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Georges Dicker , Ph.D

Distinguished Professor

(585) 395-2544
gdicker@brockport.edu
Office: Liberal Arts 116
Office Hours:

Tuesday, Thursday: 3:30-4:30, and by appointment

Courses Taught

• Seminar on Descartes
• Seminar on Locke
• Seminar on Berkeley
• Seminar on Hume
• Seminar on Kant
• Theory of Knowledge
• God, Self, and World (Metaphysics)
• Perception, Illusion, and Reality
• Philosophy of Religion
• History of Modern Philosophy
• Introduction to Logic
• Introduction to Philosophy

Research Interests

Georges Dicker works primarily on central figures in modern philosophy. He also has research interests in epistemology and metaphysics. He is currently writing a book to be entitled Locke on Knowledge and Reality.

• Recent Publications
  • Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 344 pp. 2013.
  • Berkeley’s Idealism: A Critical Examination. Oxford University Press, 310 pp. 2011.
  • “Kant’s Refutation of Idealism.” Noûs (47:1) 80-108. 2008.
  • Kant’s Theory of Knowledge: An Analytical Introduction. Oxford University Press, 262 pp. 2004.
  • Hume’s Epistemology and Metaphysic: An Introduction. Routledge, 216 pp. 1998.
  • Perceptual Knowledge: An Analytical and Historical Study. Reidel, 226 pp. 1980.
  • “Is there a Problem about Perception and Knowledge?” American Philosophical Quarterly (15:3) 165-176. 1978.
  • “Knowing and Coming-to-Know in John Dewey’s Theory of Knowledge.” The Monist (57:2) 191-219. 1973.