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Eric Schliesser

b. 1971

Philosopher and political scientist

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About Eric Schliesser

Born 1971. Eric Schliesser is a political scientist, philosopher and university teacher.

Eric Schliesser (born 1971) is a Dutch philosopher and professor of political science at the University of Amsterdam, known for his work on early modern philosophy. He has taught at Syracuse University, Leiden University, and Ghent University.

Books

Authored Newton's Metaphysics: Essays, Oxford University Press, 2021 Adam Smith: Systematic Philosopher and Public Thinker, Oxford University Press, 2017 Smith, Routledge, 2013

Edited Sophie de Grouchy, Sophie de Grouchy's Letters on Sympathy: A Critical Engagement with Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Sandrine Bergès (tr., comm.), Eric Schliesser (comm.), Oxford University Press, 2019 Ten Neglected Classics of Philosophy (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2017 Sympathy, a History of a Concept (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2015 Zvi Biener and Eric Schliesser (eds.), Newton and Empiricism, Oxford University Press, 2014 Mogens Lærke, Justin E. H. Smith, and Eric Schliesser (eds.), Philosophy and Its History: Aims and Methods in the Study of Early Modern Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2013 Eric Schliesser and Leonidas Montes (eds.), New Voices on Adam Smith. Routledge, 2006

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Important facts

Born
1971
Birth century
Employers
University of Amsterdam, Ghent University
Also known as
E.S. (Eric) Schliesser

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Eric Schliesser was born in 1971.

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Eric Schliesser is a political scientist, philosopher and university teacher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Eric Schliesser

· Wikidata: Q55232991

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