Roderick Chisholm

Roderick Chisholm
Born
Roderick Milton Chisholm

(1916-11-27)November 27, 1916
DiedJanuary 19, 1999(1999-01-19) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
Harvard University
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsBrown University
ThesisThe Basic Propositions of the Theory of Knowledge (1942)
Doctoral advisorC. I. Lewis, D. C. Williams
Doctoral studentsRichard Cartwright,[1] Dale Jacquette,[2] Charles Taliaferro,[3] Dean Zimmerman,[4] Richard Taylor
Main interests
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Notable ideas
Direct attribution theory of reference, contrary-to-fact conditional, latitudinarianism

Roderick Milton Chisholm (/ˈɪzəm/; November 27, 1916 – January 19, 1999)[5] was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, and the philosophy of perception.

Richard and Fred Feldman, writing in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, remark that he "is widely regarded as one of the most creative, productive, and influential American philosophers of the 20th Century."[6]

  1. ^ John R. Shook (ed.), Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005, p. 444.
  2. ^ Rescher, Nicholas. "Obituary, Dale Jacquette". Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Taliaferro, Charles". Brown University Theses and Dissertations. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Zimmerman, Dean Wallace". Brown University Theses and Dissertations. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers (2005), p. 475.
  6. ^ Feldman, Richard; Feldman, Fred (2021), Zalta, Edward N.; Nodelman, Uri (eds.), "Roderick Chisholm", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2021 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, retrieved 21 January 2024

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