Roderick Firth
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Roderick Firth (January 30, 1917 – December 22, 1987)[1] was an American philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1953 until his death.[1]
Education and career
Firth earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1943. His thesis was entitled Sense-Data and the Principle of Reduction. He taught at Brown University before joining the Harvard faculty in 1953.[1]
Philosophical work
Firth is noted for his defense of the ideal observer theory in ethics[2] and for his exploration of radical empiricism.[3]
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References
- ^ a b c "Roderick Firth, Philosophy Professor, 70". The New York Times. December 27, 1987. p. 136.
- ^ Firth, Roderick (March 1952). "Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 12 (3): 317–345. doi:10.2307/2103988. JSTOR 2103988.
- ^ 1964 Journal of Philosophy 61 (19):545-557.
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