Barry Stroud

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Name Barry Stroud		Role Philosopher

Education Harvard University (1961), University of Toronto Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books The Significance of Philoso, The Quest for Reality, Engagement and Metaphys, Understanding Human Knowledge, Meaning - understanding - and practi

Barry Stroud (; born 1935, Toronto) is a Canadian philosopher known for his work on philosophical skepticism, David Hume, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, among other topics.

Biography

Stroud received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, followed by a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University, under the direction of Morton White. Since 1961, Stroud has worked at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1987, he gave the John Locke Lectures at Oxford. In 2007 he was named Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy in the Berkeley Philosophy Department.

He is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

(1977) Hume. Routledge (Winner of the Matchette Prize in 1979).

(1984) The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-824761-6.

(1999) The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism & the Metaphysics of Colour. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513388-2.

(2000) Understanding Human Knowledge: Philosophical Essays. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825033-3.

(2000) "Meaning, Understanding, and Practice: Philosophical Essays". Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-825034-0.

(2011) "Engagement and Metaphysical Dissatisfaction: Modality and Value". Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-976496-9.

(2011) "Philosophers Past and Present: Selected Essays". Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960859-1.

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