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Allan Gibbard

Ethics

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.

Facts
Birth Year
1942 1
Birth Date
1942-04-07 1
Notable Publication
Gibbard's theorem (1973) 1
Office Held
Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan (since 1994) 1
Birthplace
Providence, Rhode Island, United States 1
Tradition
Non-cognitivism (metaethics) 1
Classification
Nationality
United States 1
Tradition
Tradition (category)
Analytic 1
Connections

In Branch

Ethics, Branches of Philosophy
Source Wikipedia: Allan Gibbard

In Tradition

Analytic Philosophy, Schools of Philosophy
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Same As

Allan Gibbard

Also in Mathematics Atlas: the same subject.

Nationality

United States

Also in History Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Originated In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Wikipedia: Allan GibbardLead sentence 1
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Allan Fletcher Gibbard (born 1942) is an American philosopher who is the Richard B.
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1. Wikipedia: Allan Gibbard
  • Life and career, paragraph 1, birth date
    Allan Fletcher Gibbard was born on April 7, 1942
  • Life and career, paragraph 1, birth year
    on April 7, 1942, in Providence, Rhode Island.
  • Life and career, paragraph 1, birthplace
    in Providence, Rhode Island
  • Lead, paragraph 1, metaethics sentence
    in particular metaethics, where he has developed a contemporary version of non-cognitivism
  • Philosophical work, Social choice theory, paragraph 1
    This work would eventually become known as "Gibbard's theorem", published in 1973.
  • Life and career, paragraph 3
    has held the title of Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy since 1994.
  • Lead section
    is an American philosopher who is the Richard B.
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Allan Fletcher Gibbard (born 1942) is an American philosopher who is the Richard B.
  • In Branch: Ethics, Infobox: main_interests
    Meta-ethics, social choice theory
  • In Group: Analytic Ethics, Infobox: school_tradition
    Analytic philosophy
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Wikidata: Allan Gibbard
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