Sydney Shoemaker
Sydney Sharpless Shoemaker (September 29, 1931 – September 3, 2022) was an American philosopher. He was the Susan Linn Sage Professor of Philosophy at Cornell University and is well known for his contributions to philosophy of mind and metaphysics.
Sydney S. Shoemaker | |
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| Born | September 29, 1931 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | September 3, 2022 (aged 90) |
| Education | Reed College Cornell University (Ph.D., 1958) |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy Representationalism |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Norman Malcolm |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind, metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Immunity to error through misidentification Quasi-memory |
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