Education
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 A.B. Philosophy, Harvard, 6/1992
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Ph.D. early modern philosophy, theory of action, free will, Stanford University, 6/1998
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
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Tenure Track Appointments
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Southern California, 09/01/2004-
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Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1999-08/31/2004
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Non-Tenure Track Appointments
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Lecturer, University of California, San Diego, 1998-1999
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Description of Research
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Summary Statement of Research Interests
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Professor Yaffe's research interests include the history of modern philosophy; the philosophy of law, particularly the criminal law; the study of metaphysics including causation, free will and personal identity; and the study of intention and the theory of action.
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Research Specialties
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Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Law
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Publications
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Book
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Yaffe, G. D., Owen, D., Hoffman, P.
(2006).
Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Vere Chappell. Contemporary Perspectives on Early Modern Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Vere Chappell/Broadview Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2004).
Manifest Activity: Thomas Reid's Theory of Action. Oxford: Manifest Activity: Thomas Reid's Theory of Action/Oxford University Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2000).
Liberty Worth the Name: Locke on Free Agency, Princeton University Press, 2000. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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Book Chapter
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2006).
Locke on Identity and the Identity of Persons. (Vol. NA). Cambridge, UK: Locke on Identity and the Identity of Persons/Cambridge University Press.
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Journal Article
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2007).
Thomas Reid on Consciousness and Attention. Canadian Journal of Philosophy/University of Calgary Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2007).
Promises, Social Acts and Reid’s First Argument for Moral Liberty. Journal of the History of Philosophy/Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2006).
Review of Randolph Clarke's "Libertarian Accounts of Free Will". Journal of Ethics/Kluwer Academic Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2006).
Trying, Intending and Attempted Crimes. Philosophical Topics/University of Arkansas Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2006).
Reasonableness in the Law and Second-Personal Address. Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review/Loyola Law School.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2005).
’The Government Beguiled Me’: The Entrapment Defense and the Problem of Private Entrapment. Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy/University of Southern California.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2005).
Berkeley and the ‘Mighty Difficulty’: The Idealist Lesson of the Inverted Retinal Image. Philosophical Topics/University of Arkansas Press.
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Yaffe, G. D.
(2005).
More on 'Ought' Implies 'Can' and Alternate Possibilities. Midwest Studies in Philosophy/University of Minnesota Press.
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Other
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Yaffe, G. D. "Reconsidering Thomas Reid's Geometry of Visibles", Philosophical Quarterly, October 2002. Reprinted in The Philosophy of Thomas Reid, Blackwell, 2003.
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Yaffe, G. D. "Recent Work on Addiction and Responsible Agency", in Philosophy and Public Affairs, v. 30, n. 2, Spr. 2001.
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Yaffe, G. D. "Locke on Suspending, Refraining and the Freedom to Will”, History of Philosophy Quarterly, v. 18, n. 4, October 2001.
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Yaffe, G. D. "Free Will and Agency at Its Best”, in Philosophical Perspectives, v. 14, edited by James Tomberlin, Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Service to the Profession
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Editorships and Editorial Boards
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Philosophy Compass, 03/01/2006-
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