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Peter Suber
American philosopher and open access advocate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Dain Suber (born November 8, 1951) is an American philosopher specializing in the philosophy of law and open access to knowledge. He is a Senior Researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication,[4] and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP).[3][5][6] Suber is known as a leading voice in the open access movement,[7][8] and as the creator of the game Nomic.
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Peter Suber | |
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Born | (1951-11-08) November 8, 1951 (age 72) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
Alma mater | Earlham College (BA) Northwestern University (MA, PhD, JD) |
Known for | Nomic Open access[1] Budapest Open Access Initiative |
Spouse | Liffey Thorpe |
Awards | Lyman Ray Patterson Copyright Award (2011)[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Open access Philosophy Ethics Logic[3] |
Institutions | Northwestern University Earlham College Harvard University Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Wikimedia Foundation Open Knowledge Foundation Public Knowledge |
Thesis | Kierkegaard's Concept of Irony especially in relation to Freedom, Personality and Dialectic (1978) |
Doctoral advisor | William A. Earle |
Website | cyber www cyber |
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