Christian Perring

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Christian Perring
Born1962
Education Princeton University (Ph.D.)
King's College London (M.Sc.)
Wadham College, Oxford (B.A.)
Awards National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions Georgetown University, University of Kentucky, Dowling College, St. John's University
Thesis The limits of irrationality  (1996)
Doctoral advisor Mark Johnston
Main interests
philosophy of psychiatry
philosophy of psychology
moral psychology
Website http://christianperring.com/

Christian David Perring (born 1962) is an American philosopher. He is known for his works on moral psychology. [1] [2] Perring is the editor of Metapsychology Online Reviews and Vice President of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. [3] [4]

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Perring has taught at Georgetown University, the University of Kentucky, Dowling College, and St. John's University. He is a certified APPA counselor.

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References

  1. Timimi, Sami (2 January 2018). Diagnostic Dilemmas in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Philosophical Perspectives Ed. Christian Perring & Lloyd Wells. Oxford University Press. 2014. £34.99 (pb). 288 pp. Vol. 205. p. 502. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153080 . ISBN   9780199645756. ISSN   0007-1250.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. Lane, Timothy Joseph (2 April 2017). "Review of Philosophy and Psychiatry: Problems, Intersections, and New Perspectives". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN   1538-1617.
  3. "Biography of Christian Perring".
  4. "Christian Perring's Web Page". www.uky.edu.