William R. Schroeder
William R. Schroeder | |
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| Born | William Ralph Schroeder April 9, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 26, 2021 (aged 74) Urbana, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Michigan (Ph.D.) |
| Thesis | Others: An Examination of Sartre and His Predecessors (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Frithjof Bergmann |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental |
| Main interests | Phenomenology, existentialism, ethics |
William Ralph Schroeder (April 9, 1947 – July 26, 2021) was an American philosopher and emeritus professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was known for his expertise in continental philosophy and ethics.
Schroeder authored several books on philosophy, including Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach and Sartre and His Predecessors: The Self and the Other.