Tom Rockmore
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Tom Rockmore (born 1942) is an American philosopher. Although he denies the usual distinction between philosophy and the history of philosophy, he has strong interests throughout the history of philosophy and defends a constructivist view of epistemology. The philosophers whom he has studied extensively are Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Marx, Lukács, and Heidegger. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1974 and his Habilitation à diriger des recherches from the Université de Poitiers in 1994. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Duquesne University, as well as Distinguished Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University.
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Born | March 4, 1942 |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy |
Main interests | German idealism, Marxism, aesthetics |
Notable ideas | Criticism of representationalism |
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