Norman Malcolm

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Norman Malcolm was an American analytic philosopher known for his close association with Ludwig Wittgenstein and influential work in the philosophy of mind, language, and epistemology.


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instanceOf analytic philosopher
human
philosopher
associatedWith Cornell school of ordinary language philosophy
Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-06-11
dateOfDeath 1990-08-04
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Nebraska
employer Cornell University
fieldOfWork Wittgenstein scholarship
epistemology
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
gender male
hasAcademicDiscipline philosophy
influenced Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion
contemporary analytic philosophy of mind
influencedBy G. E. Moore
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Thomas Reid
knownFor Wittgensteinian approach to philosophy of religion
arguments against the possibility of private language
defense of Moorean common sense epistemology
work on the concept of dreaming
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor close association with Ludwig Wittgenstein
notableStudent Saul Kripke
notableWork Dreaming
Knowledge and Certainty
Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir
Nothing is Hidden
Wittgensteinian Themes
occupation philosopher
philosophicalSchool analytic philosophy
ordinary language philosophy
placeOfBirth Selden, Kansas, United States
placeOfDeath Ithaca, New York, United States
positionHeld professor of philosophy at Cornell University
studiedUnder C. I. Lewis
Ludwig Wittgenstein
wroteAbout G. E. Moore
Ludwig Wittgenstein
certainty
dreaming and sleep
language and rules
skepticism

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John Rawls
doctoralAdvisor

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