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John P. Wright (philosopher)

John Prentice Wright is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University. He is known for his works on the philosophies of Descartes, Locke and Hume.

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John P. Wright
Born1942 (age 83–84)
Education
EducationYork University (PhD)
ThesisMind and External Existence: An Analytical-Historical Study of a Problem of Humean Metaphysics (1975)
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsCentral Michigan University
Main interests
Hume, Descartes, John Locke

John Prentice Wright (born 1942) is an American philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Central Michigan University.1 He is known for his works on the philosophies of Descartes, Locke and Hume.23

Books

  • The Sceptical Realism of David Hume (Manchester and Minnesota University Presses, 1983)
  • Hume and Hume’s Connections, edited with M.A. Stewart (Edinburgh University Press, 1994)
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References

  1. "JOHN WRIGHT". www.cmich.edu.
  2. Ainslie, Donald C. (27 February 2012). "Review of The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
  3. Morris, Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward (2 October 2010). "Review of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, An Introduction". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
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