Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
Peter van Inwagen

Born: September 21, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Peter van Inwagen is an American analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Research Professor of Philosophy at Duke University each Spring.
Known for:
- Material Beings (1990)
- An Essay on Free Will (1983)
- Ontology, Identity, and Modality (2001)