Richard McKirahan

Summary

Richard D. McKirahan Jr. is an American philosopher and Edwin Clarence Norton Professor of Classics and Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, California.[1] He is known for his works on Pre-Socratics.[2][3]

Richard McKirahan
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsPomona College

Early life and education edit

McKirahan attended the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar before completing his doctorate at Harvard University.[1]

Career edit

McKirahan began teaching at Pomona in 1987.[1] He is the president of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, a position he has held since 2012.[1]

Books edit

  • —— (1992). Principles and Proofs: Aristotle's Theory of Demonstrative Species. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691629872.
  • —— (1994). Philosophy Before Socrates: An Introduction with Texts and Commentary. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 978-1-60384-182-5.[2][3]
  • Curd, Patricia, ed. (1996). A PreSocratics Reader: Selected Fragments and Testimonia. Translated by ——; Curd, Patricia. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 9781603843058.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Richard D. McKirahan Jr". Pomona College. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b McCabe, Mary Margaret (1995). "The Presocratics". The Classical Review. 45 (2): 277–279. ISSN 0009-840X. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Waterfield, Robin (2016). "Review of Philosophy Before Socrates: An Introduction with Texts and Commentary, second edition". The Heythrop Journal. 57 (1): 144–145. doi:10.1111/heyj.4_12307. ISSN 1468-2265.