Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams; born 1937) is an American philosopher of metaphysics, religion and morality. Adams taught for many years at UCLA before moving to Yale University in the early 1990s as the Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. As chairman, he revived the Philosophy Department. Adams retired from Yale in 2004 and taught part time at University of Oxford in England, where he is a fellow of Mansfield College and where his wife was Regius Professor of Divinity.

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  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams; born 1937) is an American philosopher of metaphysics, religion and morality. Adams taught for many years at UCLA before moving to Yale University in the early 1990s as the Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. As chairman, he revived the Philosophy Department. Adams retired from Yale in 2004 and taught part time at University of Oxford in England, where he is a fellow of Mansfield College and where his wife was Regius Professor of Divinity. In 2009 he became a Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a historical scholar, he has published on the work of the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and is a respected Leibniz scholar. His work in the philosophy of religion includes influential essays on the problem of evil and divine command theories of ethics. He is a past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers. In 1999, he delivered the Gifford Lectures, "God and Being". He is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Science and the British Academy. His wife, Marilyn McCord Adams, is also a philosopher, working on medieval philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams; s. 1937) on yhdysvaltalainen filosofi, joka on erikoistunut metafysiikkaan, uskonnonfilosofiaan ja etiikkaan. Hän opetti useita vuosia Kalifornian yliopistossa Los Angelesissa, ennen kuin siirtyi Yalen yliopistoon 1990-luvun alkupuolella. Nykyisin Adams opettaa osa-aikaisesti Oxfordin yliopistossa, jossa hän on Mansfield Collegen jäsen. Adams on keskittynyt suurelta osin pahan ongelman teologisiin vastauksiin uskonnonfilosofiassa. Filosofian historian tutkijana hän on tutustunut erityisesti Søren Kierkegaardiin ja Gottfried Leibniziin. Adamsin puoliso Marilyn McCord Adams on myös filosofi, ja työskentelee keskiajan filosofian ja uskonnonfilosofian alueilla.
  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams), född 1937, amerikansk filosof inom områdena metafysik, religionsfilosofi och etik. Adams undervisade under många år på University of California, Los Angeles innan han bytte till Yale University där han som ordförande på nytt blåste liv i institutionen. Adams pensionerades runt 2005 och undervisar idag sporadiskt vid Oxfords universitet i England. Adams arbete har till stor del fokuserat på teologiska svar på teodicéproblemet inom religionsfilosofin. Hans fru, Marilyn McCord Adams, är även filosof, och har specialiserat sig på medeltidens filosofi och religionsfilosofi.
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  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams; born 1937) is an American philosopher of metaphysics, religion and morality. Adams taught for many years at UCLA before moving to Yale University in the early 1990s as the Clark Professor of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics. As chairman, he revived the Philosophy Department. Adams retired from Yale in 2004 and taught part time at University of Oxford in England, where he is a fellow of Mansfield College and where his wife was Regius Professor of Divinity.
  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams; s. 1937) on yhdysvaltalainen filosofi, joka on erikoistunut metafysiikkaan, uskonnonfilosofiaan ja etiikkaan. Hän opetti useita vuosia Kalifornian yliopistossa Los Angelesissa, ennen kuin siirtyi Yalen yliopistoon 1990-luvun alkupuolella. Nykyisin Adams opettaa osa-aikaisesti Oxfordin yliopistossa, jossa hän on Mansfield Collegen jäsen. Adams on keskittynyt suurelta osin pahan ongelman teologisiin vastauksiin uskonnonfilosofiassa.
  • Robert Merrihew Adams (Bob Adams), född 1937, amerikansk filosof inom områdena metafysik, religionsfilosofi och etik. Adams undervisade under många år på University of California, Los Angeles innan han bytte till Yale University där han som ordförande på nytt blåste liv i institutionen. Adams pensionerades runt 2005 och undervisar idag sporadiskt vid Oxfords universitet i England.
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