Paul Russell, University of British Columbia

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Hume and the idea of British empiricism
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$49,000
The limits of free will
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$37,502

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Hume and the idea of British empiricism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Russell, Paul

Keywords: David Hume; history of philosophy; British empiricism; metaphysics and epistemology; ethics

$49,000

The limits of free will

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Russell, Paul

Keywords: free will; moral responsibility; law and justice; meaning of life

$37,502

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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