Kenneth Winkler Explained

Kenneth Winkler (born 1950) is an American philosopher and the Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Yale Universityand a specialist in the history of early modern philosophy.^[1]

Education and career

Winkler earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas, Austin. Before moving to Yale, he was the Class of 1919 Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College.^[2]

Philosophical work

He is especially known for his works on George Berkeley's thought,^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} but has also published on Locke, Reid, Hume and others.^[7]

Books

• Berkeley: An Interpretation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0198249078
• The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley. Ed. Kenneth P. Winkler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0521450331

External links

• Web site: Kenneth Winkler . Yale University.

Notes and References

1. https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler
2. Web site: Kenneth Winkler . emeritus.yale.edu.
3. McKim . Robert . Review of Berkeley: An Interpretation. . Noûs . 1993 . 27 . 4 . 539–546 . 10.2307/2215799 . 0029-4624.
4. Frankel . Melissa . Review of Berkeley's Argument for Idealism . NDPR . 24 November 2013 . en . 1538-1617.
5. Ainslie . Donald C. . Review of The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity . NDPR . 27 February 2012 . en . 1538-1617.
6. White . Alan R. . Berkeley: An Interpretation . Philosophical Books . October 1989 . 30 . 4 . 213–215 . 10.1111/j.1468-0149.1989.tb02186.x . en . 0031-8051.
7. https://philpeople.org/profiles/kenneth-winkler