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Richard Moran (philosopher)

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Richard Moran
Alma materCornell University
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Doctoral advisorSydney Shoemaker
Main interests
Philosophy of mind, moral psychology, philosophy of art

Richard Moran (/məˈrɑːn/) is an American philosopher. He is Brian D. Young Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, where he specializes in philosophy of mind, moral psychology and philosophy of art.[1]

Education and career

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Moran received an AB from Dartmouth College in 1977 and a PhD from Cornell University in 1989, the latter under the supervision of Sydney Shoemaker. He joined the faculty at Princeton University as an assistant professor that same year. He accepted a tenured offer to teach in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University in Fall 1995.[1][2]

Philosophical work

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Moran has written several books including Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge (2001), The Philosophical Imagination (2017), and The Exchange of Words: Speech, Testimony, and Intersubjectivity (2018).[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Richard Moran". philosophy.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Moran Accepts Tenure Offer | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. ^ The Exchange of Words: Speech, Testimony, and Intersubjectivity. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. May 22, 2018. ISBN 9780190882907.
  4. ^ Moran, Richard (November 18, 2001). Authority and Estrangement. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691089454. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  5. ^ Moran, Richard (August 31, 2017). "The Philosophical Imagination: Selected Essays". Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190633776.001.0001. ISBN 9780190633776. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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