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Alexander Pruss | |
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| Born | January 5, 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario (BSc, 1991) University of British Columbia (PhD, 1996) University of Pittsburgh (PhD, 2001) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Baylor University |
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Main interests | Metaphysics, philosophy of religion, applied ethics |
Notable ideas | Gale–Pruss cosmological argument |
Alexander Robert Pruss (born January 5, 1973) is a Canadian philosopher and mathematician. He is currently a professor of philosophy and the co-director of graduate studies in philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
His best known book is The Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Reassessment (2006).[1][2][3] He is also the author of the books, Actuality, Possibility and Worlds (2011), and One Body: An Essay in Christian Sexual Ethics (2012), and a number of academic papers on religion and theology.[4] He maintains his own philosophy blog and contributed to the Prosblogion philosophy of religion blog. He is currently the Guinness World Record Holder for greatest vertical distance climbed on a climbing wall in one hour (individual)[5] and fastest mile on climbing wall (male).[6]
- ^ Review by Joshua C Thurow, Religious Studies Review, 33, no. 3 (2007): 222-223
- ^ Review, by D Rickles Philosophy In Review, 27, no. 5, (2007): 370-372
- ^ Review by D Werther, Faith and philosophy : journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers. 27, no. 1, (2010): 94-97
- ^ WorldCat author listing
- ^ "Greatest vertical distance climbed on a climbing wall in one hour (individual)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "Fastest mile on a climbing wall (male)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2024-06-30.