Burleigh Taylor Wilkins (July 1, 1932 in Bridgetown, Virginia - October 13, 2015 in Tampa, Florida)[1] was a professor in the Department of Philosophy of the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2][3][4]

He studied at Duke University, (B.A. 1952); Harvard University (M.A., 1954); and Princeton University (M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1965).[1] He previously taught history at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia from 1956–57; humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1957–60; philosophy at Princeton University (1960–61, 1963) and at Rice University (1965-1967).[1] He taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1968 until 2012.[1]

He has written a biography on Carl L. Becker, and books on the philosophies of Edmund Burke, Hegel, and Karl Popper.

Publications

  • Carl Becker: a Biographical Study in American Intellectual History ISBN 978-0-262-23005-6
  • The Problem of Burke's Political Philosophy ISBN 978-0-19-827162-8
  • Hegel's Philosophy of History ISBN 0-8014-0819-9
  • Has History Any Meaning?: A Critique of Popper's Philosophy of History ISBN 0-8014-1187-4
  • Terrorism and Collective Responsibility ISBN 0-415-04152-X

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Thomson Gale. 2008.
  2. ↑ "(synopsis) Essays in Honor of Burleigh Wilkins". Peter Lang Publishing Group.
  3. ↑ "People | Department of Philosophy - UC Santa Barbara" (PDF). www.philosophy.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Obituary for Burleigh Taylor Wilkins | Fox And James Funeral Home, Eastville, VA". Obituary for Burleigh Taylor Wilkins. Retrieved 1 June 2018.


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