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Robert F. Almeder (born December 11, 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgia State University.〔("Faculty Emeriti" ), Department of Philosophy, George State University.〕 He is known in particular for his work on the philosophy of science, and has also written on the philosophy of mind, epistemology and ethics. He is the author of 24 books, including ''The Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce'' (1980), ''Death and Personal Survival'' (1992), ''Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy'' (1998), ''Human Happiness and Morality'' (2000), and ''Truth and Skepticism'' (2010). Almeder served as the editor of the ''American Philosophical Quarterly'' (1998–2003), and co-edited the annual ''Biomedical Ethics Reviews'' (1983–2004). He was the inaugural McCullough Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton College in New York (2005–2007), where he taught courses on human rights, biomedical ethics and the law. ==Background== Almeder completed his PhD on "The Metaphysical and Logical Realism of Charles Peirce" at the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. Since then he has been the president of the Charles S. Peirce Society as well as president of the Georgia Philosophical Association. He joined the philosophy faculty at Georgia State University in 1972 as an associate professor, and became a full professor in 1980. He retired in 2005.〔 Almeder received the Outstanding Educator of America Award in 1973, and the Georgia State University Alumni Distinguished Professor Award for teaching and research in 1984 and 1995. He was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992 and then again in 2005.〔, Georgia State University.〕〔http://www.cies.org/stories/s_ralmeder.htm〕 Georgia State University instituted a student award in honour of Almeder upon his retirement, the Robert F. Almeder Prize, awarded to the student who writes the best paper at the annual Georgia State Student Philosophy Symposium.〔http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwphl/philosophy/PhilosophyAwards.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert F. Almeder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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