Prof. Dr. R. Jay Wallace

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPraktische Philosophie
KeywordsPraktische Vernunft, Normativität, Wille, Moral, Person

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBerkeley
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Philosophy

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Rolf-Peter HorstmannInstitut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Thomas SchmidtInstitut für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.09.2004

Programm(e)

2003Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor R. Jay Wallace is one of the leading moral philosophers of his generation. He has written influential works on responsibility, moral agency, practical reason, and the normative structure of the moral realm. His philosophical achievements have brought him wide recognition throughout the international scholarly community. As Humboldt Research Awardee he is working on the normativity of moral requirements. He will be presenting results of this research at numerous European universities, and meets regularly with younger scholars in Berlin to discuss topics of common interest.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2006Richard Jay Wallace: Normativity and the Will. Clarendon Press, 2006