Ralph Walker

contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy (Kantian studies)

b. 1944

Ralph Walker is a contemporary British philosopher known for his work on Kant and on coherence theories of truth. He has taught at Magdalen College, Oxford, and is recognized for rigorous engagement with Kantian metaphysics and epistemology.

Notable Achievements

Authored Kant (1978) in the Arguments of the Philosophers series

Wrote The Coherence Theory of Truth: Realism, Anti-Realism, Idealism (1989)

Contributed influential critiques of Kantian transcendental idealism interpretations

Edited Kant on Pure Reason (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)

Longtime fellow and tutor in philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford

Positions & Arguments(1)

Perception

claim

Allison's premise (6) is too weak to be a plausible reconstruction of Kant's non-spatiality thesis

Modality & Possibility

claim

Allison's premise (6) is too weak to be a plausible reconstruction of Kant's non-spatiality thesis