Peter Glassen
Canadian philosopher (1920–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Glassen (1920–1986) was a professor of philosophy at the University of Manitoba from 1949 until his death in 1986. He was an analytic moral philosopher, publishing several articles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was also known for his arguments against metaphysical materialism, and spent a year (1948–49) in the psychology department at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Peter Glassen | |
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Born | (1920-10-19)October 19, 1920 Szeged (Hungary) |
Died | March 24, 1986(1986-03-24) (aged 65) Winnipeg, Canada |
Era | 20th-century |
Region | Canada |
School | Analytic |
Main interests | Moral theory, metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Classification of moral terms, linguistic argument against non-cognitivism |
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