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Christine Korsgaard

Ethics

Christine Marion Korsgaard is an American philosopher, born in 1952, who is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Harvard University. Her main scholarly interests are in moral philosophy and its history, the relation of issues in moral philosophy to issues in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and the theory of personal identity, the theory of personal relationships, and normativity in general.

Facts
Birth Year
1952 1
Defining Moment
In 2002, became the first woman to give the John Locke Lectures at Oxford, later published as Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity (2009). 1
Birth Date
1952-04-09 1
Notable Publication
The Sources of Normativity (1996) 1
Office Held
President, Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association (2008-2009) 1
Tradition
Kantian ethics 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Analytic 1
Connections

In Branch

Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Christine Korsgaard (Wikipedia)

In Tradition

Analytic Philosophy, Schools of Philosophy
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Nationality

United States

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Originated In

United States

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Source Christine Korsgaard (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1
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Christine Marion Korsgaard (; born April 9, 1952) is an American philosopher who is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Harvard University.
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1. Christine Korsgaard (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • lead sentence, birth year
    Christine Marion Korsgaard (; born April 9, 1952) is an American philosopher who is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Harvard University.
  • Education and career section, 1996 publications sentence
    a collection of her past papers on Kant's moral philosophy and Kantian approaches to contemporary moral philosophy: Creating the Kingdom of Ends.
  • Education and career section, 1996 book sentence
    In 1996, Korsgaard published a book entitled The Sources of Normativity, which was the revised version of her Tanner Lectures on Human Values
  • Education and career section, APA presidency sentence
    She served as President of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in 2008-2009
  • Education and career section, John Locke Lectures sentence
    In 2002, she was the first woman to give the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford, which turned into her 2009 book Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity.
  • lead sentence, birth date
    Christine Marion Korsgaard (; born April 9, 1952) is an American philosopher who is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy Emerita at Harvard University.
  • In Branch: Ethics, Infobox: main_interests
    Moral philosophyKantianism
  • In Group: Analytic Ethics, Infobox: school_tradition
    Analytic
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Wikidata: Christine Korsgaard
Wikidata Q467518, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)View the Source
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