Holmes Rolston III

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Holmes Rolston III (born 1932) is University Distinguished Professor of philosophy at Colorado State University. He is a world-renowned philosopher, best known for his contributions to environmental ethics and science and religion. Among other high honors, Rolston won the 2003 Templeton Prize, awarded by Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace. He gave the Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, 1997-1998.

Rolston is author of six books that have won acclaim in both academic journals and the mainstream press. They are:

  • Genes, Genesis and God (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
  • Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (Random House 1987, McGraw Hill, Harcourt Brace; new edition, Templeton Foundation Press, 2006)
  • Philosophy Gone Wild (Prometheus Books, 1986, 1989)
  • Environmental Ethics (Temple University Press, 1988)
  • Conserving Natural Value (Columbia University Press, 1994)
  • Religious Inquiry: Participation and Detachment (Philosophical Library, 1985)

[edit] External links

  • Official webpage, hosted by Colorado State University, with further links, including biographies below: [1]

Rolston was awarded the Mendel Medal by Villanova University in 2005. Rolston has spoken as distinguished lecturer on seven continents. He gave the opening address, Royal Institute of Philosophy annual conference, Cardiff, Wales, 1993. He was Distinguished Lecturer in Beijing, China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy. He participated by invitation in preconferences and the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 1992, where he was an official observer. He spoke at the World Congress of Philosophy, Moscow, 1993, and again Boston, 1998. Rolston was distinguished lecturer at the 28th Nobel Conference, 1992, at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, authorized by the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm.

[edit] Biographical articles

  • "Holmes Rolston, III," in Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment, Joy A. Palmer, ed. (London: Routledge, 2001), pages 260-268.
  • "Rolston, Holmes," in Encyclopedia Britannica, 2004 Book of the Year, pages 92-93.
  • "Rolston, Holmes," in Anne Becher, ed. American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, November 2000).
  • "A Philosopher Gone Wild," in David D. Karnos and Robert G. Shoemaker, eds., Falling in Love with Wisdom: American Philosophers Talk About Their Calling (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).
  • "Rolston, Holmes (1932- )," in Environmental Encyclopedia, 1st, 2nd, 3rd editions. Marci Bortman et al, eds. (Detroit: Thomson/Gale, 2003).
  • "Natural Thinker," Cover story by Steve Lipscher, Denver Post Empire Magazine, June 8, 1997, cover and pages 12-15, 22.
  • "Rolston, III, Holmes," Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, vol. 2, pp. 1400-1401 (London and New York: Thoemmes Continuum Publishers, 2005)
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