Peter Suber
Peter Suber | |
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Suber in 2009 | |
| Born | November 8, 1951 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Earlham College (BA) Northwestern University (MA, PhD, JD) |
| Known for | Nomic Open access Budapest Open Access Initiative |
| Spouse | Liffey Thorpe |
| Awards | Lyman Ray Patterson Copyright Award (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Open access Philosophy Ethics Logic |
| Institutions | Northwestern University Earlham College Harvard University Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Wikimedia Foundation Open Knowledge Foundation Public Knowledge |
| Thesis | Kierkegaard's Concept of Irony especially in relation to Freedom, Personality and Dialectic (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | William A. Earle |
| Website | cyber legacy cyber |
Peter Dain Suber (born November 8, 1951) is an American philosopher specializing in the philosophy of law and open access to knowledge. He is a Senior Researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, and Director of the Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP). Suber is known as a leading voice in the open access movement, and as the creator of the game Nomic.