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Thomas Michael "Tim" Scanlon (/ ˈ s k æ n l ən /; born June 28, 1940), usually cited as T. M. Scanlon, is an American philosopher.At the time of his retirement in 2016, he was the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity [1] in Harvard University's Department of Philosophy, where he had taught since 1984.
James Cooke Brown: A Multitalented Man. a) He serves as a combat navigator in the Army Air Forces. b) He received a doctorate in sociology, mathematical statistics and philosophy from the Univ. of Minnesota in 1952. c) He published a novella ("The Emissary", under the by-line "Jim Brown") he wrote in Mexico City in "Astounding Science Fiction".
"The stack" is a term used in science and technology studies, the philosophy of technology and media studies to describe the multiple interconnected layers that computation depends on at a planetary scale. The term was introduced by Benjamin H. Bratton in a 2014 essay [1] and expanded upon in his 2016 book The Stack: On Software and Sovereignty, [2] and has been adapted, critiqued and expande
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James Dreier (born 1960) is an American philosopher and Judy C. Lewent and Mark L. Shapiro Professor of Philosophy at Brown University. He is known for his work in metaethics, [1] [2] [3] especially on the subjects of expressivism and metametaethics. [4] [5] Dreier is an associate editor of Ethics (journal). [6]
During that same year, the 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, which Butcher and a group of fellow Knoxville business leaders had helped to attract. The fair was considered a success and brought in more than 11 million people over its six-month run. The World's Fair site is still in use today as a municipal park in downtown Knoxville.
By 1930, he had over 1000 agents selling insurance for him across the United States. [2] In 1947, after his business had grown significantly, Stone built the Combined Insurance Company of America, which provided both accident and health insurance coverage. [3] By 1979, his insurance company exceeded $1 billion in assets.
James Robert Brown FRSC (born 1949) is a Canadian philosopher of science.He is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto.In the philosophy of mathematics, he has advocated mathematical Platonism, visual reasoning, and in the philosophy of science he has defended scientific realism mostly against anti-realist views associated with social constructivism.