b. 1937
Henry E. Allison is an American philosopher widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary interpreters of Immanuel Kant. His defense of a 'two-aspect' reading of transcendental idealism reshaped Anglophone Kant scholarship, and he has also written influential work on Spinoza and Kant's ethics.
Developed the 'two-aspect' interpretation of Kant's transcendental idealism
Authored Kant's Transcendental Idealism: An Interpretation and Defense (1983, revised 2004)
Wrote Kant's Theory of Freedom (1990), a major work on Kantian ethics
Produced influential scholarship on Spinoza's metaphysics
Served as professor emeritus at UC San Diego and Boston University