Daniel Breazeale
American philosopher
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Daniel James Breazeale (25 January, 1945 – December 30, 2023) was an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. He is known for his works on German philosophy and J. G. Fichte.[2][3][4][5]
Born25 January 1945
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Died30 December 2023 (aged 78)
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.[1]
EducationAustin College (BA)
Yale University (PhD)
Yale University (PhD)
Daniel Breazeale | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1945 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | 30 December 2023 (aged 78) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Austin College (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Toward a Nihilist Epistemology: Hume and Nietzsche (1971) |
| John E. Smith | |
Other advisors | Karsten Harries, Charles Hendel, Kenley R. Dove |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Kentucky |
Main interests | German philosophy |
Books
- Daniel Breazeale, Thinking Through the Wissenschaftslehre: Themes from Fichte's Early Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780199233632.
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte, System of Ethics, (tr. Günter Zöller and Daniel Breazeale), Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 0521577675.
- Breazeale, Daniel and Rockmore, Tom (eds.), New Essays on Fichte's Later Jena Wissenschaftslehre, Northwestern, 2002, ISBN 0810118653.
- Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosophy and Truth: Selections from Nietzsche's Notebooks of the Early 1870s, ed. and trans. Daniel Breazeale, Prometheus Books, 1990, ISBN 1-57392-532-2
- Fichte’s Addresses to the German Nation Reconsidered, ed. with Tom Rockmore. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2016, xiii-303 pp.
- Fichte and Transcendental Philosophy, ed. with Tom Rockmore. London: Palmgrave Macmillan, 2014 [actually published 2016]. X+349 pp.
- Fichte, Foundation of the Entire Wissenschaftslehre and related writings, trans. with an introduction and notes. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2019
