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HUMANITIES SOCSCI
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Fischer, John M

Distinguished Professor

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Philosophy


Biography

Research Specialization -Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion. Books: "Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility," (co-authored with Mark Ravizza), Cambridge, 1998; "The Metaphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control," Blackwell, 1994; Edited Books: "Perspectives on Moral Responsibility," (co-editor with Mark Ravizza) Cornell, 1993; "The Metaphysics of Death," Stanford, 1993; "Ethics: Problems and Principles," (co-editor with Mark Ravizza) Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991; "God, Foreknowledge and Freedom," Stanford University Press, 1989; "Moral Responsibility," Cornell University Press, 1986, second printing 1990

Former Institution

 Not Available

Degrees

PhD Philosophy 1982

Cornell University

MA Philosophy 1980

Cornell University

MA Philosophy 1975

Stanford University

Grad Study Philosophy 1979

Oxford University Nuffield College

BA Philosophy 1975

Stanford University

Awards

1996 Distinguished Humanist Achievement Lecturer, UC Riverside
1994-95 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for the University Teachers
1991 Center for Ideas and Society, UC Riverside, Residential Fellowship
1983-84 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Independent Student and Research
1978-79 Cornell Program on Science, Technology, and Society Fellowship, (Oxford University)
1977-78 Cornell Continuing Humanities Fellowship
1976-77 Cornell University Graduate Fellowship
1975 Henry Rushton Fairclough Prize, Department of Classics, Stanford
1975 Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University