HETHERINGTON, Stephen Cade 1959-

PERSONAL: Born April 8, 1959, in Sydney, Australia; son of Norman (a puppeteer) and Margaret Hetherington; married Parveen Seehra (an artist), May 7, 1990. Education: University of Sydney, B.A. (with first class honors), 1981; Oxford University, B.Phil., 1983; University of Pittsburgh, M.A., 1986, Ph.D., 1987. Hobbies and other interests: Sport, reading.

ADDRESSES: Office—School of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: West Virginia University, Morgantown, assistant professor of philosophy; University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, lecturer, 1990–94, senior lecturer, 1994–2000, associate professor of philosophy, 2001–.

AWARDS, HONORS: Outstanding Academic Book selection, Choice, 1996, for Knowledge Puzzles: An Introduction to Epistemology.

WRITINGS:

Epistemology's Paradox: Is a Theory of Knowledge Possible?, Rowman & Littlefield, 1992.

Knowledge Puzzles: An Introduction to Epistemology, Westview Press (Boulder, CO), 1996.

Good Knowledge, Bad Knowledge: On Two Dogmas of Epistemology, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2001.

Also contributed articles to journals, including Australasian Journal of Philosophy, American Philosophical Quarterly, Journal of Philosophy, and Philosophical Quarterly.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Reality? Knowledge? Philosophy!: An Introduction to Metaphysics and Epistemology.

SIDELIGHTS: Stephen Cade Hetherington told CA: "Philosophy can help us to understand ourselves, others, and the world. I try to contribute something to that collective understanding. My main philosophical aim is to clarify the nature of human knowledge—not an easy thing to do!"