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Allan Gibbard
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American philosopher and social choice theorist
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Allan Gibbard is an American philosopher and economist born in 1942. He was educated at Swarthmore College and Harvard University. His doctoral advisor was John Rawls. Gibbard has served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Econometric Society. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship.
He has been employed by the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and the University of Pittsburgh. Gibbard speaks English. His notable works include *Meaning And Normativity*, *Reconciling our aims*, *Sagesse des choix, justesse des sentiments*, *Utilitarianism and coordination*, and *Thinking How to Live*. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Allan Gibbard is indexed among the 9,870 entries in Vinony's American Academy of Arts & Sciences collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Allan Gibbard is referenced by 48 other articles, and connects out to ethics, University of Michigan and rationality.
It sits within the topics 1942 births, 20th-century American essayists and 20th-century American male writers.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Meaning And Normativity
- Reconciling our aims
- Sagesse des choix, justesse des sentiments
- Utilitarianism and coordination
- Thinking How to Live
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Allan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Swarthmore College
- Employer
- University of Pittsburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- John Rawls
- Official website
- www-personal.umich.edu/~gibbard
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- date of birth
- 1942-04-07
- member of
- Econometric Society
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