Philip Grier | |
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Born | 1942 |
Education | Swarthmore College (BA), Balliol College, Oxford (BA, MA) University of Michigan (PhD) |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
Institutions | Dickinson College, Northwestern University, University of Keele |
Main interests | Hegelian philosophy, 19th century philosophy, political and social philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, history of modern philosophy, Russian philosophy. |
Philip T. Grier (born 1942) is an American philosopher and Thomas Bowman Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Emeritus at Dickinson College. Grier is known for his works on Hegelian philosophy, Marxist theory and Russian philosophy. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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