Barry Stroud

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Barry Stroud is a philosopher known for his work on philosophical skepticism. He received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Toronto, followed by a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University. Since 1961, Stroud has worked at the University of California Berkeley. In 1987, he gave the John Locke Lectures at Oxford. In 2007 he was named Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy in the Berkeley Philosophy Department.

[edit] Selected works

(1977), Hume, (The Arguments of the Philosophers). Routledge.

Winner of the Matchette Prize in 1979.

(1984), The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism. Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0198247613, ISBN-13: 978-0198247616.
(1999), The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism & the Metaphysics of Colour. Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0195133889, ISBN-13: 978-0195133882.
(2000), Understanding Human Knowledge: Philosophical Essays. Oxford University Press. ISBN-10: 0198250339, ISBN-13: 978-0198250333.