Kenneth Winkler

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Kenneth Winkler
Born1950
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions Yale University, Wellesley College, Boston University, Brown, MIT, Brandeis, Harvard
Main interests
George Berkeley

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]

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Education and career

Winkler 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

He 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]

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References

  1. https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler
  2. "Kenneth Winkler". emeritus.yale.edu.
  3. McKim, Robert (1993). "Review of Berkeley: An Interpretation". Noûs. 27 (4): 539–546. doi:10.2307/2215799. ISSN   0029-4624.
  4. Frankel, Melissa (24 November 2013). "Review of Berkeley's Argument for Idealism". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  5. Ainslie, Donald C. (27 February 2012). "Review of The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  6. 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.
  7. https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler