Philosopher

Roderick Firth

Overview

Roderick Firth (January 30, 1917 – December 22, 1987) was an American philosopher. He was Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University from 1953 until his death. He was born in Orange, New Jersey and died in Arlington, Massachusetts.

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Philosophers who discussed Roderick Firth

• Donald Davidson (philosopher)
• C. I. Lewis
• Peter Achinstein

Ideas Roderick Firth discusses

• Philosophy
• Harvard University
• Coherence theory of truth
• Coherentism
• The New York Times
• Semantic holism
• Wilfrid Sellars
• C. I. Lewis
• Radical empiricism
• Ideal observer theory

Place in the tradition

Part of Metaepistemology.

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