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Peter Alward

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Peter Alward
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
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 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.[1][2][3] In 2016 Alward was awarded Tenured Professor Essay Prize by The Canadian Philosophical Association.[4]

Books

  • 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

  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. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Peter Alward". OMICS International. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Canadian Philosophical Association Faculty Essay Prize Winners". Canadian Philosophical Association. Retrieved 16 October 2018.