Mcdowell, John (Henry)

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MCDOWELL, John (Henry)

MCDOWELL, John (Henry). British (born Republic of South Africa), b. 1942. Genres: Classics, Philosophy. Career: University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Philosophy, 1986-, University Professor, 1988-. Fellow and Praelector, University College, Oxford, 1966-86, and Lecturer in Philosophy, Oxford University, 1967-86. James C. Loeb Research Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1969; Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977; University of Minnesota, 1982, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, 1983; Sr. Fellow, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University, NJ, 1984. Publications: (trans.) Plato: Theaetetus, 1973; (ed. with G. Evans) Truth and Meaning, 1976; Mind and World, 1994; Mind, Value, and Reality, 1998; Meaning, Knowledge, and Reality, 1998. Address: Dept. of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A.

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