Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Milton Chisholm (/ˈtʃɪzəm/; November 27, 1916 – January 19, 1999) was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, value theory, and the philosophy of perception.
Roderick Chisholm | |
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| Born | Roderick Milton Chisholm November 27, 1916 |
| Died | January 19, 1999 (aged 82) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University Harvard University |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Brown University |
| Thesis | The Basic Propositions of the Theory of Knowledge (1942) |
| Doctoral advisor | C. I. Lewis, D. C. Williams |
| Doctoral students | Richard Cartwright, Dale Jacquette, Charles Taliaferro, Dean Zimmerman, Richard Taylor |
Main interests | Epistemology Metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Direct attribution theory of reference, contrary-to-fact conditional, latitudinarianism |
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."
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