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American philosopher (1932–2015)

Burleigh Taylor Wilkins (July 1, 1932 in Bridgetown, Virginia - October 13, 2015 in Tampa, Florida) was a professor in the Department of Philosophy of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

He studied at Duke University, (B.A. 1952); Harvard University (M.A., 1954); and Princeton University (M.A., 1963, Ph.D., 1965). He previously taught history at Shorter College in Rome, Georgia from 1956–57; humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts from 1957–60; philosophy at Princeton University (1960–61, 1963) and at Rice University (1965-1967). He taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1968 until 2012.

He has written a biography on Carl L. Becker, and books on the philosophies of Edmund Burke, Hegel, and Karl Popper.

Publications

Carl Becker: a Biographical Study in American Intellectual History ISBN 978-0-262-23005-6
The Problem of Burke's Political Philosophy ISBN 978-0-19-827162-8
Hegel's Philosophy of History ISBN 0-8014-0819-9
Has History Any Meaning?: A Critique of Popper's Philosophy of History ISBN 0-8014-1187-4
Terrorism and Collective Responsibility ISBN 0-415-04152-X

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"(synopsis) Essays in Honor of Burleigh Wilkins". Peter Lang Publishing Group.
"People | Department of Philosophy - UC Santa Barbara" (PDF). www.philosophy.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
"Obituary for Burleigh Taylor Wilkins | Fox And James Funeral Home, Eastville, VA". Obituary for Burleigh Taylor Wilkins. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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