Brian Fay

Short description: American philosopher

Brian C. Fay

Born| October 5, 1943
Education| University of Oxford (Ph.D.)
Loyola University of Los Angeles (B.A.)
Era| 21st-century philosophy
Region| Western philosophy
School| Continental
Institutions| Wesleyan University

Main interests

| political philosophy, philosophy of social sciences

Influences

* Louis Mink, Gadamer

Website| https://www.wesleyan.edu/academics/faculty/bfay/profile.html

Brian C. Fay (born October 5, 1943) is an American philosopher and William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University. He is known for his works on the philosophy of social sciences.[1][2]

## Books

* Social Theory and Political Practice (1975)
* Critical Social Science: Liberation and its Limits (1987)
* Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science: A Multicultural Approach (1996)
* Louis Mink: Historical Understanding (ed.) (1987)
* History and Theory: Contemporary Readings (ed.) (1998)

## References

1. ↑ Macaluso, Michele (June 1999). "Book Review: Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science: A Multicultural Approach" (in en). Philosophy of the Social Sciences 29 (2): 325–328. doi:10.1177/004839319902900210. ISSN 0048-3931.
2. ↑ "Brian Fay, History and Theory". http://www.historyandtheory.org/staff/fay.html.

## External links

* Brian C. Fay

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