William Maker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1949 |
| Died | November 10, 2021 |
| Education | |
| Education | The New School for Social Research (PhD) |
| Thesis | Hegel's Critique of Absolute Knowing: An Interpretation of the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Albert Hofstadter, K. R. Dove |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | German Idealism |
| Institutions | Clemson University |
William AnthonyMaker aka. Bill Maker (1949 - November 10,2021) was a professor of philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and Religion in Clemson University. [1] [2] Maker was the president of Hegel Society of America from 2008 to 2010. [3]
Maker received his PhD in philosophy from The New School for Social Research in 1978. He did his dissertation on Hegel's Critique of Absolute Knowing:An Interpretation of the "Phenomenology of Spirit". [4]
Along with Richard Dien Winfield,Kenley R. Dove and Stephen Houlgate,Maker is said to defend a 'presuppositionless' and 'non-foundational' reading of Hegel's Logic . [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]