Peter van Inwagen

Peter van Inwagen is the O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His many publications include iAn Essay on Free Will/i (1983), iMaterial Beings/i (1990), iOntology, Identity, and Modality: Essays in Metaphysics/i (2001), and Metaphysics/i (1993, second edition 2002).He has delivered the Gifford Lectures at the University of St Andrews, the Wilde Lectures at Oxford University, the Maurice Lectures at the University of London, and the Stewart Lectures at Princeton University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.