Jump to content

Harry McFarland Bracken

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DGG (talk | contribs) at 17:58, 24 March 2016 (Submitting (AFCH 0.9)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Harry McFarland Bracken was an American philosopher, a specialist in Descartes. He was born March 12, 1926[1] and died December 15, 2011[2].

Bracken received a BA in Philosophy from Trinity College of Connecticut (1949), an MA in Philosophy from The John Hopkins University (1954), and a PhD in Philosophy from University of Iowa (1956). He held the position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa (1957-62); Associate Professor of philosophy at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1961-3) and then Arizona State University (1963-4) ;and finally Professor of philosophy at McGill University (1966-91). He was a Visiting Professor at Trinity College of Dublin; University of California, San Diego; National University of Ireland; Erasmus University of Rotterdam; and University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Bibliography

In addition to many articles and reviews, Bracken's published books are:

  • The Early Reception of Berkeley's Immaterialism: 1710-1733, The Hague: Nijhoff, 1959[3]; revised ed., 1963. AAccording to WorldCat, the book is held in 484 libraries [4]
  • Berkeley, London: Macmillan, 1974[5] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 597 libraries [6]
  • Mind and Language: Essays on Descartes and Chomsky, Dordrecht: FORIS, 1983 [7]
  • Freedom of Speech: Words Are Not Deeds, Westport CT: Praeger [Greenwood], 1994.[8] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 648 libraries [9]
  • Decartes. [10] Oxford: Oneworld, 2002

References