Fred Miller (philosopher)
{{Short description|American philosopher}}
Fred Dycus Miller Jr. (born 1944){{cite book|title=Aristotle's Account of Being and Truth|type=doctoral dissertation|year=1971|publisher=University of Washington|id={{ProQuest|302636064}}}} is an American philosopher who specializes in Aristotelian philosophy, with additional interests in political philosophy, business ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy in science fiction. He is a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/philosophy/faculty-and-staff/fmiller.html|publisher=Bowling Green State University|title=Fred Miller|work=Philosophy Faculty & Staff|access-date=2022-05-25}}
Education and career
Miller is a 1966 graduate of Portland State University.{{cite web|url=https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/philosophy/documents/vitae/miller-vitae.pdf|title=Curriculum vitae|date=July 2013|access-date=2022-05-27}} and earned a Ph.D. in 1971 at the University of Washington. He took a faculty position at Bowling Green State University in 1972, was promoted to associate professor in 1977, and to full professor in 1982. He was executive director of the university's Social Philosophy and Policy Center from 1981 to 2012. He retired as a professor emeritus in 2013.
He served as president of the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy from 1998 to 2004.
Books
Miller is the author of Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics (Clarendon Press, 1995).Reviews of Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics:
- {{cite journal | last = Curren | first = Randall R. | date = Fall 1997 | issue = 22 | journal = Reason Papers | pages = 144–153 | title = Review | url = https://www.reasonpapers.com/pdf/22/rp_22_15.pdf}}
- {{cite journal | last = Fritsche | first = Johannes | date = Summer 1998 | issue = 1 | journal = International Journal of the Classical Tradition | jstor = 30222438 | pages = 112–113 | title = none | volume = 5}}
- {{cite journal | last = Gottlieb | first = Paula | date = March 1999 | doi = 10.2307/2653482 | issue = 1 | journal = Philosophy and Phenomenological Research | jstor = 2653482 | pages = 276–278 | title = none | volume = 59}}
- {{cite journal | last = Lefebvre | first = René | date = July–September 1999 | issue = 3 | journal = Les Études philosophiques | jstor = 20849284 | pages = 429–430 | title = none}}
- {{cite journal | last = Mara | first = Gerald M. | date = December 2000 | issue = 6 | journal = Political Theory | jstor = 192223 | pages = 835–860 | title = The logos of the wise in the politeia of the many: recent books on Aristotle's political philosophy | volume = 28| doi = 10.1177/0090591700028006007 }}
- {{cite journal | last = Saunders | first = Trevor J. | date = October 1997 | issue = 1 | journal = Ethics | jstor = 2382098 | pages = 216–218 | title = none | volume = 108| doi = 10.1086/233797 }}
- {{cite journal | last = Schollmeier | first = Paul | date = Spring 1998 | issue = 1 | journal = Social Theory and Practice | jstor = 23559067 | pages = 133–151 | title = Aristotle and Aristotelians | volume = 24| doi = 10.5840/soctheorpract199824121 }}
- {{cite journal | last = Simpson | first = Peter. | date = October 1996 | id = {{ProQuest | 1297320642}} | issue = 4 | journal = Journal of the History of Philosophy | page = 607 | title = none | volume = 34| doi = 10.1353/hph.1996.0076 }}
- {{cite journal | last = Stalley | first = R. F. | date = October 1997 | issue = 189 | journal = The Philosophical Quarterly | jstor = 2956292 | pages = 542–544 | title = none | volume = 47}}
- {{cite journal | last = Swanson | first = Judith A. | date = March 1997 | doi = 10.2307/2952280 | issue = 1 | journal = The American Political Science Review | jstor = 2952280 | pages = 176–177 | title = none | volume = 91}}
- {{cite journal | last = Tessitore | first = Aristide | date = November 1996 | doi = 10.2307/2960171 | issue = 4 | journal = The Journal of Politics | jstor = 2960171 | pages = 1239–1241 | title = none | volume = 58}}
- {{cite journal | last = Yack | first = Bernard | date = Summer 1996 | issue = 3 | journal = The Review of Politics | jstor = 1408024 | pages = 644–646 | title = The correct concept of justice | volume = 58| doi = 10.1017/S0034670500020301 }}
He is the translator of Aristotle{{'s}} On the Soul: and Other Psychological Works (Oxford World's Classics, Oxford University Press, 2018),Review of On the Soul:
{{cite journal | last = Carter | first = Jason W. | date = October 2018 | issue = 2018.10.13 | journal = Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | title = Review | url = https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/on-the-soul-and-other-psychological-works/}}
and of {{'}}Alexander': On Aristotle Metaphysics 12 (Bloomsbury, 2021).Review of Alexander: {{cite journal | last = Ebbesen | first = Sten | date = August 2021 | doi = 10.1017/s0009840x21002092 | issue = 2 | journal = The Classical Review | pages = 328–331 | title = A commentator on Aristotle | volume = 71}}
His edited volumes include:
- Human Rights (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Oxford University Press, 1984)Reviews of Human Rights:
- {{cite journal | last = Mack | first = Eric | issue = 9 | journal = Philosophy in Review | pages = 379–382 | title = Review | url = https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/issue/view/555 | volume = 5}}
- {{cite journal | last = Mautner | first = Thomas | issue = 1 | journal = Journal of Applied Philosophy | jstor = 24353480 | pages = 133–136 | title = none | volume = 3 | year = 1986}}
- Ethics & Economics (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Blackwell, 1985)Reviews of Ethics & Economics:
- {{cite journal | last = Boulding | first = Kenneth E. | date = September 1987 | issue = 3 | journal = Journal of Economic Literature | jstor = 2726032 | pages = 1312–1313 | title = none | volume = 25}}
- {{cite journal | date = June 1989 | issue = 2 | journal = International Journal of Transport Economics / Rivista internazionale di economia dei trasporti | jstor = 42747076 | page = 222 | title = none | volume = 16}}
- A Companion to Aristotle's Politics (edited with David Keyt, Blackwell, 1991)Reviews of A Companion to Aristotle's Politics:
- {{cite journal | last = Bobonich | first = Christopher | date = January 1993 | doi = 10.1086/293507 | issue = 2 | journal = Ethics | jstor = 2381534 | pages = 387–389 | title = none | volume = 103}}
- {{cite journal | last = Jost | first = Lawrence J. | doi = 10.5840/teachphil199518117 | issue = 1 | journal = Teaching Philosophy | pages = 96–98 | title = none | volume = 18 | year = 1995}}
- {{cite journal | last = Lindsay | first = Thomas K. | date = Winter 1994 | issue = 1 | journal = The Review of Politics | jstor = 1407570 | pages = 127–151 | title = Was Aristotle racist, sexist, and anti-democratic? | volume = 56| doi = 10.1017/S0034670500049536 }}
- {{cite journal | last = Megone | first = Christopher | doi = 10.1163/20512996-90000482 | issue = 1–2 | journal = Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought | pages = 165–180 | title = none | volume = 14 | year = 1995}}
- The Good Life and the Human Good (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1992)Reviews of The Good Life and the Human Good:
- {{cite journal | last = Degnan | first = Michael J. | date = June 1997 | doi = 10.1111/1467-9744.881997087 | issue = 2 | journal = Zygon | pages = 262–266 | title = none | volume = 32| doi-access = free }}
- {{cite journal | last = Melle | first = U. | date = March 1995 | issue = 1 | journal = Tijdschrift voor Filosofie | jstor = 40887238 | page = 171 | title = none | volume = 57}}
- Economic Rights (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1992)Reviews of Economic Rights:
- {{cite journal | last = Farber | first = Daniel A. | issue = 4 | journal = Public Choice | jstor = 30025760 | pages = 384–387 | title = none | volume = 76 | year = 1993}}
- {{cite journal | last = Waldron | first = Jeremy | date = December 1993 | doi = 10.2307/2938836 | issue = 4 | journal = The American Political Science Review | jstor = 2938836 | pages = 1008–1009 | title = none | volume = 87}}
- Altruism (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1993)Review of Altruism:
{{cite journal | last = Campbell | first = John | date = July 1995 | doi = 10.2307/2185645 | issue = 3 | journal = The Philosophical Review | jstor = 2185645 | pages = 482–484 | title = none | volume = 104}}
- Liberalism and the Economic Order (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1993)Reviews of Liberalism and the Economic Order:
- {{cite journal | last = Carling | first = Alan | date = July 1996 | issue = 5 | journal = Europe-Asia Studies | jstor = 153003 | pages = 846–849 | title = none | volume = 48}}
- {{cite journal | last = Foldvary | first = Fred. E. | issue = 1–2 | journal = Public Choice | jstor = 30026918 | pages = 209–211 | title = none | volume = 80 | year = 1994}}
- {{cite journal | last = Gamble | first = Andrew | date = December 1995 | doi = 10.1111/j.1467-9248.1995.tb01730.x | issue = 4 | journal = Political Studies | pages = 742–743 | title = none | volume = 43}}
- {{cite journal | last = Hoen | first = H. | date = May 1995 | id = {{ProQuest | 207647527}} | issue = 2 | journal = De Economist | page = 266 | title = none | volume = 143}}
- {{cite journal | last = Sanford | first = George | date = October 1994 | id = {{ProQuest | 1293676067}} | issue = 4 | journal = Slavonic and East European Review | page = 780 | title = none | volume = 72}}
- Property Rights (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1994)Review of Property Rights:
{{cite journal | last = Hill | first = P. J. | date = January 1996 | issue = 1–2 | journal = Public Choice | jstor = 30027076 | pages = 199–201 | title = none | volume = 86}}
- Cultural Pluralism and Moral Knowledge (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1994)Reviews of Cultural Pluralism and Moral Knowledge:
- {{cite journal | last = Kelsay | first = John | date = Fall 1996 | issue = 2 | journal = The Journal of Religious Ethics | jstor = 40015216 | pages = 403–428 | title = Plurality, pluralism, and comparative ethics: a review essay | volume = 24}}
- {{cite journal | last = Davie | first = Will | issue = 3 | journal = Journal of Applied Philosophy | jstor = 24354137 | pages = 303–305 | title = none | volume = 12 | year = 1995}}
- {{cite journal | last = Matzko | first = David McCarthy | date = Fall 1995 | issue = 3 | journal = Religion & Literature | jstor = 40059625 | pages = 117–122 | title = none | volume = 27}}
- {{cite journal | last = McNaughton | first = David | date = July 1999 | doi = 10.1017/s0953820800002478 | issue = 2 | journal = Utilitas | pages = 251–253 | title = none | volume = 11}}
- Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1995)Review of Contemporary Political and Social Philosophy:
{{cite journal | last = Kelly | first = J. Landrum Jr. | date = August 1997 | doi = 10.2307/2998658 | issue = 3 | journal = The Journal of Politics | jstor = 2998658 | pages = 955–957 | title = none | volume = 59}}
- Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1996)Reviews of Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy:
- {{cite journal | last = O'Connell | first = Brian M. | date = August 1997 | issue = 4 | journal = Philosophy in Review | pages = 273–274 | title = Review | url = https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pir/issue/view/424 | volume = 17}}
- {{cite journal | last = Szałek | first = Piotr K. | issue = 2 | journal = Roczniki Filozoficzne / Annales de Philosophie / Annals of Philosophy | jstor = 43408359 | pages = 165–171 | title = none | volume = 48/49 | year = 2000–2001}}
- {{cite journal | last = Ziman | first = John | date = May 1998 | hdl = 10822/533027 | issue = 1 | journal = Research Policy | pages = 109–110 | title = none | volume = 27}}
- Problems of Market Liberalism (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 1998)Review of Problems of Market Liberalism:
{{cite journal | last = Narveson | first = Jan | date = Winter 2000 | issue = 3 | journal = The Independent Review | jstor = 24561197 | pages = 442–445 | title = none | volume = 4}}
- Bioethics (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 2002)Review of Bioethics:
{{cite journal | last = Barnbaum | first = Deborah R. | date = March 2004 | issue = 1 | journal = Politics and the Life Sciences | jstor = 4236735 | pages = 69–70 | title = none | volume = 23| doi = 10.2990/1471-5457(2004)23[69:BEFPFD]2.0.CO;2 }}
- Autonomy (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 2003)Review of Autonomy:
{{cite journal | last = Fagan | first = Andrew | date = April 2007 | doi = 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.486_7.x | issue = 227 | journal = The Philosophical Quarterly | jstor = 4543236 | pages = 311–313 | title = none | volume = 57}}
- Freedom, Reason, and the Polis: Essays in Ancient Greek Political Philosophy (edited with David Keyt, Cambridge University Press, 2007)Review of Freedom, Reason, and the Polis:
{{cite journal | last = Destrée | first = Pierre | issue = 1 | journal = Revue Philosophique de Louvain | pages = 229–230 | title = Review | url = https://www.persee.fr/doc/phlou_0035-3841_2011_num_109_1_8169_t1_0229_0000_2 | volume = 109 | year = 2011}}
- Moral Obligation (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 2010)Review of Moral Obligation:
{{cite journal | last = Anwander | first = Norbert | date = April 2012 | issue = 247 | journal = The Philosophical Quarterly | jstor = 41426905 | pages = 410–413 | title = none | volume = 62| doi = 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.00028.x }}
- Liberalism and Capitalism (edited with Ellen Frankel Paul and Jeffrey Paul, Cambridge University Press, 2012)Review of Liberalism and Capitalism:
{{cite journal | last = Milde | first = Michael | date = August 2012 | issue = 2012.08.39 | journal = Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | title = Review | url = https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/liberalism-and-capitalism/}}
- Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy: Essays in Honor of David Keyt (edited with Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Springer, 2013)Reviews of Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy:
- {{cite journal | last = Rabbås | first = Øyvind | date = December 2013 | issue = 2013.12.17 | journal = Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | title = Review | url = https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/reason-and-analysis-in-ancient-greek-philosophy-essays-in-honor-of-david-keyt/}}
- {{cite journal | last = Waterfield | first = Robin | date = April 2015 | doi = 10.1111/heyj.12249_12 | issue = 3 | journal = The Heythrop Journal | pages = 464–465 | title = none | volume = 56}}
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