Robert Nozick

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Robert Nozick

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Robert Nozick : 

Robert Nozick Social science presentation

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

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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