Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher of ordinary language, film, and skepticism
1926, Atlanta, Georgia, United States — 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
United States
Stanley Cavell is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — American philosopher of ordinary language, film, and skepticism
Born Stanley Louis Goldstein into a Jewish family, Cavell became one of America's most original philosophers, writing on ordinary-language philosophy, skepticism, film, and the moral perfectionism he read in Emerson and Thoreau. As Walter M. Cabot Professor at Harvard he shaped Anglo-American thought by bridging analytic and continental traditions. His books, including The Claim of Reason, remain touchstones for aesthetics and moral philosophy.
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American philosopher of ordinary language, film, and skepticism
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Philosophy
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