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Biography
Bernard Berofsky (B. A. NYU, 1956, M.A., Columbia, 1959, Ph.D., Columbia, 1963) entered the study of philosophy in order to solve the free will problem and is dismayed that he is still working on it as he begins his career as Professor Emeritus after 38 years at Columbia. He has also taught at Vassar College, the University of Michigan, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Berofsky’s principal writings during the current millennium:
“The Myth of Source,” paper presented at the Conference on Freedom, Determinism and Responsibility, Slovenia, 2006, forthcoming in Acta Analytica.
"Global Control and Freedom,” Philosophical Studies (December, 2006)
“Autonomy Without Free Will,” in Personal Autonomy: New Essays on Personal Autonomy and its Role in Contemporary Philosophy, ed. J. S. Taylor (Cambridge, 2004)
“Identification, the Self, and Autonomy,” Volume on Autonomy, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 2003
“Classical Compatibilism: Not Dead Yet,” in Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities, eds. M. McKenna and D. Widerker (Ashgate, 2003)
“Ifs, Cans, and Free Will: The Issues,” in A Handbook of Free Will, ed. R. Kane Oxford, 2002)
“Ultimate Responsibility in a Deterministic World,” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, LX (January, 2000)
Berofsky’s principal books are: Liberation from Self Cambridge, (1995) and Freedom from Necessity (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987). He is currently preparing a book on the self and free will. Berofsky performs as a stage magician under the name of Sebastian, but has failed so far to find a magical way to turn his students into philosophers. | |
