James Franklin Harris

{{short description|American philosopher}}

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James F. Harris (born 1941) is an American philosopher and Francis S. Haserot Emeritus Professor at College of William & Mary.{{Cite web |title=James Harris |url=https://www.wm.edu/as/philosophy/people/emeritusfaculty/harris_j.php |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=William & Mary |language=en}} He is known for his works on philosophy of religion.{{cite journal |last1=Power |first1=William L. |title=James F. Harris, Analytic Philosophy of Religion |journal=International Journal for Philosophy of Religion |date=June 2004 |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=193–195 |doi=10.1023/b:reli.0000034758.70725.82|s2cid=170391582 }}{{cite journal |last1=Hoffman |first1=Joshua |last2=Rosenkrantz |first2=Gary S. |title=James F. Harris: ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION |journal=Faith and Philosophy |date=2005 |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=377–380 |doi=10.5840/faithphil200522311|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Power |first1=William L. |title=Review of Analytic Philosophy of Religion |journal=International Journal for Philosophy of Religion |date=2004 |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=193–195 |doi=10.1023/B:RELI.0000034758.70725.82 |jstor=40018289 |s2cid=170391582 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40018289 |issn=0020-7047}}

==Books==

• Against Relativism: A Philosophical Defense of Method (LaSalle, IL: Open Court Publishing Company,1992)
• Philosophical at 33 rpm: Themes of Classic Rock Music (LaSalle, IL: Open Court Publishing Company,1993)
• Analytic Philosophy of Religion (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002)
• The Ascent of Man: A Philosophy of Human Nature (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2010)
• The Serpentine Wall: The Winding Boundary between Church and State in the United States (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2013).
• Analyticity (ed.) (Chicago, IL: Quadrangle Books, 1970)
• Logic, God, and Metaphysics (ed.) (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992).