Kenneth Winkler

Kenneth Winkler (born 1950) is an American philosopher and the Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Yale University and a specialist in the history of early modern philosophy.

Education and career

Winkler earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas, Austin. Before moving to Yale, he was the Class of 1919 Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College.

Philosophical work He is especially known for his works on George Berkeley's thought, but has also published on Locke, Reid, Hume and others.

Books Berkeley: An Interpretation. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. The Cambridge Companion to Berkeley. Ed. Kenneth P. Winkler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.