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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analytic philosopher
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human → philosopher → |
| associatedWith |
Cornell school of ordinary language philosophy
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth |
1911-06-11
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| dateOfDeath |
1990-08-04
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Nebraska → |
| employer |
Cornell University
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| fieldOfWork |
Wittgenstein scholarship
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epistemology → philosophy of language → philosophy of mind → |
| gender |
male
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| hasAcademicDiscipline |
philosophy
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| influenced |
Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion
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contemporary analytic philosophy of mind → |
| influencedBy |
G. E. Moore
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Ludwig Wittgenstein → Thomas Reid → |
| knownFor |
Wittgensteinian approach to philosophy of religion
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arguments against the possibility of private language → defense of Moorean common sense epistemology → work on the concept of dreaming → |
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English
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| notableFor |
close association with Ludwig Wittgenstein
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| notableStudent |
Saul Kripke
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| notableWork |
Dreaming
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Knowledge and Certainty → Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir → Nothing is Hidden → Wittgensteinian Themes → |
| occupation |
philosopher
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| philosophicalSchool |
analytic philosophy
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ordinary language philosophy → |
| placeOfBirth |
Selden, Kansas, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Ithaca, New York, United States
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| positionHeld |
professor of philosophy at Cornell University
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| studiedUnder |
C. I. Lewis
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Ludwig Wittgenstein → |
| wroteAbout |
G. E. Moore
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Ludwig Wittgenstein → certainty → dreaming and sleep → language and rules → skepticism → |
Referenced by (1)
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John Rawls
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doctoralAdvisor |