Richard Cartwright (philosopher)

Richard Lee Cartwright (1925–2010) was an American philosopher of language and emeritus professor of philosophy at MIT.

Richard Cartwright
Born	Richard Lee Cartwright 1925
Died	2010
Spouse	Helen Morris[1]
Education
Education	Oberlin College (B.A., 1945) Brown University (Ph.D., 1954)
Thesis	Logical Constructions (1954)
Doctoral advisor	Curt John Ducasse[2] Roderick Chisholm[2]
Philosophical work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	University of Michigan Wayne State University MIT
Doctoral students	Richard Boyd[3]
Main interests	Philosophy of language
Notable ideas	All-in-one principle (the objects in any domain of discourse form a set)[4]

Education and career

Cartwright took his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1945, and his Ph.D. from Brown University in 1954^[1] under Curt John Ducasse and Roderick Chisholm.^[2] He taught at the University of Michigan and then at Wayne State University. In 1967, he moved to MIT, where he was appointed to strengthen the new graduate philosophy program, and where he continued to teach until his retirement in 1996.^[1] Cartwright served twice as head of philosophy at MIT, and also as head of the humanities department.^[1] He was the doctoral advisor of 12 doctoral students at MIT, including Richard Boyd.^[3]