- Peter Suber
Peter Suber (born
November 8 ,1951 ) is the creator of thegame Nomic and a leading voice in theopen access movement. He is the seniorresearch professor ofphilosophy atEarlham College , theopen access project director atPublic Knowledge , and a seniorresearcher at SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition ) [http://www.arl.org/sparc/index.html] .Suber graduated from
Earlham in1973 , received a PhD degree inphilosophy in1978 and a JD degree in1982 , both fromNorthwestern University . He worked as astand-up comic from1976 to1981 , including an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson " in 1976. Suber returned to Earlham College as a professor from 1982 to 2003 where he taught classes on philosophy,law ,logic , andKant 's "Critique of Pure Reason ", among other topics.Suber participated in the
2001 meeting that led to the world's first major internationalopen access initiative, theBudapest Open Access Initiative . He writes [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News] and the [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/archive.htm SPARC Open Access Newsletter] , considered the most authoritativeblog andnewsletter onopen access .In philosophy, Suber is the author of " [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/psa/index.htm The Paradox of Self-Amendment] " (Lang 1990), the first book-length study of self-referential paradoxes in law, and " [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Nine New Opinions] " (Routledge 1998), the first book-length "rehearing" of
Lon Fuller 's classic, fictional case. He has also written many [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/acadpubs.htm articles] on self-reference, ethics, formal and informal logic, the philosophy of law, the history of philosophy, and open access to science and scholarship.Suber is married to Liffey Thorpe, professor emerita of
Classics at Earlham College. Since2003 they have lived with their two daughters inBrooksville, Maine .External links
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/hometoc.htm Personal website]
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html Open Access News] (Suber's blog)
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/archive.htm SPARC Open Access Newsletter] (Suber's newsletter)
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/oawritings.htm Peter Suber's Writings on Open Access]
* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/acadpubs.htm Peter Suber's writings on philosophy and other subjects]
* [http://poynder.blogspot.com/2007/10/basement-interviews-peter-suber.html Peter Suber interviewed by Richard Poynder]
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