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Richard A. Watson (born 1931) is an American philosopher, speleologist and author. Watson taught philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis for forty years. He is considered one of the foremost living authorities on Descartes.〔(Brothers Judd reviews ).〕 He is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy for Washington University in St. Louis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard Watson Emeritus Professor of Philosophy )〕 He has a degree in geology specializing in "paleoclimatology of 10,000 years ago." This involved the development of agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent. His book, ''Cogito, Ergo Sum: a life of René Descartes'' was a travelogue in the form of following Rene Descarte's travels around Europe. It was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of its "25 Books to Remember from 2002."〔 == Publications == Richard A. Watson's publications include the following books and articles: * Was chosen by the New York Public library as one of "25 Books to Remember from 2002"〔 See book back cover.〕 *Has been translated into Italian *Has been translated into nine languages. *. The biography of the first person to cross the Falls on a wire, and the first person(a woman) to go over the Falls in a barrel. The French translation has featured at the Saint-Malo Ettonants voyageurs Festival International du Lirre in 1997, where it won a translation award. * * * Watson, Richard A. The Downfall of Cartesianism. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1966. * * Watson, R.A. The breakdown of Cartesian metaphysics. - Atlantic Highlands (N.J.) : Humanities press intern., 1987. - XII, 240 p. Bibliogr.: p. 223-235. Name ind.: p. 237-240.〔For reviews, see: * Alan Hausman (Ohio State University) (reviewed ) in Noûs Vol. 27, No. 2 (Jun., 1993), pp. 272-275. * (Brothers Judd review: Richard A. Watson. The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics (1987) )〕 * * RICHARD A. WATSON. ( The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics ). Hackett Publishing Company, 1998. ISBN 9780872204065〔A reissue of the Humanities Press Edition of 1987.〕 *''Representational Ideas from Plato to Patricia Churchland'' (Kluwer Academic Publishers) *''Under Plowman's Floor'' *''The Runner'' *''The Longest Cave'' (with Roger W. Brucker)(hb Alfred A. Knopf, pb Southern Illinois University Press) * The high road to Pyrrhonism / Ed. by Watson R.A., Force J.E. - San Diego: Hill, 1980. - XIV, 385 p. - (Studies in Hume a. Scott. philosophy; 2) Indices.: p. 369-385. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Watson (philosopher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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