Gail Fine is a professor of philosophy emerita at Cornell University.
10 Facts About Gail Fine
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Gail Fine was a visiting professor of ancient philosophy at Oxford University, and a senior research fellow at Merton College, Oxford University.
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Gail Fine taught at Cornell University since 1975 until her retirement.
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Gail Fine is the recipient of fellowships from the NEH and ACLS.
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Gail Fine is married to Terence Irwin, who was the professor of the history of philosophy at Oxford University and a fellow of Keble College, Oxford.
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Gail Fine is the daughter of the American historian Sidney Fine.
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Gail Fine considers aspects of Aristotle's alternative epistemological and metaphysical views, and relates both his and Plato's views to contemporary issues in metaphysics, such as the distinction between universals and particulars, the range of universals, and whether they can exist uninstantiated.
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Gail Fine is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Plato and of Plato 1 and 2 in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series.
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Gail Fine is perhaps best known for her work in four main areas:.
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Gail Fine has received an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship, and the Cornell Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching.