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David Macarthur

David Macarthur is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney who works primarily on skepticism, metaphysical quietism, pragmatism, liberal naturalism and philosophy of art (especially film, photography and architecture). He has taken up these and other themes in articles on the philosophy of Stanley Cavell, John…

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Education
Harvard University (PhD), University of Sydney (BA, 1st-class Hons)
Doctoral advisor
Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam, Warren Goldfarb
Era
21st-century philosophy
Institutions
University of Sydney
Main interests
skepticism, metaphysical quietism, pragmatism, naturalism, philosophy of art
Notable ideas
metaphysical quietism, liberal naturalism, an imaginative relational view of art

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David Macarthur

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David Macarthur

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Doctoral advisor · 1
David Macarthur → Stanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam, Warren Goldfarb
Education · 1
David Macarthur → Harvard University (PhD), University of Sydney (BA, 1st-class Hons)
Era · 1
David Macarthur → 21st-century philosophy
Institutions · 1
David Macarthur → University of Sydney
Main interests · 1
David Macarthur → skepticism, metaphysical quietism, pragmatism, naturalism, philosophy of art
Notable ideas · 1
David Macarthur → metaphysical quietism, liberal naturalism, an imaginative relational view of art
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David Macarthur → Western philosophy
School · 1
David Macarthur → Analytic (training), Postanalytic Philosophy, Pragmatism, Skepticism
Thesis · 1
David Macarthur → Skeptical Reason and Inner Experience: A Re-examination of the Problem of the External World (1999)
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David Macarthur → Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney who works primarily on skepticism

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David MacarthurDoctoral advisorStanley Cavell, Hilary Putnam, Warren Goldfarb1.00infobox
David MacarthurEducationHarvard University (PhD), University of Sydney (BA, 1st-class Hons)1.00infobox
David MacarthurEra21st-century philosophy1.00infobox
David MacarthurInstitutionsUniversity of Sydney1.00infobox
David MacarthurMain interestsskepticism, metaphysical quietism, pragmatism, naturalism, philosophy of art1.00infobox
David MacarthurNotable ideasmetaphysical quietism, liberal naturalism, an imaginative relational view of art1.00infobox
David MacarthurRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
David MacarthurSchoolAnalytic (training), Postanalytic Philosophy, Pragmatism, Skepticism1.00infobox
David MacarthurThesisSkeptical Reason and Inner Experience: A Re-examination of the Problem of the External World (1999)1.00infobox
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