Barry Stroud

Barry Stroud
Barry Stroud in 2009
Born(1935-05-18)May 18, 1935
DiedAugust 9, 2019(2019-08-09) (aged 84)
EducationEast York Collegiate
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Harvard University
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Main interests
Philosophical skepticism, David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein
Notable ideas
Transcendental approach to dealing with philosophical skepticism[1]

Barry Stroud (/strd/; 18 May 1935 – 9 August 2019) was a Canadian philosopher and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Known especially for his work on philosophical skepticism, he wrote about David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, the metaphysics of color, and many other topics.

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