| William Hatcher Davis | |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Lincoln, Tennessee, U.S |
| Death Place: | Alexander City, Alabama, U.S |
| Fields: | Philosophy |
| Workplaces: | Auburn University |
| Thesis Title: | The Philosophy of C.S Pierce |
| Thesis Url: | https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/14209 |
| Thesis Year: | 1965 |
William Hatcher Davis (January 5, 1939 – May 13, 2017)[1] was Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University, where he taught for 47 years and served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy.[2] He was interested in the philosophy of religion, ethics, epistemology, and pragmatism.[3] Among his publications are The Freewill Question (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971), Peirce's Epistemology (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1972), and "Why be Moral?" (Philosophical Inquiry 13(3–4): 1–21, 1991).
Davis had a B.A. and M.A. from Abilene Christian University and a Ph.D. from Rice University.[1]