Frederick Beiser

Professor of Philosophy
D. Phil., Oxford University, 1981

Fred Beiser has been a major contributor to work on the history of modern philosophy, especially the history of German philosophy (Kant and German idealism) and the English Enlightenment. His book The Fate of Reason: German Philosophy from Kant to Fichte won the 1987 Thomas J. Wilson Prize for the Best First Book. He has won Thyssen and Humboldt research fellowships to study at the Free University of Berlin and was a 1994 Guggenheim Fellow. He received a 1999-2000 NEH Faculty Fellowship (at Indiana University), and he has won awards for his outstanding undergraduate teaching.

Professor Beiser's office is located in 531 Hall of Languages.
His office number is 443-5815. Office hours for Fall 2009 are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45 & by appointment.
Email: fbeiser at syr dot edu

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