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About the Author

John Perry is Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, host of the award-winning radio program Philosophy Talk, and author of many books, including Knowledge, Possibility, and Conciousness, and Identity, Personal Identity, and the Self.

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Works by John Perry

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Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings (1986) — Editor — 345 copies

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing (2012) 336 copies

A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality (1978) 303 copies

Personal Identity (1975) — Editor — 192 copies

Situations and Attitudes (1983) 62 copies

Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God (1999) 60 copies

Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness (2001) 41 copies

The Problem of the Essential Indexical and Other Essays, Expanded Edition (1993) 33 copies

Identity, Personal Identity, and the Self (2002) 20 copies

Reference and Reflexivity (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) (2001) 19 copies

Torture: Religious Ethics And National Security (2005) 18 copies

Dialogue on Consciousness: Minds, Brains, and Zombies (Hackett Philosophical Dialogues) (2018) 5 copies

Situation Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1 (1991) 3 copies

Frege's Detour: An Essay on Meaning, Reference, and Truth (Context & Content) (2019) 3 copies

Peering Into Advanced Mathematics Through Sage-colored Glasses (2017) 2 copies

Cognitive significance and new theories of reference 2 copies

Fodor and psychological explanations 1 copy

Contesti (2002) 1 copy

Language, Mind, and Information 1 copy

Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings by Perry, John, Bratman, Michael, Fisher, John… (1700) 1 copy

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The Problems of Philosophy (1912) — Introduction, some editions — 3,339 copies

Johan van Benthem on Logic and Information Dynamics (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Perry, John
Legal name: Perry, John Richard
Other names: Perry, John R.
Birthdate: 1943-01-16
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Country (for map): USA
Occupations: Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University (emeritus)
Organizations: Stanford University
University of California, Riverside
Awards and honors: Jean Nicod Prize (1999)
President, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division (1993-1994)

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Connecting GTD and the Art of procrastination! in The Syntopical readers (December 2015)

Reviews

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective…

funny, but you might not get the jokes if you are not a procrastinator.

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pollycallahan | 29 other reviews | Jul 1, 2023 |

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective…

Easy to read, with some good advises, but most of them are self-evident.

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gomezborbon | 29 other reviews | Jul 27, 2022 |

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective…

Funny, but not very useful for procrastinators or otherwise.

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isovector | 29 other reviews | Dec 13, 2020 |

The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective…

Finally, a philosophy professor produces something everyday people can benefit from. In short chapters and cute accompanying illustrations, the author suggest that there is something called structured procrastination. I don't know if it's just a lazy excuse and I don't care. I will force anyone who annoys me about this issue to read the book and look on in awe of my real productivity.

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Colleen5096 | 29 other reviews | Oct 29, 2020 |

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