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Alan White
Born1951
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Analytic philosophy
Structural-systematic philosophy
ThesisThe End of Philosophy: A Study of Hegel and Schelling (1980)

Notable ideas

Philosophical theory of everything

Alan White (born 1951) is an American philosopher and Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.[1] He was a president of the Metaphysical Society of America (2014).[2]

Education and career[edit]

Alan White received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1972, followed by a M.A. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1976 and 1980 respectively under the direction of Stanley H. Rosen and Thomas Seebohm.[2][3] He then took up visiting professor positions at Davidson College and East Tennessee State University before joining the faculty of The New School for Social Research in 1982 as assistant professor of philosophy.[2] In 1986, White moved to Williams College, holding the position of assistant professor of philosophy.[2] White was promoted to associate professor in 1990, full professor in 1993, and was granted an endowed professorship in 2000, becoming the Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy.[2] In 2014, White served a one-year term as president of the Metaphysical Society of America.[4]

Books[edit]

(Portuguese 

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Faculty Profile - Alan White". Williams College.
  • ^ a b c d e "Alan White Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Williams College. February 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  • ^ White AE (1980). The End of Philosophy: A Study of Hegel and Schelling (PhD).
  • ^ "About the Society". Metaphysical Society of America. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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