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John Skorupski

Disciplines:
ethics
philosophy/philosophy of language
history of philosophy

Summary

British philosopher who has written the definitive study of John Stuart Mill and developed a neo-Millian account of normative reasons.

Core Contribution

John Stuart Mill: the most thorough analytic account of Mill's logic, epistemology, ethics, and politics. The Domain of Reasons: a systematic account of normative reasons — reasons are irreducible to natural facts; practical and theoretical reasons share a common structure. English-Language Philosophy: a survey of analytic philosophy.

Notable Works & Achievements

John Stuart Mill

The Domain of Reasons

Why Read Mill Today?

Historical Influences

John Stuart Mill Immanuel Kant

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

Philip Pettit

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

John Stuart Mill Scholarship

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