Robert Kane (philosopher)
Robert Hilary Kane ( b. 1938 in Boston ) is an American philosopher.
He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests are philosophy of mind, action theory, free will, ethics, value theory and philosophy of religion. His main activity is the publication of free will, in the discourse on this he is one of the main proponents of libertarianism.
Biography
Kane studied philosophy from 1956-60 at Holy Cross College ( BA 1960), from 1958-59 at the University of Vienna and from 1960-64 at Yale University (MA 1962, Ph.D. 1964).
From 1962-63 he was assistant instructor at Yale. In 1964 he became assistant professor first at Fordham University, then in 1967 at Haverford College (1969 Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania ), and finally in 1970 at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1974, he was just there, Associate Professor, 1985 Professor, 1995 University Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Works
Monographs
- Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010 ISBN 978-0521199933
- Four Views on Free Will ( with John Martin Fischer, Derk Pereboom, Manuel Vargas ). Blackwell Publishers, Malden / Oxford / Carlton 2007 ISBN 978-1-4051-3486-6
- A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will. Oxford University Press ( OUP ), Oxford 2005 ISBN 978-0195149708
- The Significance of Free Will. OUP 1998 ISBN 978-0195126563
- Through the Moral Maze: Searching for Absolute Values in a Pluralistic World. Paragon House, 1998 ISBN 978-1557786012
- Free Will And Values. State University of New York Press ( SUNYP ), Albany 1985 ISBN 978-0887061028
Editorship
- The Oxford Handbook of Free Will: Second Edition. (2nd, completely revised. Ed ) OUP 2011 ISBN 978-0195399691
- The Oxford Handbook of Free Will. OUP 2005 ISBN 978-0195178548
- Free Will. Blackwell Publishers, Malden / Oxford / Carlton 2002 ISBN 978-0631221012
- Hartshorne, Process Philosophy and Theology ( with Stephen Phillips). SUNYP 1989 ISBN 978-0791401651