Roderick Firth

Roderick Firth (January 30, 1917 – December 22, 1987)[1] was an American philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1953 until his death.[1]

Education and career

Firth earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard in 1943. His thesis was entitled Sense-Data and the Principle of Reduction. He taught at Brown University before joining the Harvard faculty in 1953.[1]

Philosophical work

Firth is noted for his defense of the ideal observer theory in ethics[2] and for his exploration of radical empiricism.[3]

gollark: No.
gollark: The best thing I can think of *now* is some sort of toggleable indicator for "potentially uncomfortable topics" in channel names or something.
gollark: That's post-decrement, *is* it one less?
gollark: > it might not be portable to other places.I have explained why I think this.
gollark: It's interesting to actually look at the ethics and underlying causes and whatever instead of just "no discussing this"? We have a cool and rare thing here and it might not be portable to other places.

See also

References
  1. "Roderick Firth, Philosophy Professor, 70". The New York Times. December 27, 1987. p. 136.
  2. Firth, Roderick (March 1952). "Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 12 (3): 317–345. JSTOR 2103988.
  3. 1964 Journal of Philosophy 61 (19):545-557.


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