Donald Rutherford (philosopher)

Donald Paul Rutherford
Born1957
Education
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (PhD)
ThesisLeibniz on the Reality of Body (1988)
Doctoral advisorJanet Broughton
Philosophical work
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolEarly modern philosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Main interestshistory of ethics

Donald Paul Rutherford (born 1957) is a Canadian philosopher and an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego. He is known for his research on early modern philosophy. Rutherford is a former president of Leibniz Society of North America (2010-14) and a winner of its Essay Prize (1992). He is an editor (with Daniel Garber) of Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy.