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William F. Lawhead

American philosopher

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJul 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ20675568 ↗
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William F. Lawhead is an American philosopher.

Lawhead is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of Mississippi having taught there since 1980 and served as the Chair of Department of Philosophy and Religion between 2005 and 2012. His main research interest has been in the history of philosophy.

Selected publications

Lawhead, W. F. (1999). The philosophical journey: an interactive approach. Mountain View, Calif, Mayfield Pub. (2014 McGraw-Hill, 6th Edition)

Lawhead, W. F. (1995). The voyage of discovery: A history of Western philosophy. Wadsworth Publishing Company.

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This entry incorporates text from “William F. Lawhead” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.