Tomis Kapitan (1949-2016) was an American philosopher and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at
Northern Illinois University
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He worked primarily in metaphysics and philosophy of language. Kapitan was especially interested in the free will debate, where he was a "compatibilist," defending the view that free will is possible even in a completely deterministic universe. He also published in philosophy of religion and wrote extensively on the Palestine-Israeli conflict.
Books
* ''The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Philosophical Essays on Self-Determination, Terrorism and the One-State Solution'', with
Raja Halwani
Raja Fouad Halwani (born 1967) is an American-Lebanese philosopher and professor of philosophy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is known for his works on philosophy of sex.
Philosophy
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Springer 2007
* ''The Phenomeno-Logic of the I: Essays on Self-Consciousness''
* ''Archaeology, History and Culture in Palestine and the Near East: essays in memory of Albert E Glock''
References
21st-century American philosophers
Philosophy academics
1949 births
2016 deaths
Northern Illinois University faculty
Indiana University Bloomington alumni
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