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John Bricke

Ph.D., Edinburgh. Prof.

Curriculum Vitae

Major Interests

  • British Empiricism
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Contemporary Analytic Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Language

Representative Publications

  • Hume's Philosophy of Mind (Princeton, 1980)
  • "Dennett's Eliminative Arguments," Philosophical Studies, 1984
  • "Hume, Freedom to Act, and Personal Evaluation," History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1988
  • Mind and Morality: An Examination of Hume's Moral Psychology, Clarendon Press, 1996

Typical Courses
Philosophy 141: Introduction to Philosophy, Honors
Philosophy 161: Introduction to Ethics, Honors
Philosophy 388: Analytic Philosophy: Frege to Quine
Philosophy 654: Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy 724: Hume
Philosophy 772: History of Ethics
Philosophy 877: Topics in the Philosophy of Mind: Davidson

Spring 2008 Courses
Phil. 672: History of Ethics
Phil. 880: Topics in Ethics

Fall 2008 Courses
Phil. 161: Intro to Ethics, Honors
Phil. 386: Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant


E-mail: Professor John Bricke