Norman Malcolm | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 August 1990 London, UK | (aged 79)
Alma mater | University of Nebraska Harvard University |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Institutions | Cornell University |
Academic advisors | O. K. Bouwsma C. I. Lewis[1] Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Main interests | Philosophy of mind |
Notable ideas | Criticism of common sense beliefs, Ontological argument from the distinction between necessary and contingent beings |
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Norman Adrian Malcolm (/ˈmælkəm/; 11 June 1911 – 4 August 1990) was an American philosopher.