Jonathan Schaffer
Jonathan Schaffer | |
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| Education | |
| Education | Kenyon College (BA) Rutgers University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Causation and the Probabilities of Processes (1999) |
| Doctoral advisor | Brian P. McLaughlin |
| Other advisors | Barry Loewer, Tim Maudlin, David Lewis |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Main interests | Meta-ontology |
| Notable ideas | Priority monism |
| Website | jonathanschaffer |
Jonathan Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language. He is best known for his work on grounding and his development of monism, and is also a notable proponent of contrastivism.