Office: WAG 219
Office Hours: Th 3:30-5:00 and by appt.
Phone: 471-6776
rkane@uts.cc.utexas.edu
Education: BA Holy Cross, MA, PhD Yale

Research interests:
He has written extensively on the metaphysics of free will and ethics, including three books: Free Will and Values (1985), Through the Moral Maze: Searching for Absolute Values in a Pluralistic World (1994), and The Significance of Free Will (Oxford, 1996). His recent articles include 'Responsibility, Luck, and Chance' (Journal of Philosophy, 1999). He is generally considered one of the world's leading defenders of the libertarian position on free will. He has also published papers on topics in the philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion, including 'The Modal Ontological Argument' (Mind, 1984), reprinted as 'one of the ten best articles in philosophy' in The Philosopher's Annual (1984). ; He is the editor of The Free Will Handbook (Oxford University Press, 2001).

Courses taught:
Free will, metaphysics and Epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of religion, ethics

Field(s) of Study: Ethics and Philosophy of Law, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind