBN 978-0-19-824924-5
- Material Beings , 1990
- Metaphysics. Cornell Univ. Press, Oxford [and a.]: 1993. - XIII, 222 pp. - ISBN 0-19-875140-0 . - (Dimensions of philosophy series)
- God, Knowledge and Mystery: Essays in Philosophical Theology , 1995
- The Possibility of Resurrection and Other Essays in Christian Apologetics , 1997
- Ontology, Identity, and Modality , 2001
- The Problem of Evil , 2006
Web links
- Homepage of Peter van Inwagen at the University of Notre Dame (English)
- Interview with Peter van Inwagen (English)
- Peter van Inwagen: Explaining Belief in the Supernatural. Some Thoughts on Paul Blohm's 'Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident' (PDF; 104 kB)
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| SURNAME | Inwagen, Peter van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |