Loptson, Peter -

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:51pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
Peter
Last Name: 
Loptson
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
University of Guelph
Phone: 
5198244120
Extension: 
53228
Email Address: 
ploptson@uoguelph.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Geographical Region: 
Europe
Time Period: 
17th Century
18th-20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Naturalism and rational agency; Hume; modal metaphysics; Scotland; England; Netherlands; France; US; Canada; Germany
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
University of Pittsburgh
PHD Date: 
1972
Major Publications: 
Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics /(second edition (paperback) University of Ottawa Press, 2010.) /Freedom, Nature, and World /(U of Ottawa Press, 2007) Reality: Fundamental Topics in Metaphysics (2001); Theories of Human Nature (2005); Principles of the Most. Ancient and Modern Philosophy (1998)
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Philosophical Association; Hume Society; Leibniz ; Co-Editor, Hume Studies, 2005-2010; Co-Editor, Dialogue, 1996-2000
Courses Taught: 
Early modern philosophy; ethics; modal metaphysics; ancient Greek philosophy; Kant