Professor Robert Adams FBA

Philosophy of Religion, History of Modern Philosophy (mainly 17th and 18th centuries), Ethical Theory, Metaphysics

Elected 2006

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2006
Sections: Philosophy
Website: http://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/recurring-visitng-faculty/753-adams-robert-merrihew

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Past appointments

Yale University Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

2016 -

Rutgers University Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2014 -

University of North Carolina Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy

2009 - 2014

Mansfield College University of Oxford Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2004 - 2009

Mansfield College University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow

2004 - 2014

Yale University Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics

1993 - 2003

University of California, Berkeley Associate Professor / Professor of Philosophy

1972 - 1993

University of Michigan Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Philosophy

1968 - 1972

Publications

Liebniz: determinist, theist, idealist 1994

Finite and infinite goods 1999

A theory of virtue 2006

Related Fellows

Professor Margaret Boden FBA

Philosophy of mind and creativity; computational psychology; artificial intelligence

Professor Amartya Sen FBA

Economics Philosophy

Professor Sir Richard Sorabji FBA

Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Philosophy of Physics, Metaphysics, History of Greek and Roman Philosophy (all branches) to 600CE, History of Islamic, Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Church Fathers to 600CE

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Professor Robert Adams FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Past appointments

Yale University Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

2016 -

Rutgers University Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2014 -

University of North Carolina Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy

2009 - 2014

Mansfield College University of Oxford Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2004 - 2009

Mansfield College University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow

2004 - 2014

Yale University Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics

1993 - 2003

University of California, Berkeley Associate Professor / Professor of Philosophy

1972 - 1993

University of Michigan Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Philosophy

1968 - 1972

Publications

Liebniz: determinist, theist, idealist 1994

Finite and infinite goods 1999

A theory of virtue 2006

Related Fellows

Professor Margaret Boden FBA

Professor Amartya Sen FBA

Professor Sir Richard Sorabji FBA

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Professor Robert Adams FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Past appointments

Yale University Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

2016 -

Rutgers University Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2014 -

University of North Carolina Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy

2009 - 2014

Mansfield College University of Oxford Visiting Professor of Philosophy

2004 - 2009

Mansfield College University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow

2004 - 2014

Yale University Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics

1993 - 2003

University of California, Berkeley Associate Professor / Professor of Philosophy

1972 - 1993

University of Michigan Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Philosophy

1968 - 1972

Publications

Liebniz: determinist, theist, idealist 1994

Finite and infinite goods 1999

A theory of virtue 2006

Related Fellows

Professor Margaret Boden FBA

Professor Amartya Sen FBA

Professor Sir Richard Sorabji FBA

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