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Bruce Aune

Bruce Aune is an American philosopher who is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is known for his works on epistemology, metaphysics and history of ethics.

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Bruce Aune
Born (1933-11-07) November 7, 1933
Education
EducationUCLA, University of Minnesota
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Pittsburgh, Oberlin College
Main interests
epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, history of ethics

Bruce Aune (born November 7, 1933) is an American philosopher who is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is known for his works on epistemology, metaphysics and history of ethics.1234

Books

  • Knowledge, Mind, and Nature (1967)
  • Rationalism, Empiricism, and Pragmatism (1970)
  • Reason and Action (1977)
  • Kant's Theory of Morals (1980)
  • Metaphysics: The Elements (1985)
  • Knowledge of the External World (1991)
  • An Empiricist Theory of Knowledge (2009)
  • My Philosophic Life: A Memoir (2015)
References

References

  1. Bermúdez, José Luis (March 10, 2013). "Review of Donald Davidson on Truth, Meaning, and the Mental". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
  2. Wick, Warner (January 1982). "Kant's Theory of Morals . Bruce Aune". Ethics. 92 (2): 341–343. doi:10.1086/292331. ISSN 0014-1704.
  3. Buchanan, Allen E. (1982). "Review of Kant's Theory of Morals". The Philosophical Review. 91 (3): 437–444. doi:10.2307/2184694. ISSN 0031-8108. JSTOR 2184694.
  4. Ferejohn, Michael (1988). "Review of Metaphysics: The Elements". The Philosophical Review. 97 (1): 124–127. doi:10.2307/2185108. ISSN 0031-8108. JSTOR 2185108.
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