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Al Martinich is the Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a PhD from the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on political philosophy, particularly the works of Hobbes, Locke, and Hume, as well as philosophy of language. Martinich has authored numerous books including 'Communication Reference' (1984), 'Gods Leviathan' (1992), and 'Thomas Hobbes: A Biography' (1999), which won the Robert W. Hamilton Faculty Book Award in 2000. He has also translated Hobbes' 'Computatio sive logica: Part De Corpore' and edited prominent anthologies in analytic philosophy. He served on the board of directors for the Journal of the History of Philosophy from 1996 to 2018 and was treasurer from 1989 to 1994. Martinich has been awarded NEH Fellowships twice and has lectured extensively in Europe and China, contributing to discussions on Chinese philosophy and its intersections with analytic philosophy. His recent publication, 'Philosophical Writing: 5th Edition' (2024), continues his exploration of these themes.
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