Jonathan Schaffer
Jonathan Schaffer | |
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| Born | Jonathan Moshe Schaffer |
| Education | |
| Education |
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| Thesis | Causation and the Probabilities of Processes (1999) |
| Brian P. McLaughlin | |
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| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Analytic philosophy | |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
Main interests | Metaphysics Metaontology |
Notable ideas | Priority monism Argument from gunk |
Jonathan Moshe Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language. He is best known for his work on grounding and his development of monism, and is also a notable proponent of contrastivism.