Bernard Berofsky
Topic: Biography
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Short description: American philosopher
Bernard Berofsky | |
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| Education | NYU (BA), Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
Main interests | metaphysics, esp. free will, moral responsibility, autonomy, determinism, causality |
Bernard Berofsky is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University. Berofsky is known for his works on free will.[1][2][3][4][5]
Books
- Freedom from Necessity: The Metaphysical Basis of Responsibility, Routledge 1987
- Liberation from Self: A Theory of Personal Autonomy, Cambridge University Press 1995
- Nature's Challenge to Free Will, Oxford University Press 2012
- Determinism, Princeton University Press 2015
References
- ↑ "Bernard Berofsky". https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/berofsky/.
- ↑ Vargas, Manuel (15 August 2006). "Review of Personal Autonomy: New Essays on Personal Autonomy and Its Role in Contemporary Moral Philosophy" (in en). NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617. https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/personal-autonomy-new-essays-on-personal-autonomy-and-its-role-in-contemporary-moral-philosophy/.
- ↑ Berofsky, Bernard (9 June 2011). "Review of Laws, Mind, and Free Will" (in en). NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617. https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/laws-mind-and-free-will/.
- ↑ Haji, Ishtiyaque (30 July 2012). "Review of Nature's Challenge to Free Will" (in en). NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617. https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/nature-s-challenge-to-free-will/.
- ↑ van Inwagen, Peter (1973). "Review of Determinism". The Philosophical Review 82 (3): 399–404. doi:10.2307/2183907. ISSN 0031-8108. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2183907.
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