Allison, Henry E(dward)

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ALLISON, Henry E(dward)

ALLISON, Henry E(dward). American, b. 1937. Genres: Philosophy. Career: State University of New York College at Potsdam, assistant professor of philosophy, 1964-65; Pennsylvania State University, State College, assistant professor of philosophy, 1965-68; University of Florida, Gainesville, associate professor, 1968-72, professor of philosophy, 1972-73; University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, professor of philosophy, 1973-, chairman of department, 1978-82. Publications: Lessing and the Enlightenment: His Philosophy of Religion and Its Relation to Eighteenth-Century Thought, 1966; (ed.) The Kant-Eberhard Controversy: An English Translation Together with Supplementary Materials, 1973; Benedict de Spinoza, 1975, rev. ed. as Benedict de Spinoza: An Introduction, 1987; Kant's Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense, 1983; Kant's Theory of Freedom, 1990; Idealism and Freedom, 1996; Kant's Theory of Taste, 2001; (ed.) Kant, I: Theoretical Philosophy after 1781, 2002. Address: Department of Philosophy, Boston University, 745 Commonwealth Ave Rm 516, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A.