Fred Evans (philosopher)
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Fred Evans | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 6, 1944 (age 81) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy |
| Doctoral students | George Yancy |
| Main interests | Social philosophy, political philosophy |
Fred Evans (born June 6, 1944) is an American philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy at Duquesne University and Director of the Center for Interpretative and Qualitative Research. His research and teaching interests are in contemporary continental philosophy (Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, and Deleuze), social and political philosophy, and philosophy of language, psychology and technology.
Evans was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work is informed both by his experiences as a psychologist and his time spent working under the auspices of an NGO in Laos during the 1970s. A reflection on these influences and his academic and activist work can be found in his brief intellectual biography at Duquesne's website.[1]
- 1966 B.A. Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington
- 1969 M.A. Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington
- 1977 M.A. Psychology, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
- 1986 Ph.D. Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Authored and edited books
- (2019) Public Art and The Fragility of Democracy: An Essay in Political Aesthetics, Columbia University Press
- (2008) The Multivoiced Body: Society and Communication in the Age of Diversity, Columbia University Press
- (2000) Chiasms: Merleau-Ponty's Notion of the Flesh, co-edited with Leonard Lawlor, State University of New York Press
- (1993) Psychology and Nihilism: A Genealogical Critique of the Computational Model of Mind, State University of New York Press
