Harry McFarland Bracken
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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]
- 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
- ^ http://www.public.asu.edu/~gelderen/Harry.htm
- ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/eastvalleytribune/obituary.aspx?pid=155136300
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Early-Reception-Berkeleys-Immaterialism-1710-1733/dp/940118674X
- ^ WorldCat book entry
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Berkeley-Harry-M-Bracken/dp/0312075952/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458768333&sr=1-1&keywords=berkeley+harry+bracken
- ^ WorldCat book entry
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Language-Descartes-Publications-Sciences/dp/9067650218/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458768397&sr=1-1&keywords=mind+and+language+harry+bracken
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Speech-Words-are-Deeds/dp/027594719X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458768444&sr=1-1&keywords=freedom+of+speech+harry+bracken
- ^ WorldCat book entry
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Oneworld-Philosophers-Harry-Bracken/dp/1851682945/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458768493&sr=1-1&keywords=descartes+harry+bracken