PUBLIC DISCOURSE: Daniel N. Robinson

Daniel N. Robinson is a member of the Philosophy faculty at Oxford University, where he has lectured annually since 1991. For thirty years he served on the faculty of Georgetown University, earning the title of Distinguished Professor. Professor Robinson earned his Ph.D. in Neuropsychology from City University of New York. Prior to taking his position at Georgetown, he held positions at Amherst College, Princeton University, and Columbia University. Professor Robinson is past president of two divisions of the American Psychological Association: the Division of History of Psychology and the Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He is former editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Professor Robinson is author or editor of more than forty books. In 2001, Professor Robinson received a Lifetime Achievement Award and a Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association.

Books:
Consciousness and Mental Life (2008)
Praise and Blame: Moral Realism and Its Applications (2002)
The Mind: An Oxford Reader (1998)
Wild Beasts and Idle Humors: The Insanity Defense from Antiquity to the Present (1996)
An Intellectual History of Psychology (1995)
Aristotle’s Psychology (1989)
Philosophy of Psychology (1985)
The Wonder of Being Human (1984)
Toward a Science of Human Nature (1982)
The Enlightened Machine (1980)
Psychology and Law: Can Justice Survive the Social Sciences? (1980)
Systems of Modern Psychology: A Critical Sketch (1979)
An Intellectual History of Psychology (1976)