Quote of the day
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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)