William Hatcher Davis (January 5, 1939 – May 13, 2017) was Professor of Philosophy at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, where he taught for 47 years and served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy. He was interested in the philosophy of religion, ethics, epistemology, and pragmatism. Among his publications are ''The Freewill Question'' (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971), ''Peirce's Epistemology'' (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1972), and "Why be Moral?" ('' Philosophical Inquiry'' 13(3–4): 1–21, 1991). Davis had a B.A. and M.A. from

Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Churches of Christ, Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Sout ...

and a Ph.D. from Rice University.

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