Robert Kane (philosopher)
Robert Hilary Kane (* 1938 in Boston ) is an American philosopher .
He is a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin . His areas of work are philosophy of mind , theory of action , free will , ethics , value theory and philosophy of religion . The focus of his publication activities is free will , in the discourse about this he is one of the main representatives of libertarianism .
biography
Kane studied philosophy from 1956 to 1960 at Holy Cross College ( BA 1960), from 1958 to 1959 at the University of Vienna and from 1960 to 1964 at Yale University ( MA 1962, Ph.D. 1964).
From 1962 to 1963 he was an assistant instructor at Yale. In 1964 he became an assistant professor first at Fordham University , then in 1967 at Haverford College (1969 Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania ) and finally in 1970 at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1974 he became Associate Professor there, 1985 Professor, 1995 University Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Works
Monographs
- Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge 2010 ISBN 978-0521199933
- Four Views on Free Will (with John Martin Fischer , Derk Pereboom , Manuel Vargas ). Blackwell Publishers , Malden / Oxford / Carlton 2007 ISBN 978-1-4051-3486-6
- A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will . Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxford 2005 ISBN 978-0195149708
- The Significance of Free Will . OUP 1998 ISBN 978-0195126563
- Through the Moral Maze: Searching for Absolute Values in a Pluralistic World . Paragon House, 1998 ISBN 978-1557786012
- Free Will And Values . State University of New York Press (SUNYP), Albany 1985 ISBN 978-0887061028
Editing
- The Oxford Handbook of Free Will: Second Edition . (2nd, fully revised edition) OUP 2011 ISBN 978-0195399691
- The Oxford Handbook of Free Will . OUP 2005 ISBN 978-0195178548
- Free Will . Blackwell Publishers, Malden / Oxford / Carlton 2002 ISBN 978-0631221012
- Hartshorne, Process Philosophy and Theology (with Stephen Phillips ). SUNYP 1989 ISBN 978-0791401651
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Kane in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website at the University of Texas at Austin ( Engl. )
- Original text "Reflections on Free Will, Determinism And Indeterminism" on Ted Honderich's "Determinism and Freedom Philosophy Website"
Individual evidence
- ^ Ansgar Beckermann : Robert Kane. Retrieved November 30, 2011 .
- ^ A b c Robert Kane: Curriculum Vitae. (No longer available online.) University of Texas at Austin, archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; Retrieved November 30, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Kane, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kane, Robert Hilary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |