Robert Nozick :
Robert Nozick November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002
He was born in Brookly, New York
Died by cancer
Was an American political philosopher
More famous in the 70s and 80s
Famous for books like: Anarchy, State and Utopia
He was also profesor at Harvard university
He was good at decision theories
Robert Nozick :
Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick :
Robert Nozick For his book: Anarchy, State and Utopia, he got National book award
He was also argueying with Judgicial Laws
He said that "social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are to be of greatest benefit to the least-advantaged members of society."
Robert Nozick was inspired by John Locke
Philosophy :
Philosophy Was good in Epistemology, which is based on theory of knowledge
In his work, he focuses on knowledge, free will, personal identity, the value of nature and the meaning of life
Example of epistemology: His theory:
(1) P is true
(2) S believes that P
(3) If it were the case that (not-P), S would not believe that P
(4) If it were the case that P, S would believe that P
That theory of knowledge
Other :
Other Another famous book is called The Examined Life
He focuses on love, death, faith, reality and meaning of life
Speciality:
Nozick explained his theory based on philosophy, but also with help of economy, physics and evolutionary biology. That was called the Nozick ecunemism
Sources. :
Sources. http://tomgpalmer.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy-images/Robert%20Nozick.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nozick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/epistemology