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Stephen H. Daniel

 

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1977
M.A., Philosophy, St. Louis University, 1974
B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, Philosophy (major), History (minor), St. Joseph Seminary College, 1972

Areas of Interest

Modern Philosophy: History and Historiography
Current Continental Philosophy

 

Stephen Daniel works primarily on 17th and 18th century philosophy. He has written four books, authored fifty articles, and edited three volumes on modern philosophy and contemporary continental thought. His recent publications include articles on George Berkeley, G. W. Leibniz, John Toland, and Jonathan Edwards, and two edited collections of essays on Berkeley. He is president of the International Berkeley Society, editor of Berkeley Studies, President of the Texas A&M Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Texas A&M University Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence, and Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching. He is currently writing a book on how Berkley's philosophy relates to those of other early modern philosophers.