Everything about Allan Gibbard
American philosopher and social choice theorist (1942-)
Allan Fletcher Gibbard is an American philosopher who is the Richard B. Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Gibbard has made major contributions to contemporary ethical theory, in particular metaethics, where he has developed a contemporary version of non-cognitivism. He has also published articles in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and social choice theory: in social choice, he first proved the result known today as Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem, which had been previously conjectured by Michael Dummett and Robin Farquharson. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Allan GibbardA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Wise choices, apt feelingsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Allan Gibbard Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press1990. Pp. x + 346.Cited 3 times
- Go sideways: Gibbard–Satterthwaite theoremA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Gibbard's theoremA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Allan Gibbard Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press1990. Pp. x + 346.
Wise Feelings, Apt ReadingWise Choices, Apt Feelings.Allan Gibbard
Thinking How to Live ? Allan Gibbard
Does Semantics Need Normativity? Comments on Allan Gibbard, Meaning and Normativity
Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment, Allan Gibbard. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990, x + 346 pages.
Habermas e o expressivismo de normas de Allan Gibbard
Wprowadzenie do współczesnego ekspresywizmu: Allan Gibbard i emotywistyczne inspiracje
Skookumchuck, Kiidk’yaas, Gibbard: normativity, meaning, and idealization (critical notice of Allan Gibbard Meaning and Normativity)
📚 Books worth reading
Wise choices, apt feelingsAllan Gibbard · 1990
Conversations on ethicsAlex Voorhoeve · 2009
Meaning And NormativityAllan Gibbard · 2012
Reconciling our aimsAllan Gibbard · 2008
From morality to metaphysicsAngus Ritchie · 2012
Moral discourse and practiceStephen L. Darwall · 1996
Thinking How to LiveAllan Gibbard · 2003
Metaethics after MooreTerry Horgan, Mark Timmons · 2006
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🔗 Related topics
- Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem The Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem is a theorem in social choice theory. It was first conjectured by the philosopher Michael Dummett and the mathematician…
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- Robin Farquharson Reginald Robin Farquharson (3 October 1930 – 1 April 1973) was an academic whose interest in mathematics and politics led him to work on game theory and…
- Social choice theory Social choice theory is a branch of welfare economics that seeks to extend the theory of rational choice to collective decision-making. Social choice studies…
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- Michael Dummett Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (/ˈdʌmɪt/; 27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British…
- Expressivism In metaethics, expressivism is a theory about the meaning of moral language. According to expressivism, sentences that employ moral terms – for example…
- Non-cognitivism Non-cognitivism is the meta-ethical view that ethical sentences do not express propositions (i.e., statements) and thus cannot be true or false (they are…