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Donald Rutherford (philosopher)

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Donald Paul Rutherford
Born1957
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolEarly modern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
ThesisLeibniz on the Reality of Body (1988)
Doctoral advisorJanet Broughton
Main interests
history of ethics

Donald Paul Rutherford (born 1957) is a Canadian philosopher and an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.[1] He is known for his research on early modern philosophy.[2][3][4] Rutherford is a former president of Leibniz Society of North America (2010-14) and a winner of its Essay Prize (1992). He is an editor (with Daniel Garber) of Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy.[5]

Books

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  • Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature, Cambridge University Press, 1995
  • The Leibniz-Des Bosses Correspondence, Latin edition, English translation with Introduction and Notes (with Brandon Look), Yale University Press, 2007
  • Leibniz: Nature and Freedom, edited with Introduction (co-editor J.A. Cover), Oxford University Press, 2005
  • The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy, edited with Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2006
  • Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, co-editor (with Daniel Garber): vol. 6 (2012), vol. 7 (2015), vol. 8 (2018); editor: vol. 9 (2019)

References

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  1. ^ "Don Rutherford". helleniccenter.ucsd.edu.
  2. ^ Brown, Gregory (2006). "Review of Leibniz: Nature and Freedom". Mind. 115 (459): 804–808. doi:10.1093/mind/fzl804. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 3840608.
  3. ^ Mercer, Christia (1998). "Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 36 (1): 139–141. doi:10.1353/hph.2008.0948. ISSN 1538-4586. S2CID 147540423.
  4. ^ Schmitter, Amy M. (2001). "Review of Leibniz and the Rational Order of Nature". Mind. 110 (438): 542–546. doi:10.1093/mind/110.438.542. ISSN 0026-4423. JSTOR 2660203.
  5. ^ "Rutherford's CV" (PDF).