Richard Eldridge Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
Richard Eldridge
Birth Date:	September 14, 1953
Institutions:	Swarthmore College
Main Interests:	philosophy of art
Thesis Title:	In Pursuit of Self-Reconciliation and Community: Wittgenstein and the Role of Criticism in Philosophy
Thesis Year:	1981
Doctoral Advisor:	Ted Cohen, Alan Donagan, M. Thompson
Education:	University of Chicago (PhD), Middlebury College (AB)

Richard Eldridge (born September 14, 1953) is an American philosopher and the Charles and Harriett Cox McDowell Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Swarthmore College. He is known for his works on philosophy of art.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Books

• Werner Herzog––Filmmaker and Philosopher, Bloomsbury, 2019
• Images of History: Kant, Benjamin, Freedom, and the Human Subject, Oxford University Press, 2016
• Stanley Cavell and Literary Studies: Consequences of Skepticism, Richard Eldridge and Bernard Rhie (eds.), Continuum, 2011
• The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2009
• Literature, Life, and Modernity Columbia University Press, 2008
• An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Cambridge University Press, 2003
• Stanley Cavell (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2003
• Persistence of Romanticism: Essays in The Philosophy and Literature, Cambridge University Press, 2001
• Leading a Human Life: Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Romanticism, University of Chicago Press, 1997
• Beyond Representation: Philosophy and Poetic Imagination (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 1996
• On Moral Personhood: Philosophy, Literature, Criticism, and Self-Understanding, University of Chicago Press, 1989

External links

• Web site: Richard Eldridge . Swarthmore College . en.

Notes and References

1. Dawson . Josh . Images of History: Kant, Benjamin, Freedom, and the Human Subject RICHARD ELDRIDGE Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016; 235 pp.; $65.00 (hardback) . Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie . September 2017 . 56 . 3 . 597–598 . 10.1017/S0012217317000427 . en . 0012-2173.
2. Feagin . Susan . Anne Sheppard, Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art . Philosophy in Review . 1988 . 8 . 444–448 .
3. Todd . Cain . Review: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art . The British Journal of Aesthetics . 1 January 2005 . 45 . 2 . 192–193 . 10.1093/aesthj/ayi021.
4. Web site: Review of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art - American Society For Aesthetics . aesthetics-online.org.
5. Hamilton . Christopher . Review of Werner Herzog: Filmmaker and Philosopher . Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews . 14 August 2019 . en . 1538-1617.
6. Pippin . Robert . Review of Literature, Life, and Modernity . NDPR . 13 January 2009 . en . 1538-1617.
7. Velkley . Richard . Review of Images of History: Kant, Benjamin, Freedom and the Human Subject . NDPR . 14 February 2017 . en . 1538-1617.
8. Holbo . John . Review of The Literary Wittgenstein . NDPR . 2 June 2005 . en . 1538-1617.
9. Affeldt . Steven G. . Review of Stanley Cavell . NDPR . 1 November 2003 . en . 1538-1617.