Harry McFarland Bracken (March 12, 1926 – December 15, 2011) was an American philosopher, a specialist in Descartes and friend of Noam Chomsky. His academic career was framed in relation to his anti-Vietnam War activism. Bracken received a BA in Philosophy from

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of Connecticut (1949), an MA in Philosophy from

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(1954), and a PhD in Philosophy from University of Iowa (1956). He held the position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa (1957–62); Associate Professor of philosophy at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (1961–63) and then Arizona State University (1963–64); and finally Professor of philosophy at McGill University (1966–91). He was a Visiting Professor at Trinity College of Dublin; University of California, San Diego; National University of Ireland; Erasmus University of Rotterdam; and University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Bibliography

In addition to many articles and reviews, Bracken's published books are: * ''The Early Reception of Berkeley's Immaterialism: 1710–1733'', The Hague: Nijhoff, 1959; revised ed., 1963. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 484 libraries * ''Berkeley'', London: Macmillan, 1974 According to WorldCat, the book is held in 597 libraries * ''Mind and Language: Essays on Descartes and Chomsky'', Dordrecht: Foris, 1983 * ''Freedom of Speech: Words Are Not Deeds'', Westport CT: Praeger reenwood 1994. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 648 libraries * ''Descartes''. Oxford: Oneworld, 2002

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