Terence Parsons
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For the Welsh snooker player, see Terry Parsons.
Terence Dwight Parsons (1939–2022)[1] was an American philosopher, specializing in philosophy of language and metaphysics. He was emeritus professor of philosophy at UCLA.
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Born | Terence Dwight Parsons 1939 |
Died | 2022 |
Education | Stanford University (Ph.D., 1966) |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy |
Thesis | The Elimination of Individual Concepts (1966) |
Doctoral advisor | Jaakko Hintikka |
Doctoral students | Edward N. Zalta Jim Waldo |
Main interests | Metaphysics |
Notable ideas | Nonexistent objects Dual property strategy |
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