Michael Huemer
American philosopher

Michael Huemer

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American philosopher
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Birth:
27 December 1969(United States of America, USA)
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Rutgers University
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Michael Huemer (/ˈhjmər/; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, veganism, and philosophical anarchism.

Education and career

Huemer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 1998 under the supervison of Peter D. Klein.

Philosophical work

Huemer's book Ethical Intuitionism was reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews,Philosophy and Phenomenological Research and Mind.

Books

Authored

  • Skepticism and the Veil of Perception (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)
  • Ethical Intuitionism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
  • The Problem of Political Authority (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
  • Approaching Infinity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016)
  • Paradox Lost (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
  • Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism (Routledge, 2019)

Edited

  • Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (Routledge, 2002)