Walter Ott
B.A. Philosophy, Alfred University
M.A. Philosophy, University of Virginia
Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Virginia
AOS: Modern Philosophy, through Kant
AOC: Ancient; Philosophy of Mind; Metaphysics
About:
Walter Ott’s current projects focus on animal minds in the modern period. His articles have appeared in such journals as Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Archiv fuer Geschichte der Philosophie, and the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.
His new book, Locke and the Mysteries of Perception, is forthcoming with Oxford. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Laws of Nature: The Rules of the Game (Oxford, 2022), Descartes, Malebranche, and the Crisis of Perception (Oxford, 2017), Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy (Oxford, 2009), Locke’s Philosophy of Language (Cambridge 2004), and co-editor, with Lydia Patton, of Laws of Nature (Oxford, 2018).
