Richard A. Watson (1931-) is an American philosopher, speleologist and author.
Watson taught philosopher at Washington University in St. Louis for forty years. His publications include the following books:
Was chosen by the New York Public library as one of "25 Books to Remember from 2002"
Has been translated into Italian
Has been translated into nine languages.
. The biography of the first person to cross the Falls on a wire, and the first person(a woman) to go over the Falls in a barrel. The French translation has featured at the Saint-Malo Ettonants voyageurs Festival International du Lirre in 1997, where it won a translation award.
The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics (Hackett Publishing Company)
Representational Ideas from Plato to Patricia Churchland (Kluwer Academic Publishers)
Under Plowman's Floor
The Runner
The Longest Cave (with Roger W. Brucker)(hb Alfred A. Knopf, pb Southern Illinois University Press)