Dean Zimmerman

Dean Zimmerman is an American professor of philosophy at Rutgers University.^[1] He specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion. He earned his PhD in philosophy from Brown University, and has taught at the University of Notre Dame and Syracuse University.^[2] He is a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers.^[3]

He is the author and editor of many books, including Metaphysics: The Big Questions (1998), The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics (2003), Persons: Human and Divine (2007), Contemporary Debates in Metaphysics (2008), and the Oxford Studies in Metaphysics series.

Zimmerman is one of the leading and most influential figures in contemporary metaphysics.^[4][5]

See also

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

References

1. ^ http://philosophy.rutgers.edu/FACSTAFF/BIOS/zimmerman.html
2. ^ http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/faraday/Biography.php?ID=144
3. ^ http://www.siu.edu/~scp/officers-committees.htm
4. ^ http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Philosophy/Metaphysics/?view=usa&ci=9780199575787
5. ^ http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198250241.do

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