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Nozick, Robert (1938–2002)


Subject Philosophy

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405106795.2004.x


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American political, moral, and epistemological philosopher, born in Brooklyn, New York, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. Nozick is best known for his libertarian political philosophy, which argues for the fundamental importance of rights, the entitlement to legally acquired property unconstrained by demands for an allegedly just pattern of distribution, and the limitation of the state to a minimal role. His epistemology introduces a notion of tracking truth in an analysis of knowledge that leads on to a more extensive theory of rational action and rational belief. His major works include Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974), Philosophical Explanations (1981), The Nature of Rationality (1993), and Invariances: The Structure of the Objective World (2001). ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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