Allan Fletcher Gibbard, born 1942, is an American philosopher who is the Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has made major contributions to contemporary ethical theory, particularly metaethics, where he has developed a contemporary version of non-cognitivism, and has also published in the philosophy of language, metaphysics and social choice theory; in social choice he first proved the result known as the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem, previously conjectured by Michael Dummett and Robin Farquharson.
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Notable PublicationGibbard's theorem (1973) 1 Office HeldRichard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan (since 1994) 1 BirthplaceProvidence, Rhode Island, United States 1 TraditionNon-cognitivism (metaethics) 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: Allan Gibbard
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Allan Fletcher Gibbard was born on April 7, 1942
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on April 7, 1942, in Providence, Rhode Island.
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in Providence, Rhode Island
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in particular metaethics, where he has developed a contemporary version of non-cognitivism
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This work would eventually become known as "Gibbard's theorem", published in 1973.
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has held the title of Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy since 1994.
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Allan Fletcher Gibbard (born 1942) is an American philosopher who is the Richard B.
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