简介

Douglas Lind is a Professor and Department Chair for Philosophy at Virginia Tech. Formally trained in both law and philosophy, Lind's research interests fall mainly in philosophy of law and jurisprudence. He has published on the nature of judicial practice, legal reasoning and interpretation, indigenous law, justice theory, and law and literature. Throughout, his work is highly influenced by classical pragmatist philosophy and the later philosophy of Wittgenstein. Currently he is developing a general pragmatist jurisprudence with emphasis on tort law and legal fictions.