Robert F. Almeder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert F. Almeder

American philosopher and academic

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1939

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: philosopher, epistemologist, philosopher of science

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Robert F.
Almeder (born December 11, 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgia 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.