Walter Horn

Walter Horn has published articles in the areas of epistemology, metaphysics, value theory, public policy, psychology of religion, and aesthetics, and has edited a book on the mid-20th Century philosopher Everett Hall, whose work he has championed for over 40 years. Walter has provided policy research and expert testimony to both the legislative and executive branches of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has been an occasional philosophy professor since 1978, when he received his doctorate from Brown University. You can download a bunch of his papers, originally published in such venues as The Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Perspectives of New Music, at his pages at academia.edu and philpapers.

In bygone days Walter put out several CDs of improvised and composed music and has appeared on disc (including Leo Lab, Tzadik, and Ogre-Ogress) with such talents as Gary Lucas, Hugh Dickey, and Mat Maneri. He also interviewed musicians and reviewed recorded music and books on music for Cadence Magazine, Signal to Noise, Bagatellen, and Paris Transatlantic. A bit of his compositional and keyboard output can be heard on Spotify, Apple Music, and youtube.

Walter lives with his wife, dog and cat (and with one or another of his two adult daughters when they are visiting) in Arlington, Massachusetts.