Alan Soble

Alan Soble

Alan Gerald Soble (born 1947) is an American philosopher and author of several books on the philosophy of sex. Soble was born to William and Sylvia Soble in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Early in his professional career, Soble wrote papers in areas of Ethics and Epistemology. In the late 1970s he began to help articulate the fledgling specialty of the "Philosophy of Sex", becoming one of the founding scholars and leaders of the field. In 1977, while at the University of Texas in Austin, he also founded The Society for the Philosophy of Sex & Love, serving as the society's director from 1977 to 1992; the proceedings of the Society were published in 1997 as Sex, Love, and Friendship with Soble as editor.

In subsequent years, Soble has edited or written many works in this field. In late 2005 he completed the central reference work in the philosophy of sex, Sex from Plato to Paglia.

Alan Soble was Research Professor at the University of New Orleans from 1986 to 2006. He is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of New Orleans.

Published works

• Soble, Alan (2006). Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, (editor), 2 volumes. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32686-X.
• Soble, Alan (2002). Philosophy of Sex, 4th edition. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-1346-7.
• Soble, Alan & Nicholas Power, eds. (2008). Philosophy of Sex, 5th edition. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-4798-8. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Soble, Alan (2002). Pornography, Sex, and Feminism. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-944-1.
• Soble, Alan; trans. D. DiFalco (2007). Pornografia, sesso e femminismo. Effepi Libri. ISBN 88-6002-010-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Soble, Alan (1998). The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction. Paragon House. ISBN 1-55778-716-6.
• Soble, Alan (2008). The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and expanded. Paragon House. ISBN 1-55778-875-7.
• Soble, Alan (1997). Sex, Love, and Friendship. Rodopi [Amsterdam]. ISBN 90-420-0227-1.
• Soble, Alan (1996). Sexual Investigations. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-8085-7.
• Soble, Alan (1990). The Structure of Love. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04566-2.
• Soble, Alan (1989, 1999). Eros, Agape, and Philia. Paragon House. ISBN 1-55778-278-4. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)
• Soble, Alan (1986). Pornography: Marxism, Feminism and the Future of Sexuality. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03524-1.

See also

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers