Barry Stroud
Canadian philosopher (1935–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barry Stroud (/straʊd/; 18 May 1935 – 9 August 2019) was a Canadian philosopher and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Known especially for his work on philosophical skepticism, he wrote about David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, the metaphysics of color, and many other topics.
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Born | (1935-05-18)May 18, 1935 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | August 9, 2019(2019-08-09) (aged 84) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Education | East York Collegiate |
Alma mater | University of Toronto Harvard University |
Era | 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Main interests | Philosophical skepticism, David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Notable ideas | Transcendental approach to dealing with philosophical skepticism[1] |
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