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'''Peter Alward''' is a Canadian philosopher and Professor and Head of Philosophy Department at [[University of Saskatchewan]]. He is known for his works on [[philosophy of fiction]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=MacKinnon |first1=John E. |title=Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction by Peter Alward (review) |journal=[[University of Toronto Quarterly]] |date=23 October 2014 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=578–580 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/557227 |language=en |issn=1712-5278}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goodman |first1=Jeffrey |title=Alward, Peter. Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012, x + 206 pp., $95.00 cloth. |journal=[[The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism]] |date=November 2013 |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=392–394 |doi=10.1111/jaac.12037_6 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jaac.12037_6 |accessdate=16 October 2018 |language=en |issn=0021-8529}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Alward |url=https://biography.omicsonline.org/canada/university-of-saskatchewan/peter-alward-347050 |website=[[OMICS International]] |accessdate=16 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
'''Peter Wallace Brannen Alward''' (born 1964) is a [[Canadian people|Canadian]] [[philosopher]]. He is a Professor in Philosophy and the Department Head in Philosophy at the [[University of Saskatchewan]]. He is known for his works on [[philosophy of fiction]], [[philosophy of art]] and [[environmental philosophy]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=MacKinnon |first1=John E. |title=Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction by Peter Alward (review) |journal=[[University of Toronto Quarterly]] |date=23 October 2014 |volume=83 |issue=2 |pages=578–580 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/557227 |language=en |issn=1712-5278}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Goodman |first1=Jeffrey |title=Alward, Peter. Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012, x + 206 pp., $95.00 cloth. |journal=[[The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism]] |date=November 2013 |volume=71 |issue=4 |pages=392–394 |doi=10.1111/jaac.12037_6 |language=en |issn=0021-8529|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nelson |first1=Christine |title=Skepticism on Scruton: the Possibility of Photography as Representation |journal=Magnificat: A Journal of Undergraduate Nonfiction |date=April 2013 |url=https://commons.marymount.edu/magnificat/skepticism-on-scruton-the-possibility-of-photography-as-representation/ |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=BENATAR |first1=DAVID |title=Why the Naïve Argument against Moral Vegetarianism Really is Naïve |journal=[[Environmental Values]] |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=103–112 |doi=10.3197/096327101129340769 |jstor=30301788 }}</ref>
In 2016 Alward was awarded Tenured Professor Essay Prize by [[The Canadian Philosophical Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Philosophical Association Faculty Essay Prize Winners |url=https://www.acpcpa.ca/cpages/cpa-faculty-essay-prize-winners |website=Canadian Philosophical Association |accessdate=16 October 2018}}</ref>
In 2016 Alward was awarded Tenured Professor Essay Prize by [[The Canadian Philosophical Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Philosophical Association Faculty Essay Prize Winners |url=https://www.acpcpa.ca/cpages/cpa-faculty-essay-prize-winners |website=Canadian Philosophical Association |access-date=16 October 2018}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
*''Philosophical Problems: an introductory text in philosophy'', Broadview, 2017.
*''Philosophical Problems: an introductory text in philosophy'', Broadview, 2017.
*''Empty Revelations: an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward, fiction'', McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012.
*''Empty Revelations: an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward, fiction'', McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://artsandscience.usask.ca/profile/PAlward Peter Alward]
*[https://peteralward.wordpress.com/ Personal website]
*[https://artsandscience.usask.ca/profile/PAlward Peter Alward at the University of Saskatchewan]
*[https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=4o53tnMAAAAJ&hl=en Peter Alward], [[Google Scholar]]
*[https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=4o53tnMAAAAJ&hl=en Peter Alward], [[Google Scholar]]

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Peter Alward
Born1964 (age 60–61)
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic
InstitutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
ThesisBelieved World Semantics (1998)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Lycan, Keith Simmons
Main interests
Philosophy of fiction
Websitehttps://peteralward.wordpress.com/

Peter Wallace Brannen Alward (born 1964) is a Canadian philosopher. He is a Professor in Philosophy and the Department Head in Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan. He is known for his works on philosophy of fiction, philosophy of art and environmental philosophy.[1][2][3][4] In 2016 Alward was awarded Tenured Professor Essay Prize by The Canadian Philosophical Association.[5]

Books

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  • Philosophical Problems: an introductory text in philosophy, Broadview, 2017.
  • Empty Revelations: an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward, fiction, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.

References

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  1. ^ MacKinnon, John E. (23 October 2014). "Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction by Peter Alward (review)". University of Toronto Quarterly. 83 (2): 578–580. ISSN 1712-5278.
  2. ^ Goodman, Jeffrey (November 2013). "Alward, Peter. Empty Revelations: An Essay on Talk about, and Attitudes toward, Fiction. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012, x + 206 pp., $95.00 cloth". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 71 (4): 392–394. doi:10.1111/jaac.12037_6. ISSN 0021-8529.
  3. ^ Nelson, Christine (April 2013). "Skepticism on Scruton: the Possibility of Photography as Representation". Magnificat: A Journal of Undergraduate Nonfiction. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. ^ BENATAR, DAVID (2001). "Why the Naïve Argument against Moral Vegetarianism Really is Naïve". Environmental Values. 10 (1): 103–112. doi:10.3197/096327101129340769. JSTOR 30301788.
  5. ^ "Canadian Philosophical Association Faculty Essay Prize Winners". Canadian Philosophical Association. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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