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Schwerin, Alan Kenneth was born on March 16, 1953 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Kenneth Charles and Loretta May (Colyn) Schwerin. came to the United States, 1985.
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One of the most prominent philosophers and activists of the 20th century, Bertrand Russell is known not only for his fundamental contributions on the scope of human knowledge and on mathematical logic, but also for his often-controversial views on ethical and linguistic topics. This edited collection of original essays by prominent Russell scholars focuses on the philosopher's positions on the key issues of nuclear war, peace, and language. The contributors critically assess Russell's arguments within their historical and philosophical context and show the significance and topicality that his ideas have retained to the present day, some 80 years since their first articulation. Among the issues examined are Russell's advocacy of preventive war against the Soviets, his activism for peace, his critical assessment of Wittgenstein's analysis of ordinary language, and his account of mathematical statements.
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(David Hume's eminence as a philosopher, most notably as a...)
David Hume's eminence as a philosopher, most notably as a critical investigator of issues in metaphysics, is beyond dispute. Yet his contributions to a concern he regarded as central to metaphysics - namely, the question on the status of necessary connections, or powers - is less widely appreciated, and subject to divergent and conflicting interpretations. The Reluctant Revolutionary is an attempt to develop, through close textual analysis and careful argumentation, a new interpretation of Hume's view of necessary connection. After a detailed critical examination of this view and its foundation, the author argues for an interpretive framework that accounts for Hume's adoption of a radical thesis that Hume himself acknowledged was little likely to win many converts.
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Schwerin, Alan Kenneth was born on March 16, 1953 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Kenneth Charles and Loretta May (Colyn) Schwerin. came to the United States, 1985.
Bachelor of Commerce, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1974. Bachelor with honors, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1977. Master of Arts, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1979.
Doctor of Philosophy, Rice University, 1988.
Senior lecturer, philosophy department head, U. Transkei, South Africa, 1980-1985; assistant professor philosophy, McNeese State University, Louisiana, 1988-1995; assistant professor philosophy, Monmouth U., Long Branch, New Jersey, since 1996.
( One of the most prominent philosophers and activists of...)
(David Hume's eminence as a philosopher, most notably as a...)
Member American Philosophical Association, Leibniz Society, Hume Society, Academy Model Aeronautics, Southern Society for Philosophers and Psychologists, Bertrand Russell Society (president since 1999).
Married Helen Griffiths, January 29, 1977. Children: Brett, Mia.